[102] This caused Bryant to miss some games due to court appearances or attend court earlier in the day and travel to play games later on the same day. However, it was not for anything basketball related; rather, it was about Bryant being a big fan of FC Barcelona. 2022-23 Season Schedule; League Pass Schedule; [259] The Lakers finished the season at 4537, good for seventh in the West. The win ended a 10-game losing streak, and the Lakers averted establishing the longest losing streak in franchise history. The Lakers swept the Nuggets in the first round and on May 6, 2008, and Bryant was officially announced as the league MVP. By the end of the season, he averaged 15.5 minutes a game. He sat out season finale against Sacramento, foregoing the chase for a possible third NBA scoring title, having needed 38 points to surpass Kevin Durant. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for 2002 Upper Deck SPx #34 KOBE BRYANT Refractor Los Angeles Lakers Guard Gem Mint at the best online prices at eBay! [494] In addition to future animation projects, he had been in talks with animator veteran Bruce Smith for the last six months before his death about starting his own animation studio. 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In all, $200 million in collectibles are stored in two vaults . [16][404][405], In November 1999, 21-year-old Bryant met 17-year-old Vanessa Laine while she was working as a background dancer on the Tha Eastsidaz music video "G'd Up". [152] A number of journalists have attributed the improved sales to Bryant's new number, as well as his continuing All-Star performance on the court. For us to honor him, being on the floor, this is what it's all about. . [358] However, some critics have suggested that Bryant's defensive accolades in his later years were based more on his reputation than his actual play. [325] In the following summer, he had to withdraw from the Olympic team because of his sexual assault case. [25], Sony pushed Bryant from his roots of underground hip hop into a more radio-friendly sound. [46] Bryant ended up making the All-NBA Second Team and All-NBA Defensive Team for the second year in a row. [84][85] Bryant did not return to the game, and he also missed Game 3 due to the injury. Trivia He was associated with the rap group 'CHEIZAW' and has even released a song titled 'K.O.B.E.' He spoke fluent Italian. [333] After winning another gold medal, Bryant decided to retire from the team. 2440 W. Medtronic Way Suite A Tempe, AZ 85281. dummy 480-204-4960 Mike (all online class issues) dummy 602-754-0964 Tony. In addition, he was also voted to start in the NBA All-Star Game for the third year in a row (no game in 1999). Two security guards were shot, one fatally, by the police near the HiLo Supermarket in Negril this morning. The Lakers began the playoffs as the number one seed in the Western Conference against the Oklahoma City Thunder,[199] eventually defeating them in six games. [501] On November 4, 2010, Bryant appeared alongside Zach Braff at the Call of Duty: Black Ops launch event at the Santa Monica Airport, where they presented a $1million check to the Call of Duty Endowment, an Activision-founded nonprofit organization that helps veterans transition to civilian careers after their military service has ended. That could be the case for Oregon Ducks guard Chris Duarte, whose draft stock has soared and is now widely projected to be a first-round pick. including a pair of sneakers worn and signed by the late NBA great Kobe Bryant. [509], The 62nd Annual Grammy Awards went ahead as scheduled at the Staples Center on the day of the crash, but included tributes by multiple artists and groups, including host Alicia Keys opening the show with a tribute speech in which she called Staples Center "the house that Kobe Bryant built" and joining Boyz II Men to sing "It's So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday". [328], Bryant's United States national team career finally began in 2007. He'd get out there and get his shot up. He led the NBA in scoring in the 200506 and 200607 seasons and was named league MVP in 2008. [207] The Lakers started the 201011 season by winning their first eight games. [462] On February 9, 2009, Bryant was featured on the cover of ESPN The Magazine. Before the trade agreement, the Hornets never considered drafting Bryant. [196] Two weeks later, he made his sixth game-winning shot of the season, against the Toronto Raptors. Mark J. Terrill, The Associated Press. Reportedly Bryant's parents had problems with him marrying so young, especially to a woman who was not African-American. Bryant wore 143 at the Adidas ABCD camp and chose 8 by adding those numbers. [393] He was selected to the All-NBA Team on 15 occasions, tied for the most with Abdul-Jabbar and Tim Duncan,[397] and his 11 first-team honors are tied for the second-most with Karl Malone. After the Lakers lost the 2004 NBA Finals, O'Neal was traded and Bryant became the cornerstone of the franchise. Bryant appeared as the cover athlete for the following video games: Bryant was also one of the global ambassadors of the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup in China. [170], The Lakers concluded the 200708 regular season with a 5725 record, finishing first in the Western Conference and setting up themselves for a first-round contest against the Nuggets. In Game 4 against the Kings, Bryant recorded 48 points, 16 rebounds and 3 assists in a 119113 series-clinching win. [236] In April, Bryant missed seven games with a bruised left shin. If Bryant talked to teammates in his earlier years, it was usually "give me the damn ball," but during the latter period, "[Bryant] embraced the team and his teammates, calling them up when we were on the road and inviting them out to dinner. [147] The following game, Bryant recorded 50 points against the Minnesota Timberwolves,[148] after which he scored 60 points in a road win against the Memphis Grizzliesbecoming the second Laker to score three straight 50-plus point games, a feat not seen since Jordan last did it in 1987. [383] Both numbers he wore during his career, 8 and 24, were retired by the Lakers on December 18, 2017. [70] Bryant was the runner-up for the NBA's Sixth Man of the Year Award,[71] and through fan voting, he also became the youngest NBA All-Star starter in NBA history. [246] In a move to improve the team's defense, D'Antoni began having Bryant guard the opponent's best perimeter player; Bryant was the primary defender on the Cavaliers' Kyrie Irving, who was held to 15 points. 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He claimed his first All-Star MVP trophy after a 31-point performance in Philadelphia when he was loudly booed by fans as they had throughout the game, stemming from his earlier comment to a 76ers heckler during the Finals that the Lakers were "going to cut your hearts out". Monsky asked Kobe who the best point guard is he ever played with and Kobe jokingly said Monsky was the best with Nash in a close second. [391] Bryant led the NBA in scoring during the 200506 and 200607 seasons. The road to the Finals would prove a lot tougher than the record run the Lakers had enjoyed the previous year. On April 12, Bryant suffered a torn Achilles tendon against the Golden State Warriors, ending his season. [389] He is the fourth-leading scorer in league history with 33,643 points. In 2014, Bryant passed Havlicek's previous mark of 13,417 missed shots. Bryant and his daughter, Gianna, received the Eucharist together just hours before they died. 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", "Better scoring night: Kobe's 81 or Wilt's 100? Bryant was suspended one game after he punched Reggie Miller of the Indiana Pacers after the Lakers' March 1, 2002 victory over the Pacers.[93][94]. [435] He sold the house in May 2015. [240] After starting the season 14, coach Brown was fired. [57] Since Bryant was still 17 at the time, his parents had to cosign his contract with the Lakers until he was able to sign his own when he turned 18 before the season began. [550] Bryant was posthumously inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2021, with Vanessa delivering the acceptance speech on Bryant's behalf.[551]. [265] He remained the league's highest-paid player, although he accepted a discounted deal; he had been eligible to receive an extension starting at $32 million per year. [407], They married on April 18, 2001, at St. Edward the Confessor Catholic Church in Dana Point, California. [86] With a 116111 victory in Game 6, the Lakers won their first championship since 1988.[87]. [421][422], Bryant was a practicing Catholic. [202] The Lakers went on to win the series in six games capturing the Western Conference Championship and advancing to the NBA Finals for a third straight season. When his shot is off, Kobe will pound away relentlessly until his luck turns. [478], In high school, Bryant was a member of a rap group called CHEIZAW, named after the Chi Sah gang in the martial arts film Kid with the Golden Arm. Rose later admitted he placed his foot under Bryant intentionally. [97] On November 1, Bryant recorded a triple-double of 33 points, 15 rebounds and 12 assists in a 10893 win over the LA Clippers. [36] When Bryant was 13, he and his family moved back to Philadelphia, where he enrolled in eighth grade at Bala Cynwyd Middle School. [27][28] Bryant began to play basketball seriously while living in Reggio Emilia. [41], At Adidas ABCD Camp, Bryant earned the 1995 senior MVP award[43] while playing alongside future NBA teammate Lamar Odom. However, Bryant's lawyers asked the auction house to return the items. 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[92][314][351] His ability to make difficult shots has also drawn criticism of his shot selection. On November 25, he signed a two-year contract extension with the Lakers at an estimated value of $48.5 million. [242][243] On December 5 against New Orleans, Bryant became the youngest player (34 years and 104 days) in league history to score 30,000 points, joining Hall of Famers Chamberlain, Jordan, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and Karl Malone as one of five players to reach that milestone. He continued to be among the premier players in the league through the 201213 season, when he suffered a torn achilles tendon at age 34. My love for this city, this team and for each of you will never fade. Bryant's parents apologized to him for the misunderstanding in a written statement, and appreciated the financial support he had given them over the years. You don't want to miss it! [c] Bryant also won his second straight scoring title that season. On January 22, 2006, he scored a career-high 81 points; the second most points scored in a single NBA game, behind Wilt Chamberlain's 100-point game. [416] In early December 2016, Vanessa gave birth to their third daughter,[417][418][419] and in January 2019 the Bryants announced they were expecting a fourth daughter. [166] He said, "It's been a long ride. [54], Before the 1996 NBA draft, Bryant had worked out in Los Angeles, where he scrimmaged against former Lakers players Larry Drew and Michael Cooper and, according to then-Laker general manager Jerry West, "marched over these people". Navigation Toggle NBA. Bryant began the season playing with an injured wrist. [45] In his senior year of high school, Bryant led the Aces to their first state championship in 53 years. [237] He returned three games before the end of the regular season. [159] Bryant was later shown in an infamous amateur video saying that center Andrew Bynum should have been traded for All-Star Jason Kidd. 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He's had just another great season. [110][111], Bryant was closely scrutinized and criticized during the 200405 season with his reputation badly damaged from all that had happened over the previous year. [26][37], Bryant earned national recognition during a spectacular high-school career at Lower Merion High School in Ardmore, located in the Philadelphia suburb of Lower Merion. In Game 2 win against the Denver Nuggets in the Western Conference finals, Anthony Davis made a buzzer-beating 3-pointer and yelled Bryant's name, while the team was wearing the 'Black Mamba' jerseys. Bryant was also the first choice for the role of Jesus Shuttlesworth in Spike Lee's 1998 film He Got Game, but he turned down the role, saying "this summer is too big for me. [38] His basketball skills and SAT score of 1080 would have ensured admission to any college he chose,[16][52] but he did not officially visit any campuses. [140] After scoring 50 points on 20 of 35 shooting in the Game 6 loss, Bryant was criticized for only taking three shots in the second half of the 12190 Game 7 loss to Phoenix. [502][504], Bryant established Kobe Inc. to own and grow brands in the sports industry. [271] Bryant was averaging 13.8 points, 6.3 assists, and 4.3 rebounds. [173] The Lakers won the next game as well, but dropped Games 3 and 4, even with Bryant putting up 33.5 points per game. [502][503] During his lifetime, Bryant granted over two hundred requests for the Make-A-Wish Foundation. [12] A number of tributes and memorials were subsequently issued, including renaming the All-Star MVP Award in his honor. Afterward, Bryant co-founded an independent record label, Heads High Entertainment, but it folded within a year. Nearly one year later, the facts . [241] He was replaced by Mike D'Antoni, who Bryant knew as a child when Bryant's father was playing in Italy and D'Antoni was also a star player there. There's a rare Pikachu card and a century-old one of baseball great Honus Wagner, which recently sold for $7.25 million in a private sale. Byron Scott missed the game with a sprained wrist, Robert Horry was ejected for fighting with Utah's Jeff Hornacek, and Shaquille O'Neal fouled out with 1:46 remaining in the fourth quarter. In another incident, he allegedly threatened a mall security guard, according to police reports uncovered by Molly Hensley-Clancy of the Washington Post. Bryant said he wanted more out of life than just a successful basketball career. [438][439][440], Bryant was a lifelong fan of his hometown NFL team, the Philadelphia Eagles. [294], After recovering to play in the 201516 preseason,[295] Bryant suffered a calf injury and missed the final two weeks of exhibition games. [218], On April 13, 2011, the NBA fined Bryant $100,000 for directing a gay slur at referee Bennie Adams in frustration in the previous day's game. [302][303] In his press conference after the announcement, he acknowledged his declining skills. [38] During his junior year, he averaged 31.1 points, 10.4 rebounds, 5.2 assists, 3.8 blocks and 2.3 steals[40] and was named Pennsylvania Player of the Year while also earning a fourth-team Parade All-American nomination,[41][42] attracting attention from college recruiters in the process. [82] While playing second fiddle to O'Neal in the playoffs, Bryant had some clutch performances, including a 25-point, 11-rebound, 7-assist, 4-block game in Game 7 of the Western Conference Finals against the Portland Trail Blazers. He first missed a game-winning two-point jump shot in the fourth quarter, and then misfired 3 three-point field goals in overtime, including two tying shots in the final minute. [352][377] Players including Kevin Durant,[378] Dirk Nowitzki,[379] Dwyane Wade,[313] and Derrick Rose called Bryant their generation's version of Jordan. Kobe Bryant Stats and news - NBA stats and news on Los Angeles Lakers Forward-Guard Kobe Bryant. [212] In Boston on February 10, Bryant scored 20 of his 23 points in the second half as the Lakers rallied from an early 15-point deficit for a 9286 win over the Celtics. A shooting guard, he spent his entire 20-year career with the Los Angeles Lakers in the National Basketball Association (NBA). "[448][449] The accuser filed a separate lawsuit against Bryant, which the two sides settled privately. [485][486][487] It was featured on his debut studio album, Finally Rich, as a part of the deluxe edition. [174] This set up a Western Conference Finals berth against the San Antonio Spurs. The series would stretch to seven games, the first time this had happened to the Lakers since the 2000 Western Conference Finals. In the airline's latest commercial, the duo competes to win the attention of a young boy. 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