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Kobe Bryant Los Angeles Lakers |
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Position:
SG
Born: 8/23/78
Height: 6-6 / 1,98
Weight: 220 lbs. / 99,8 kg.
High School: Lower Merion (PA) |
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The
best perimeter player in the league... Attacks the basket,
shoots, plays D, rebounds, passes the ball, runs the floor...
He does everything and does it well... Athletic and charismatic...
Excels under pressure... The best clutch player in the NBA...
You won't find many such gifted players in the league neither
in the past nor in the future... A basketball legend. |
Attended the Lower Marion HS in Ardmore, Pennsylvania.
Selected by the Charlotte Hornets as 13th overall pick in the
1996 NBA Draft.
Draft rights traded to the Los Angels Lakers in July 1996. Has
been playing there ever since.
Named senior MVP at the ABCD Camp in 1995.
Led Lower Merion HS to the Pennsilvania state championship in
1996. All-time leading scorer in Southeastern Pennsylvania schoolboy
history.
Named Naismith Male Prep Basketball Player of the Year in 1996.
Named Gatorade national player of the year in 1996.
Named to the USA Today All-USA 1st Team in 1996.
Named to the All-time All-USA 1st Team by USA Today in 2003.
Selected to the NBA Rookie All-Star Game in 1997.
Named to the NBA All-Rookie 2nd Team in 1996-97.
Won the NBA Slam Dunk Contest in 1998.
Named to the All-NBA 3rd Team in 1998-99 and 2004-05.
Named to the All-NBA 2nd Team in 1999-00.
Named to the All-NBA 1st Team in 2001-02, 2002-03, 2003-04, 2005-06, 2006-07 and 2007-08.
Named to the NBA All-Defensive 1st Team in 1999-00, 2002-03,
2003-04, 2005-06, 2006-07 and 2007-08.
Named to the NBA All-Defensive 2nd Team in 2000-01 and 2001-02.
10 times selected to the All-Star Game. MVP in 2002 and 2007.
Voted to the HoopsHype.com All-NBA 1st Team in 2002-03, 2003-04, 2005-06, 2006-07 and 2007-08.
Voted to the HoopsHype.com All-NBA 2nd Team in 2001-02.
Voted to the HoopsHype.com All-NBA 3rd Team in 2004-05.
Voted to the HoopsHype.com All-NBA 1st Defensive Team in 2002-03, 2005-06 and 2007-08.
Voted to the HoopsHype.com All-NBA 2nd Defensive Team in 2001-02, 2004-05 and 2006-07.
Was the youngest player ever to appear in an NBA game and in
an All-Star Game.
Shares the NBA record for most three-pointers scored in one
game with 12. Hit nine straight.
Shares the NBA record for most three-pointers scored in one
half with eight.
Holds the record for most points scored in the NBA Rookie All-Star
Game with 31.
Holds the second-best mark for most points scored in an NBA
game with 81.
Led the NBA in scoring in 2005-06 and 2006-07.
Won the NBA title with the Los Angeles Lakers in 2000, 2001
and 2002.
Won the gold medal at the Tournament of Americas with the US Team in 2007.
Voted HoopsHype.com MVP in 2007-08.
Named NBA MVP in 2008.
Won the gold medal at the 2008 Olympic Games with the US Team.
Son of former NBA player Joe Bryant.
Website: www.kb24.com |
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