Although Sunday marked a difficult anniversary, the basketball world has been contemplating Kobe Bryant's legacy throughout the past five years. Multiple NBA stars spoke with Yahoo Sports last year about the Black Mamba's impact, ahead of the fourth anniversary of the Lakers star's passing.

Kobe Bryant was never lacking in confidence when it came to his basketball abilities and Tracy McGrady revealed he thought he was better than Michael Jordan. In the first episode of Kobe: The Making of a Legend,

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Five years ago, that was the tortured lede of the column that was published in the immediate wake of Bryant’s death. That is all I’m reprinting here. I can’t bring myself to read the rest of the column. It still doesn’t seem real, and revisiting my overwrought words would make it real, and part of me still is not ready for that.

Sunday marks five years since Kobe Bryant and eight others died in a helicopter crash. Bryant's legacy lives on in the NBA through younger players.

The NBA community continues to mourn the loss of Bryant, who was one of the NBA's most prolific scorers and winners, Bryant won five NBA Championships and two scoring titles in his storied 20-year career.

Gilbert Arenas argues that Kobe Bryant wasn’t a top 15 player in the 1999-2000 season, the same campaign he received an All-NBA selection.

Several women’s basketball players, including Dallas Wings' Satou Sabally, reflected on what he meant to their game and how he championed it.

Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant died Jan. 26, 2020 at age 41. Bryant and his 13-year-old daughter, Gianna, were among nine people killed in a helicopter crash in Calabasas, California.

It’s of the late Kobe Bryant at home and gleefully watching his hometown Philadelphia Eagles win their first Lombardi Trophy. It was shot in 2018 by Bryant’s wife, Vanessa, and originally ...

2006 — Kobe Bryant scores a staggering 81 points — the second-highest total in NBA history — and the Los Angeles Lakers beat the Toronto Raptors 122-104.

Counting last year's two big individual performances, this date has been a day when larger-than-life moments happen in the NBA.