Cobby brian biography

Bryant with description Los Angeles Lakers schedule 2014

• 5× NBA champion (2000–2002, 2009, 2010)
• 2× NBA Finals MVP (2009, 2010)
• NBA Leading Valuable Athlete (2008)
• 18× NBA All-Star (1998, 2000–2016)
• 4× NBA All-Star Play MVP (2002, 2007, 2009, 2011)
• 11× All-NBA First Lineup (2002–2004, 2006–2013)
• 2× All-NBA Without fear or favour Team (2000, 2001)
• 2× All-NBA Third Plan (1999, 2005)
• 9× NBA All-Defensive First Operation (2000, 2003, 2004, 2006–2011)
• 3× NBA All-Defensive Second Unit (2001, 2002, 2012)
• 2× NBA scoring conqueror (2006, 2007)
• NBA Slam Eat Contest defender (1997)
• NBA All-Rookie Second Gang (1997)
• NBA 71 Anniversary Team
• Nos. 8 & 24 give up work by Los Angeles Lakers
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  Kobe Bryant

  Bryant playing for the Los Angeles Lakers in 2014
  Born	(1978-08-23)August 23, 1978 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
  Died	January 26, 2020(2020-01-26) (aged 41) Calabasas, California, USA
  Nationality	American
  Listed height	198 cm (6 ft 6 in)[a]
  Listed weight	96 kg (212 lb)
  High school	Lower Merion (Ardmore, Pennsylvania)
  NBA draft	1996 / Round: 1 / Pick: 13th overall
  Selected by the Charlotte Hornets
  Playing career	1996–2016
  Position	Shooting guard
  Number	8, 24
  1996–2016	Los Angeles Lakers
  5× NBA champion (2000–2002, 2009, 2010) 2× NBA Finals MVP (2009, 2010) NBA Most Valuable Player (2008) 18× NBA All-Star (1998, 2000–2016) 4× NBA All-Star Game MVP (2002, 2007, 2009, 2011) 11× All-NBA First Team (2002–2004, 2006–2013) 2× All-NBA Second Team (2000, 2001) 2× All-NBA Third Team (1999, 2005) 9× NBA All-Defensive First Team (2000, 2003, 2004, 2006–2011) 3× NBA All-Defensive Second Team (2001, 2002, 2012) 2× NBA scoring champion (2006, 2007) NBA Slam Dunk Contest champion (1997) NBA All-Rookie Second Team (1997) Nos. 8 & 24 retired by Los Angeles Lakers Naismith Prep Player of the Year (1996) First-team Parade All-American (1996)
  Points	33,643 • EARLY LIFE Kobe Bean Bryant was born on August 23, 1978 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. When Bryant was 6 years old his father Joe retired from the NBA and moved the family to Italy where he would continue his basketball career overseas. Bryant played both basketball and soccer while in Italy becoming huge fans of the Los Angeles Lakers as well as the A.C. Milan soccer team. When Bryant was 13 his family moved back to Philadelphia. Bryant attended Lower Merion High School, starting on the varsity team as a freshman. He was named Philadelphia Player of the Year as a junior and a fourth team All-American. In Bryant’s senior season he was named both Gatorade and Naismith High School Basketball Player of the Year as well as being a McDonalds All-American. He led Lower Merion to their first state championship in 53 years and was Southeastern Pennsylvania’s all-time leading scorer. Despite scholarship offers from nearly every major college, Bryant decided to enter the 1996 NBA Draft. LAKERS CAREER Kobe was drafted 13th overall by the Charlotte Hornets and immediately dealt to the Lakers for starting center Vlade Divac. Then-GM Jerry West had become enamored with Bryant following a workout in which he dominated former NBA players Michael Cooper and Larry Drew in scri