Could you imagine if LeBron James and Kobe Bryant teamed up on the Lakers ... Let your imagination run wild as you watch the ESPN NBA Playoffs commercial below. The Sporting News breaks down ...

The Lakers went on to win the series in five games. ESPN followed up the hilarious video with another one, showing an “illustration” of Kobe’s future statue. Khristian Ibarrola /ra ...

Kobe Bryant and LeBron James have had an interesting history. Nike hoped its puppet commercials featuring ... of the chess players,” Bryant told ESPN.com of his team, Intense.

In the commercial, Kobe Bryant can be seen shooting an uzi and holding a BFG with the words "Mamba" on it. Skip Bayless, on ESPN's First and 10, roundly criticized Bryant's participation in the ad ...

ESPN.com's sports business reporter since 2012 ... After seeing a scene for the film, in which Jordan plays a "Benjamin Button" version of Kobe, Bryant kicks Jordan out of his trailer.

Kobe Bryant appeared in an Apple commercial that aired for the first time during Sunday afternoon's broadcast of the Los Angeles Lakers-Houston Rockets game. In the spot called "Father Time ...

Kobe's presence in the ad isn't helping. Tim Keown/ESPN.com Walker gives funeral-home ... with actual black ops soldiers to prepare for the commercial. At the game's launch, Bryant helped present ...

On ESPN First Take ... made that issue abundantly clear in his Nike commercial, something Charles Barkley did in the mid 1990s. Like anyone, Kobe can please all of the people some of the time ...

and David Alan Grier (Kobe), taunt each other about their accolades throughout the series. The ads were reminiscent of the Nike “Lil Penny” commercials in the ‘90s and received millions of ...