Kobe Bryant entered the NBA in 1996 straight out of high school and built one of the most iconic careers the game has ever ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Warner Bros. is producing With the 8th Pick, a film about Kobe Bryant’s near selection by the New Jersey Nets in 1996. The story ...

*A new Kobe Bryant movie is officially in development at Warner Bros., tentatively titled “With the 8th Pick.” The film will dive into the dramatic events surrounding Bryant’s 1996 NBA Draft. Rather ...

Shaquille O’Neal has never done things small, not on the basketball court, not in his garage, and certainly not when paying tribute to his late friend and teammate Kobe Bryant. Back in August, the ...

One month before the 1996 NBA Draft, the biggest decision of Kobe Bryant’s young life wasn’t made in a gym, a boardroom, or in front of television cameras. It was quietly confessed to a classmate ...

In the spring of 1996, the Los Angeles Clippers were looking for their next superstar, particularly one who would turn the franchise around given all the issues they were dealing with on and off the ...

Warner Brothers. has acquired the spec script “With The 8th Pick,” about the behind-the-scenes 1996 NBA drafting of Kobe Bryant, TheWrap has confirmed. The script was written by Alex Sohn and Gavin ...

"What I recall is [Kobe] said 'absolutely,' and then smiled with that big million-dollar smile and said something to the effect that the [Nets would have been] good, and it wouldn't be like it is now ...

The middle and end of Hall of Fame Lakers guard Kobe Bryant's NBA career were so dramatic that many have forgotten the beginning. However, a new film project could potentially change that. Warner Bros ...

'With the 8th Pick' tells the story of the New Jersey franchise trying to make moves to draft Bryant in the 1996 NBA Draft Warner Bros. Pictures has picked up the rights to the script of With the 8th ...

Warner Bros. is producing With the 8th Pick, a film about Kobe Bryant’s near selection by the New Jersey Nets in 1996. The story is told from the perspective of Nets general manager John Nash and ...