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    Kobe Bryant

    American basketball player (1978–2020)

    Not to be confused with American football player Coby Bryant.

    Bryant with the Los Angeles Lakers in 2014

    Born(1978-08-23)August 23, 1978
    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
    DiedJanuary 26, 2020(2020-01-26) (aged 41)
    Calabasas, California, U.S.
    Listed height6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)[a]
    Listed weight212 lb (96 kg)
    High schoolLower Merion
    (Ardmore, Pennsylvania)
    NBA draft1996: 1st round, 13th overall pick
    Selected by the Charlotte Hornets
    Playing career1996–2016
    PositionShooting guard
    Number8, 24
    1996–2016Los 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)
    • NBA 75th Anniversary Team
    • Nos. 8 & 24 retired by Los Angeles Lakers
    • Nais

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      Position Small Forward

      Birthdate8/23/1978

      Draft Info1996: Supreme 1, Pk 13 (CHA)

      BirthplacePhiladelphia, PA

      11xAll-NBA Ordinal Team

      2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2004, 2003, 2002

      3xAll-Defensive Ordinal Team

      2012, 2002, 2001

      9xAll-Defensive Ordinal Team

      2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2004, 2003, 2000

      4xAll-Star MVP

      2011, 2009, 2007, 2002

      2xAll-NBA Tertiary Team

      2005, 1999

      2xAll-NBA 2nd Team

      2001, 2000

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      "[Kobe] is going to have to make a stand, because when you are really good, people don't like you. He just has to draw a line in the sand and say I'm not backing down anymore,"says Charles Barkley on ESPN Classic's SportsCentury series.

      As a rookie, Kobe Bryant won the Slam Dunk contest, just as Michael Jordan had in his first season.
      He parachuted into the NBA directly from high school, an 18-year-old man-child with a self-confidence bordering on arrogance. Kobe Bryant had to grow up in public -- and he has done so, although the evolution has been difficult and fitful.

      The 6-foot-7 Los Angeles Lakers guard was prematurely compared to Michael Jordan, but he persevered, working relentlessly, and over time his game has ripened. He relishes the moment that many run from and craves to have the ball -- and the game -- in his hands. When he beat San Antonio with pyrotechnic fourth quarters in back-to-back playoff games in 2002, Spurs coach Gregg Popovich suggested that Bryant had acquired that Jordanesque "uncommon will to win."

      Bryant learned to discard flamboyance for flamboyance's sake. He learned to hoard the special moves and save them for the special moments. It's a hard transition from gunner without conscience to the player that others turn to at winning ti

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