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The NBA salary cap is the maximum dollar amount each NBA team can spend on its players for the season. However, the NBA uses a "soft" salary cap, which allow NBA teams to exceed their allotted amount in order to sign players through significant "salary exceptions". The salary cap is determined during the offseason, but is liable to change. [2]
Team. Kobe Bean Bryant ( / ˈkoʊbi / KOH-bee; August 23, 1978 – January 26, 2020) was an American professional basketball player. A shooting guard, he spent his entire 20-year career with the Los Angeles Lakers in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Regarded as one of the greatest players in the history of basketball, Bryant won five ...
Only player in NBA history to score at least 600 points in the postseason for three consecutive years. [37] 633 (2008), 695 (2009), 671 (2010) [37] Only player in NBA history to retire two jersey numbers in a single franchise team (8 and 24) Only player to outscore a team in three quarters since the introduction of shot clock
The men's national basketball team of the United States competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. The team was led by future Basketball Hall of Fame head coach Larry Brown . The Americans were favored to win the gold medal, after winning the previous three tournaments. [ 2][ 3] However, the team won only bronze, while losing three ...
28. Kobe v. Hawks, November 1, 2009 41 points (15-29 FG), 8 rebounds, 5 steals, 10-11 FT. This was the Lakers' third game back as defending champions, having soundly beaten the Orlando Magic in ...
John Stockton - The 50 Greatest Players in National Basketball Association History. Scottie Pippen - the 2000 NBA All-Defensive Second Team. Paul Pierce. Eddie Jones - the 2000 All-NBA Third Team. Steve Francis - the 2000 Co- NBA Rookie of the Year. Chris Webber - the 2000 All-NBA Third Team.
The USA Men's Basketball Team on August 10, 2008. The men's national basketball team of the United States won the gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. They qualified for the Olympics by winning the 2007 FIBA Americas Championship held in Las Vegas, Nevada. The team was nicknamed the " Redeem Team ", a play on the "Dream ...
LeBron James moved one step closer to catching Kareem Abdul-Jabbar for the NBA's all-time scoring title.