"Guys went outside the parameters of who they were" - Jim Jackson explains why Kobe Bryant didn't shoot in second half of Game 7 vs. Suns in 2006 originally appeared on Basketball Network.

Grant Hill, who drew the Kobe assignment in 2010, couldn't help but marvel at Bryant's shot-making abilities. Hill believed the five-time champion had no weaknesses in his game .

"I was gonna kill him" - When Kobe called out Sasha Vujacic after near-collapse vs. Suns in Game 6 of 2010 WCF originally appeared on Basketball Network.

I love Kobe Bryant, rest in peace, one of the best players I ever played against. When you start nitpicking the stars, you probably can’t put Kobe in the same level as Michael and LeBron.

Magic Johnson scored 43 points in a 1990 playoff loss to the Suns ... LA lost and bowed out of the playoffs, ... It wasn't until the 1999–2000 campaign — with Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant ...

He's efficient like Jordan, relentless like Kobe. ... KD averaged 26.6 points per game with shooting splits of .527/.430/.839 this season, but his Phoenix Suns team did not make the playoffs. ...