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Kobe Bean Bryant — Black Mamba from the NBA
On August 23, 1978, perhaps the best current NBA player Kobe Bean Bryant was born.
Basketball is inherited from him — the boy's father is a former basketball player of the Houston Rockets, Joe Bryant.
Now he works as a coach, and the son of Kobi, nicknamed "Black Mamba", has already managed to become a five time champion of the National Basketball Association.
Childhood Career Records Personal life
Childhood and youth
Although Bryant Jr. was born in Philadelphia, he began studying to play basketball in Europe.
The family moved to Italy when the boy was 6 years old.
Since then, Kobi speaks excellent Italian and Spanish.
European life almost deprived the NBA of its future star Bryant became very interested in football and later admitted that he would have gone into this sport if he had stayed in Italy.
He was more then for Milan.
In 1991, Joe Bryant finished his playing career and returned to America with his family.
At the new school, Kobe began playing for Lower Merion High School and quickly achieved success: he was named the best high school basketball player in the United States.
From here, it was just a stone's throw to go pro, which Bryant did in 1996.
He put up his candidacy for the draft and at number 13 got first to the Charlotte Hornets, but he was quickly traded to the Los Angeles Lakers.
Kobe never went to college, focusing on the game.
By the way, he still avoids parties and parties, preferring to train and work on his technique.
In Los Angeles, the newcomer immediately showed his talent.
He quickly became the most productive debutant in the NBA, won the Dunk Contest and was included in the second team of newcomers.
In 1998, 19 year old Kobe Bean Bryant was among the five All Stars of the West and became the youngest participant in the NBA All Star Game.
Now there was no doubt that a new superstar had lit up in basketball.
In the Lakers, Bryant played in a pair with the legendary Shaquille O'Neal.
It is not surprising that three years in a row the Los Angeles team became the NBA champion in 2000, 2001 and 2002.
However, then Shakil and Kobi started a real war with each other.
Youth won, and O'Neal left the Miami Heat in 2004.
Now Kobe has become a full fledged leader and a symbol of the team.
The 2005/06 and 2006/07 seasons were a shock for Bryant.
He was twice recognized as a regular sniper of the championship.
Having scored 81 points in a game against the Toronto Raptors, Kobe became the 2nd most effective in the history of the NBA (only Wilt Chamberlain did more in 1962, making 100 points per match).
In 2008, Kobe Bryant was recognized as the most valuable player of the Association, although that year the Lakers still lost the championship final.
In the next two seasons, the team eliminated this mistake, and its leader became a five time NBA champion.
At the age of 34, Brian crossed the threshold of 30,000 points.
However, recently Kobe was the youngest player to score 20,000 points, and now he has already been overtaken by LeBron James.
Since 2011, Bryant has been steadily moving up into the TOP 10 snipers of the NBA.
After retiring from basketball, Shaquille O'Neal, Kobe is the only leader of the team who is among the top ten snipers.
Now he takes the 3rd place, ahead of the " air " Mike Jordan.
Kobe Bryant's records
the highest number of 3 point hits per match (January 12-7, 2003); the youngest player selected to the NBA all Star rookie team (1996/97); the youngest player selected to the NBA all star defense team (1999/00); the youngest player who entered the starting lineup in an NBA game (18 years 158 days); the youngest player who entered the starting lineup in an NBA all star game;
The fifth NBA player to break the 30,000 point milestone.
Bryant's anti record for the number of misses was the match with the Memphis Grizzlies on November 11, 2014.
Scandals and investigations in the life of Kobe Bryant
Since 2001, Kobi has been married to Vanessa Lane (nee Vanessa Cornejo Ubrita).
The basketball player's parents were against the wedding.
They didnot go to the ceremony, and neither did Bryant's sisters.
Interestingly, the teammates were also absent from the celebration.
The couple has two daughters.
Natalia Daimant was born in 2003, and Gianna Maria Honore was born in 2006.
Like many famous athletes, Bryant was also accused of rape.
The victim was the maid Katelyn Faber, but in the end she refused to testify against the NBA superstar.
February 18, 2015
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