Fred Warner is one of many athletes from other sports who still look to late Lakers great Kobe Bryant for inspiration.

If we go to their respective peaks, Kobe never put together a season like the one Curry did in 2015-16 when he led the league at 30.1 PPG on 50/45/91 shooting splits. The guy made an NBA record 402 3-pointers at a 45% clip en route to the only unanimous MVP award in history and Curry's second straight.

He explained that for the Lakers, anything less than a championship is a failure — a mindset he said was foreign to Howard. Very few organizations operate this way, Bryant added, naming only the Lakers and the Boston Celtics. Bryant's assessment was accurate on both counts.

The Los Angeles Lakers’ proud history, which consists of 17 championships and countless Hall of Famers, very much puts them in the discussion to be seen as the most iconic and storied franchise in the NBA.

Bronny James made a surprising admission about Kobe Bryant that Lakers fans might not like, with less than two weeks before the NBA tips off. The son of NBA legend LeBron James, Bronny is preparing for his second season in the league after a promising rookie year with the Los Angeles Lakers.

Oklahoma City Thunder point guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander doesn't shy away from comparisons to one of the best in NBA history.

Los Angeles Lakers head coach JJ Redick said not everybody is wired like Kobe Bryant when it comes to chasing perfection.