While capturing his fourth NBA title this year, Kobe Bryant confidently reasserted his claim to being the best player on the planet. And as he pulls on an elite selection of peak-lapel suits, it’s fair to say he’s never looked better.

By Joel Lovell
Photographs by Peggy Sirota
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While capturing his fourth NBA title this year, Kobe Bryant confidently reasserted his claim to being the best player on the planet. And as he pulls on an elite selection of peak-lapel suits, it’s fair to say he’s never looked better. By Joel Lovell Photographs by Peggy Sirota www.gq.com/entertainment

Only days after Kansas City Chiefs running back Larry Johnson was suspended for using anti-gay slurs, another professional athlete has been accused of doing the same thing. Dallas Mavericks player Drew Gooden is accused by a Los Angeles Clippers fan of calling him and his friend “faggots” at Staples Center after Saturday night’s game, Outsports reports.

The fan, actor Chris Wylde, who is married and not gay, is a Clippers season ticket holder and was sitting with his friend close to the Mavericks’ bench during Dallas’ 93-84 NBA win. The 28-year-old Gooden, a seventh-year player signed by Dallas this season, was in street clothes after an injury. Wylde said that Gooden made eye contact with them during the game, but no words were exchanged. He also says that Mavericks owner Mark Cuban “winked at us and pointed” during the game because both men were in Halloween costumes.

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Only days after Kansas City Chiefs running back Larry Johnson was suspended for using anti-gay slurs, another professional athlete has been accused of doing the same thing. Dallas Mavericks player Drew Gooden is accused by a Los Angeles Clippers fan of calling him and his friend “faggots” at Staples Center after Saturday night’s game, Outsports [...]