Sports – FiveThirtyEight — Kobe Bryant RSS



Kobe Haters Are Stuck In 2008

Kobe Bryant played his final game Wednesday and sent himself off in spectacular style by scoring 60 points (albeit on 50 shots from the floor). It was quintessential Kobe — grabbing the lead headline even on the night the Golden State Warriors set the all-time NBA record for single-season wins. Kobe could never fade quietly […]

Continue reading



Kobe Haters Are Stuck In 2008

Kobe Bryant played his final game Wednesday and sent himself off in spectacular style by scoring 60 points (albeit on 50 shots from the floor). It was quintessential Kobe — grabbing the lead headline even on the night the Golden State Warriors set the all-time NBA record for single-season wins. Kobe could never fade quietly […]

Continue reading



Kobe Bryant Never Did Catch Up To Michael Jordan

Welcome to the latest episode of Hot Takedown, our podcast where the hot sports takes of the week meet the numbers that prove them right or tear them down. On this week’s show (Dec. 1, 2015), we say farewell to Kobe Bryant, who’s retiring at the end of the season. With one week of regular-season […]

Continue reading



Kobe Bryant Never Did Catch Up To Michael Jordan

Welcome to the latest episode of Hot Takedown, our podcast where the hot sports takes of the week meet the numbers that prove them right or tear them down. On this week’s show (Dec. 1, 2015), we say farewell to Kobe Bryant, who’s retiring at the end of the season. With one week of regular-season […]

Continue reading



An Ode To Kobe Bryant, In Two Charts

O Kobe! My Kobe! On Sunday night, after publishing a retirement poem that no one was waiting for, Bryant went 4 for 20, including a ghastly air ball in crunch time. It was yet another ugly loss for the Los Angeles Lakers and yet another data point suggesting that Bryant is toast. Sunday’s verse fit […]

Continue reading