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Kobe Bryant, best player in the history of the Lakers? (2017) 1:15
(CNN) - A look at the life of former NBA player Kobe Bryant, who played 20 seasons with the Los Angeles Lakers.
Personal information:
Date of birth: August 23, 1978
Place of birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Birth Name: Kobe Bean Bryant
Father: Joe Bryant, professional basketball player.
Mother: Pam Bryant.
Marriage: Vanessa (Laine) Bryant (April 18, 2001-present)
Children: Bianka, December 2016; Gianna, May 2006; Natalia, January 2003
Bryant was 1.98 meters, 6 feet 6 inches tall.
His parents named him for a type of steak. The meat is from a kind of cattle, Wagyu, raised in the Kobe region of Japan.
Bryant lived in Italy for eight years while his father played in the Italian Professional Basketball League. He speaks Italian fluently.
He was nominated for an Academy Award and won.
He entered the NBA directly from high school.
In 1996, Bryant was the youngest player in NBA history at the time, at 18, 2 months and 11 days.
He played his entire professional career for Los Angeles Lakers.
Bryant won two Olympic gold medals.
Bryant is fourth in the list of all-time NBA scorers (LeBron James beat him this week).
He won five NBA championships.
Chronology:
1996 - He finished his high school career as the top scorer of all time in the history of basketball in southeastern Pennsylvania. He leads the Aces of Lower Merion in a record 31-3 season and the Class-AAAA state championship.
1996 - USA Today is named by the National High School Player of the Year and wins the Naismith Player of the Year.
June 26, 1996: Bryant is selected by the Charlotte Hornets as the 13th pick in the first round of the NBA draft.
July 11, 1996: Charlotte exchanges it to Los Angeles Lakers for Vlade Divac.
1996-2016 - Play as a guard for the Los Angeles Lakers.
1996-1997 - He is named to the Second NBA All-Rookie Team.
February 1997: wins the All-Star weekend dunk tournament, but does not play in the All-Star game.
1998 - He is the youngest holder, with 19 years, in his first game of Stars.
2000-2002 - The LA Lakers win the NBA Championship three years in a row.
2002 - First of four times to be named MVP All-Star. It was also named in 2007, 2009 and 2011.
July 18, 2003 - Bryant is charged with a charge of sexual assault in a case involving a 19-year-old hotel worker. The charge accuses Bryant of "sexual penetration or intrusion and (that) caused the victim's submission through actual physical force," according to district attorney Mark Hurlbert.
January 19, 2004: McDonald's announces that it will not renew the sponsorship contract with Bryant, which expired in December 2003.
August 10, 2004 - The same woman in the criminal court case files a lawsuit in federal court in Denver. The woman, under the name "Jane Doe," says Bryant raped her in her hotel room at a resort in the Vail area in 2003, the same incident alleged in the criminal charge against her. The demand is for an unspecified amount of compensation for damages.
September 1, 2004 - The charge of criminal sexual assault is withdrawn.
January 22, 2006 - Bryant scores 81 points in the Lakers' 122-104 victory over Suerpa this performance.
March 2, 2005: The accuser agrees to settle her civil lawsuit. The terms of the agreement have not been disclosed.
May 2008: wins the MVP award of the regular NBA season.
August 24, 2008 - Bryant wins a gold medal at the Beijing Olympics as a member of the US men's basketball team. UU.
2009-2010 - The Lakers win consecutive NBA championships.
June 14, 2009: MVP of the NBA Finals is named.
February 1, 2010 - Beat Jerry West's career record of 25,192 points as the all-time top scorer of the Los Angeles Lakers, with 25,208 points.
June 17, 2010 - For the second consecutive year he is named MVP of the NBA Finals.
April 13, 2011: Bryant is fined $ 100,000 by the NBA for making an old-fashioned insult to a referee during a game on April 12.
December 16, 2011: Vanessa Bryant files for divorce.
August 12, 2012: Member of the American men's basketball team that won the gold medal at the London 2012 Olympic Games.
January 11, 2013 - Announces on Facebook that he and Vanessa have reconciled.
April 12, 2013: The left Achilles tendon is torn in the match against Golden State Warriors. A successful surgery to repair the injury leaves you unable to play for six to nine months.
May 8, 2013: He files a lawsuit to prevent his mother, Pamela Bryant, from uploading memorabilia from the beginning of his basketball career. Bryant says he did not give his mother permission to sell the items. An agreement is reached in June.
December 8, 2013 - Bryant returns from his Achilles injury.
December 17, 2013: A left knee bone is broken in a game against the Memphis Grizzlies and was out for six weeks.
March 12, 2014: The Lakers announce that Bryant would not play the rest of the season, after team doctors determined that the fracture of the lateral tibial of his left knee was not healed.
March 23, 2014 - Bryant launches Kobe Inc. It also announces that the company's first investment is a 10% stake in the BodyArmor sports drink.
October 28, 2014 - Bryant plays for the first time since December 2013, in the first game of the regular season.
December 14, 2014 - Beats Michael Jordan to become third in the all-time list of NBA scorers, with 32,310 points in his career.
January 28, 2015: undergoes surgery to repair his broken right rotator cuff.
July 28, 2015 - Lakers coach Byron Scott announces that Bryant can play a forward position instead of his usual guard position in October. Kobe played in the guard post since he was recruited by the Charlotte Hornets in 1996.
October 4, 2015: Return in a preseason game against the Utah Jazz after undergoing surgery that ends the season in January.
November 29, 2015: In a publication in The Players Tribune, he announces that he intends to retire at the end of the NBA season.
February 2016 - Bryant announces the launch of Granity Studios (formerly known as Kobe Studios), an original multimedia content company.
April 13, 2016: Score 60 points in your final match, helping the Lakers defeat the Utah Jazz 101-96.
December 18, 2017: Lakers withdraw Bryant's numbers, number 8 and 24.
March 4, 2018: Win an Academy Award for best animated short film for "Dear Basketball."
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