Mamba Moments Skyler Trepel

On this episode of Mamba Moments I interview Elisa Hernandez, host of Sports-Ish on Bleav, Former Lakers arena host and journalist as well as a Field Producer for the Los Angeles Dodgers on Spectrum Sportsnet, who has had a phenomenal and inspiring career as a sports journalist that Kobe was a large part of as she went from covering him to getting to see him in person as a fan as one of the most passionate guests yet

On this episode of Mamba Moments I interview Arash Markazi, a legendary sports journalist who is the current host of the Arash Markazi show on Bleav, having written for ESPN, Sports Illustrated and the L.A. Times, where he conducted Kobe's final interview with the Times as we also discuss his special relationship with Kobe, how Kobe helped inspire him to lose 130 pounds, the infamous story of Chris Paul and Kobe nearly playing together and which players are most like Kobe in today's NBA.

Kobe's passion and ambassadorship for women's basketball was no secret and on this episode I interview Lindsay Gottlieb, one of the most qualified experts possible as the former assistant coach of the Cleveland Cavaliers (the only female NCAA coach to ever be hired as an NBA assistant coach) and current head coach of the USC women's basketball team, to discuss all aspects of Kobe's passion for the women's game, how we can better support and cover it and some brand new Kobe stories.

On this episode of Mamba Moments I interview Ron Gutterman, Lakers Nation Staff writer and podcaster, to discuss a multitude of topics as we both wrote articles for the anniversary of Game 7 of the Lakers-Celtics NBA Finals matchup for Kobe's final championship along with how current Celtic Jayson Tatum is the player carrying on Kobe's legacy most.

On this episode of Mamba Moments I interview co-worker and friend Trevor Lane from Lakers Nation, who has been the face of Lakers nation since Kobe retired and grew up a die-hard fan of the purple and gold.

Lakers Nation Staff Writer/podcaster Matt Peralta shares a deeply personal Kobe story and uses his Lakers expertise to share which current Laker is most like the Black Mamba.