Mark Cuban surprised many by revealing how close he was to trading for Kobe Bryant in the 2007 offseason on a recent podcast appearance, saying a trade bringing Kobe to Dallas and sending Josh Howard ...

Kobe Bryant and icon Dirk Nowitzki are two of the players who helped define NBA basketball in the 2000s. The two titans powered their teams, the Los Angeles Lakers and the Dallas Mavericks to the top ...

Former Miami Heat players Dwyane Wade and LeBron James unfortunately were unable to play their entire careers with one team. They both faced ex-Dallas Mavericks star Dirk Nowitzki in the NBA Finals at ...

Kobe Bryant sat out Tuesday night's game vs. the Dallas Mavericks, and he had a front-row seat for Dirk Nowitzki's game-winning shot. In fact, Bryant was his No. 1 cheerleader after Nowitzki hit a ...

DALLAS -- On the night he moved up another spot on the NBA's all-time scoring list, Dirk Nowitzki briefly chatted with Kobe Bryant and offered a playful warning to the only active player with more ...

DALLAS --Kobe Bryant considers the public pressure for longtime NBA stars to take hometown-discount deals, such asDirk Nowitzki'scontract, "a big coup" for NBA owners. "It's absolutely brilliant, but ...