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Trivia He was associated with the rap group 'CHEIZAW' and has even released a song titled 'K.O.B.E.' He spoke fluent Italian. 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The others were Chamberlain (2 in 197273) and Kidd (2 each in 200910 and 201011). [325] In the following summer, he had to withdraw from the Olympic team because of his sexual assault case. [38] His basketball skills and SAT score of 1080 would have ensured admission to any college he chose,[16][52] but he did not officially visit any campuses. A shooting guard, he spent his entire 20-year career with the Los Angeles Lakers in the National Basketball Association (NBA). [260] On April 10, 2013, Bryant became the first player in NBA history to get 47 points, eight rebounds, five assists, four blocks, and three steals in an NBA game. [143] Over the course of the season, Bryant became involved in a number of on-court incidents. Laila said Bryant "loved her too much for one". He was a member of the 2007 USA Men's Senior National Team and USA FIBA Americas Championship Team that finished 100, won gold and qualified the United States men for the 2008 Olympics. [453] Bryant's other, earlier endorsements included deals with The Coca-Cola Company to endorse their Sprite soft drink, appearing in advertisements for McDonald's, promoting Spalding's new NBA Infusion Ball, Upper Deck, Italian chocolate company Ferrero SpA's brand Nutella, Russell Corporation,[454] and appearing on his own series of video games by Nintendo. [494] In addition to future animation projects, he had been in talks with animator veteran Bruce Smith for the last six months before his death about starting his own animation studio. [364][365] A fierce competitor, Bryant made opponents and teammates alike the objects of his scorn. [11], Bryant died, along with his daughter Gianna and seven others, in a helicopter crash in Calabasas, California, in 2020. [95] At age 23, Bryant became the youngest player to win three championships. 3 all-time scorer in Lakers' win", "Kobe Bryant misses Lakers vs. Warriors for rest", "Suns win 6th straight by spoiling Kobe Bryant's return to Lakers lineup", "Bryant's ailments likely reflect new reality for Lakers", "Lakers' Byron Scott to handle Kobe Bryant's playing time on game-by-game basis", "How will Kobe Bryant fare in his 20th NBA season? [219][220][221] The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation praised the NBA's decision to fine Bryant, and the Human Rights Campaign said that Bryant's language was a "disgrace" and "distasteful". [547], The 2020 Pro Bowl was also played at Camping World Stadium in Orlando on the day of the crash, and before kickoff, NFC players who learned of Bryant's death conducted a prayer led by Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson, while various on-field and PA tributes were made during the game. "Growing up, we used to watch a lot of Kobe Bryant and LeBron James. [124] In addition to breaking the previous franchise record of 71 set by Elgin Baylor, Bryant's 81-point game was the second-highest point total in NBA history, surpassed only by Chamberlain's 100-point game in 1962. [i][406] This disagreement resulted in an estrangement period of over two years, which ended when the couple's first daughter was born. [235] He also suffered a broken nose and a concussion in the third quarter of the All-Star Game after a hard foul from Dwyane Wade. [46] Bryant ended up making the All-NBA Second Team and All-NBA Defensive Team for the second year in a row. [480] The proceeds for downloads of both the single and ringtones were donated to impoverished schools for basketball facilities and equipment. [387] In October 2021, Bryant was honored as one of the league's greatest players of all time by being named to the NBA 75th Anniversary Team.[388]. A security guard opens a steel door leading into a vault containing hundreds of collectibles at Collectors Vault, a new company that is making it easier for collectors to store and trade. and Sister, Sister (episode: "Kid-Napped"). In the 2000 Finals, against the Indiana Pacers, Bryant injured his ankle in the second quarter of Game 2 after landing on the Pacers' Jalen Rose's foot. Thank you for this incredible journey. [302], During the 2020 NBA playoffs, the Lakers' players wore 'Black Mamba' jerseys in honor of Bryant. [332], Bryant rejoined the national team for the 2012 Summer Olympics. We'd come out of the locker room at halftime and have to chase him off the court". Widely regarded as one of the greatest basketball players and scorers of all time,[3][4][5][6][7][8] Bryant won five NBA championships, was an 18-time All-Star, a 15-time member of the All-NBA Team, a 12-time member of the All-Defensive Team, the 2008 NBA Most Valuable Player (MVP), and a two-time NBA Finals MVP. [408][409] The wedding was not attended by Bryant's parents, his two sisters, his longtime advisor and agent Arn Tellem, or his Laker teammates. [290] Prior to the injury, Bryant had been rested in 8 of 16 games. [319][320] He became the oldest player to score 60 or more points in a game at 37 years and 234 days old. [502][503] During his lifetime, Bryant granted over two hundred requests for the Make-A-Wish Foundation. [337][338] Bryant has drawn frequent comparisons to Michael Jordan, after whom he modeled his playing style. Those nine NBA All-Defensive First Team nods didn't come by accident. [407], They married on April 18, 2001, at St. Edward the Confessor Catholic Church in Dana Point, California. [399] In his career, Bryant scored 40-plus points in 121 games, and 21 times he recorded a triple-double. [323] He also decided not to play in the 2002 FIBA World Championship. During the playoffs, Bryant played heavy minutes which brought his stats up to 29.4 points, 7.3 rebounds, and 6.1 assists per game. [498], Bryant was the official ambassador for After-School All-Stars (ASAS), an American non-profit organization that provides comprehensive after-school programs to children in thirteen US cities. [186] He became the first player since West in the 1969 NBA Finals to average at least 32.4 points and 7.4 assists for a Finals series[187] and the first since Jordan to average 30 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists for a title-winning team in the Finals. [416] In early December 2016, Vanessa gave birth to their third daughter,[417][418][419] and in January 2019 the Bryants announced they were expecting a fourth daughter. Fans were upset at the omission, especially as actors Naya Rivera and Chadwick Boseman had been featured prominently in both;[543][544][545][546] after Rivera and Boseman's unexpected deaths in July and August 2020 respectively, the three young black celebrities were popularly compared. He scored at least 50 points 24 times in his career, which is third in league history behind Jordan (31) and Chamberlain (118);[302] six times Bryant scored at least 60. [424][425], Bryant was multilingual. [500] Bryant also started the Kobe Bryant China Fund which partnered with the Soong Ching Ling Foundation, a charity backed by the Chinese government. If Bryant talked to teammates in his earlier years, it was usually "give me the damn ball," but during the latter period, "[Bryant] embraced the team and his teammates, calling them up when we were on the road and inviting them out to dinner. [316] Playing in his first All-Star game since 2013, Bryant had 10 points, six rebounds, and seven assists. [170], The Lakers concluded the 200708 regular season with a 5725 record, finishing first in the Western Conference and setting up themselves for a first-round contest against the Nuggets. Bryant also led the NBA in scoring twice, and ranks fourth in league all-time regular season and postseason scoring. He was exceptional in everything that he did. In 2010 Nike launched another shoe, Nike Zoom Kobe V.[461] In 2009, Bryant signed a deal with Nubeo to market the "Black Mamba collection", a line of sports/luxury watches that range from $25,000 to $285,000. [g] Phil Jackson, who coached Bryant for many years, stated that Bryant "tends to force the action, especially when the game isn't going his way. Back in my day where we're from, I've got a couple of friends, and we used to make teams of Bryant and James and go against . On January 28 while attempting to draw contact on a potential game-winning jump shot, he flailed his arm, striking San Antonio Spurs guard Manu Ginbili in the face with his elbow. Bryant's first high-school number was 24 before he switched to 33. In addition, he was also voted to start in the NBA All-Star Game for the third year in a row (no game in 1999). By the end of the season, he averaged 15.5 minutes a game. 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[536], Also, beginning with the Spurs and the Raptors in their game in San Antonio on the day of the crash, teams paid tribute to Bryant at the start of their games with intentional on-court violations referring to his uniform numbers on their first possessioneither a 24-second shot clock or an 8-second backcourt violation. [501] On November 4, 2010, Bryant appeared alongside Zach Braff at the Call of Duty: Black Ops launch event at the Santa Monica Airport, where they presented a $1million check to the Call of Duty Endowment, an Activision-founded nonprofit organization that helps veterans transition to civilian careers after their military service has ended. The story of Kobe Bryant and Michael Jordan sharing the court the last time on March 28, 2003, when the kid scored 55 points and the G.O.A.T. dummy help@azsecuritygroup.com. [242][243] On December 5 against New Orleans, Bryant became the youngest player (34 years and 104 days) in league history to score 30,000 points, joining Hall of Famers Chamberlain, Jordan, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and Karl Malone as one of five players to reach that milestone. 2 and appeared in commercials for the video games Guitar Hero World Tour (with Tony Hawk, Michael Phelps, and Alex Rodriguez) in 2008 and Call of Duty: Black Ops (alongside Jimmy Kimmel) in 2010. In the playoffs, teammate O'Neal declared Bryant the best player in the league. Reportedly Bryant's parents had problems with him marrying so young, especially to a woman who was not African-American. [357] Bryant rarely drew charges when he played defense, which he believed spared his body and contributed to his longevity. [151] Throughout the 200607 season, his jersey became the top selling NBA jersey in the United States and China. This was the second-best scoring performance of his 11-year career. He played on the varsity basketball team as a freshman. [279] He played in the first 27 games of the season,[280] averaging team-highs with 26.4 points and 35.4 minutes per game while leading the league with 22.4 shots per game. The deal involved Bryant being in a promotional film to be aired in over 80 countries in addition to his being used in digital, print and billboard advertising. [106] In that series, Bryant averaged 22.6 points per game and 4.4 assists while shooting 35.1% from the field. [304][305], Bryant requested that opposing teams on the road not hold any on-court ceremonies in his honor or present him any gifts in public. In the airline's latest commercial, the duo competes to win the attention of a young boy. Kobe became accustomed to his new lifestyle and learned to speak fluent Italian. [484] In 2012, American rapper Chief Keef released a song paying tribute to Kobe Bryant called "Kobe". He was selected to his 11th consecutive All-Star Game as a starter,[180] and was named the Western Conference Player of the Month for December and January in addition to being named Western Conference Player of the week three times. He and the other guard were reportedly mistaken for gunmen. [213] It was the Lakers' first victory of the season against one of the league's top four teams, as they entered the game 05 in previous matchups and had been outscored by an average of 11 points. [494], On August 22, 2016, Bryant and his business partner Jeff Stibel launched Bryant-Stibel, a venture capital firm focused on different businesses including media, data, gaming, and technology, with $100 million in funding. [420] Their daughter was born in June 2019. [469] In 2013, Forbes listed Bryant the fifth highest paid sports star in the world behind Floyd Mayweather, Cristiano Ronaldo, LeBron James and Lionel Messi.[470]. [383] Both numbers he wore during his career, 8 and 24, were retired by the Lakers on December 18, 2017. The son of former NBA player Joe Bryant, he was born in Philadelphia and partly raised in Italy. [149] In the following day, in a game against the New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets, Bryant scored 50 points, making him the second player in NBA history to have four straight 50-point games behind Chamberlain, who achieved it twice with streaks of five and seven. 2022-23 Season Schedule; League Pass Schedule; [234] At the 2012 NBA All-Star Game, Bryant scored 27 points to pass Jordan as the career scoring leader in the All-Star Game. [421][422], Bryant was a practicing Catholic. . The ordinary brown brick building, tucked within a nondescript block on a street in Delaware, would probably not garner much . Despite a feud with teammate Shaquille O'Neal, the pair led the Lakers to three consecutive NBA championships from 2000 to 2002. - https://discord.gg/xskRj4SSUBSCRIBE. [19][20][21][423] Bryant and his family were regular attendees at Our Lady Queen of Angels Catholic Church in Newport Beach. including a pair of sneakers worn and signed by the late NBA great Kobe Bryant. These included being named Naismith High School Player of the Year, Gatorade Men's National Basketball Player of the Year, a McDonald's All-American, a first-team Parade All-American and a USA Today All-USA First Team player. [341][352] Throughout his career, Bryant was disparaged for being a selfish, high-volume shooter;[350][353][354] he missed more field goal attempts in his career than any other player in NBA history. [81] When Bryant was back and playing over 38 minutes a game, he had an increase in all statistical categories during the 19992000 season. 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The following day, the Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner-Coroner stated that the official cause of death for him and the eight others on the helicopter was blunt force trauma. [174] This set up a Western Conference Finals berth against the San Antonio Spurs. ", "40 stats you won't believe about Kobe Bryant's historic NBA career", Billups, Bryant Named Players of the Month, "Kobe's big month sets high expectations", "Bryant passes Jordan, has shot to be No. [277] At age 36, he became the oldest NBA player to achieve 30 points, 10 rebounds, and 10 assists in a game. After finishing 5032 in the regular season, the Lakers floundered in the playoffs and lost in the Western Conference semi-finals in six games to the eventual NBA champions San Antonio Spurs. On November 25, he signed a two-year contract extension with the Lakers at an estimated value of $48.5 million. [47], Bryant received several awards for his outstanding performance during his senior year at Lower Merion. [478], In high school, Bryant was a member of a rap group called CHEIZAW, named after the Chi Sah gang in the martial arts film Kid with the Golden Arm. [496][497] He also appeared on MTV's Ridiculousness in 2019. At the end of the fourth quarter, Bryant made a three-pointer with 1.1 seconds left to send it into overtime. Bryant appeared as the cover athlete for the following video games: Bryant was also one of the global ambassadors of the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup in China. [15] His parents named him after the famous beef of Kobe, Japan, which they saw on a restaurant menu. ", "Better scoring night: Kobe's 81 or Wilt's 100? 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In the 200102 season, Bryant played 80 games for the first time in his career. [66], The Lakers advanced to the Western Conference semifinals in the playoffs against the Utah Jazz, when Bryant was pressed into a lead role at the end of Game 5. In Game 4 against the Kings, Bryant recorded 48 points, 16 rebounds and 3 assists in a 119113 series-clinching win. Citing physical decline, Bryant retired after the 201516 season. That could be the case for Oregon Ducks guard Chris Duarte, whose draft stock has soared and is now widely projected to be a first-round pick. [287] For the season, Bryant had been shooting just 37 percent from the field, and the team's record was only 819. 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