Kobe Bryant was taken 13th in the 1996 NBA Draft, which means several teams passed on him. Among them were the Los Angeles Clippers, who held the seventh pick.

Warner Bros. is producing With the 8th Pick, a film about Kobe Bryant’s near selection by the New Jersey Nets in 1996. The story is told from the perspective of Nets general manager John Nash and ...

Before he took the NBA, the nation and the world by storm, Kobe Bryant was already becoming a legend in Philadelphia's high school sports. The 1996 Lower Merion High School graduate was arguably the ...

Warner Brothers. has acquired the spec script “With The 8th Pick,” about the behind-the-scenes 1996 NBA drafting of Kobe Bryant, TheWrap has confirmed. The script was written by Alex Sohn and Gavin ...

It took more than 10 years for this future Hall of Famer to make it to the Chicago Bulls. Before the 1986-87 season began, Michael Jordan was already becoming one of the NBA’s most popular stars. Even ...

The Brooklyn Nets have had plenty of great players play for the franchise whether the team has been playing in New Jersey or entertaining fans in Brooklyn. Brooklyn is currently in the midst of ...

Shaquille O’Neal has never done things small, not on the basketball court, not in his garage, and certainly not when paying ...