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Kobe Bryant in 2006. Kobe Bryant was a shooting guard for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA) for his entire 20-year career. Selected 13th overall by the Charlotte Hornets in the 1996 NBA draft, Bryant was traded to the Los Angeles Lakers for Vlade Divac a month later.
Kobe Bean Bryant (/ ˈ k oʊ b i / KOH-bee; August 23, 1978 – January 26, 2020) was an American professional basketball player. A shooting guard, he spent his entire 20-year career with the Los Angeles Lakers in the National Basketball Association (NBA).
Kobe Bryant won scoring titles in 2006 and 2007. LeBron James won the scoring title in 2008 en route to becoming the NBA's all-time scoring leader in 2023. Kevin Durant became the youngest scoring champion in 2010. He won another three in 2011, 2012 and 2014.
AF 3rd game of a four-game 50+ streak; Bryant's 50+ streak exceeded only by Chamberlain's streaks of seven (twice), six, and five (four times). AG Final game of Bryant's career. Oldest player to score 60. AH Sat out the fourth quarter.
Having played his entire career with the Lakers, Bryant was also the first NBA player to spend 20 seasons with one team. [13] In 2018–19, Dirk Nowitzki surpassed Bryant with 21 seasons with the Dallas Mavericks. [14] In 2019–20, Vince Carter became the first player to play 22 seasons in the NBA. [15] LeBron James tied this record in 2024 ...
He made his first All-Star appearance in 2005 and has shared the court with Kobe Bryant, Shaquille O'Neal and Kevin Garnett, among others.He played in 13 games as a representative for the Eastern ...
It was the final season that Kobe Bryant wore jersey number 8 before changing it to 24 the following season. Also memorable from this season was during a January 22, 2006 game vs. the Toronto Raptors where Bryant dropped a record 81 points, only the 2nd highest total in NBA history behind Wilt Chamberlain 's 100-point game in 1962.
Vanessa Bryant, the mother of four daughters with her late husband Kobe Bryant, is a proud mom. After the deaths of her husband and their 13-year-old daughter Gianna in a 2020 helicopter crash ...