The Kobe Bryant-Vlade Divac trade in the spring of 1996 signaled the rebirth of the Los Angeles Lakers. However, most fans ...

Vlade Divac was the big man whom Jerry West sent to the Charlotte Hornets in 1996 in exchange for the legendary Kobe Bryant. Understandably, Divac, then the starting center of the Los Angeles ...

18-time Los Angeles Lakers All-Star shooting guard Kobe Bryant almost didn't land with ... former Lakers center Vlade Divac explained that the Lakers' hoped-for trade up in the draft to acquire ...

However, the Lakers traded the draft rights of Kobe to the Lakers for Serbian centre Vlade Divac one week later. Bryant would stay with the Lakers until the day he retired. It took four years ...

Kobe Bean Bryant is born in Philadelphia ... On July 11, 1996, Bryant is traded to the Los Angeles Lakers for Vlade Divac. Bryant plays in his debut NBA season -- mainly coming off the bench ...

A Nike Kobe Bryant sneaker referencing how the NBA legend ... the Lakers plotted to acquire the then-high schooler Bryant by using center Vlade Divac as a bargaining chip. The Lakers were ...

Speaking of Kobe Bryant, in 1996, a draft-day trade would ... they traded him to the Los Angeles Lakers in exchange for Vlade Divac. This move, while controversial at the time, proved to be ...

On July 11, 1996, the Los Angeles Lakers officially completed a trade with the Charlotte Hornets to acquire the late great Kobe Bryant ... opportunity to unload Vlade Divac’s salary in exchange ...

Kings legend Peja Stojakovic hilariously recalled Hedo Turkoglu's rookie year trash talk to a well-known veteran on the ...

More often than not, that happens quietly. But that was not the case in 2016, when Kobe Bryant went out with a Hollywood ending by scoring 60 points in a widely expected final game against the ...