Kobe Bryant Facts & Stats (2024)

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Growing up in Italy alongside two athletic older sisters, Shaya and Sharia, Bryant was an avid player of both basketball and soccer. When the family returned to Philadelphia in 1991, Bryant joined the Lower Merion High School basketball team, leading it to the state championships four years in a row.

When Bryant was six, his father retired from the NBA and moved his family to Rieti in Italy to continue playing professional basketball. After two years, they moved first to Reggio Calabria, then to Pistoia and Reggio Emilia. Kobe became accustomed to his new lifestyle and learned to speak fluent Italian.

Kobe Bryant spent his entire 20-year NBA career with the Los Angeles Lakers after being traded by the Charlotte Hornets in 1996 only a month after the Hornets had drafted him. How many championships did Kobe Bryant win? Kobe Bryant won five NBA championships (2000–02 and 2009–10).

Kobe had an extensive repertoire of moves that allowed him to play great basketball. His excellent footwork, deadly jump shot, and ability to drive to the basket made him a skilled player who could dominate on the court.

Kobe retired on April 13, 2016, at the age of 37 and scoring 60 points against the Utah Jazz, in a game he came from behind and won by himself. He was capable of that and more. Like the night he scored 81 points in a 2006 game against the Toronto Raptors.

The city is the point of origin and namesake of Kobe beef, the home of Kobe University, and the site of one of Japan's most famous hot spring resorts, Arima Onsen.

In his 20 seasons with the Lakers, Kobe Bryant played in seven NBA Finals and his teams won five championships. Bryant exits the game with a 5-2 record in the Finals and it compares favorably with some of his superstar contemporaries.

The small cemetery where Kobe Bryant is buried contains the graves of some notable people — including one arguably as famous as the basketball star. Bryant and his daughter, Gianna, were buried Friday at Pacific View Memorial Park in Newport Beach. They were killed Jan. 26 in a helicopter crash.

Through determination, diet, and hard work. According to teammates, Kobe Bryant worked harder than anyone else, always showing up to practice early and well ahead of everyone else. He was driven to succeed and gave it his all. He practiced his moves, his speed, his jumps, and even practiced dribbling without a ball.

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When late Los Angeles Lakers Hall of Fame shooting guard Kobe Bryant changed his jersey number from eight to 24 during the 2006-07 season, he explained it at the time as "growth" from his prior digits. "Then 24 is a growth from [No. 8]," Bryant once said.

The most notable, in recent memory, was Kobe Bryant. He switched from 8 to 24.

Kobe and Shaq 'Three-Peat'

With Kobe and Shaq, the Lakers won three consecutive NBA Championships in the first three years under coach Phil Jackson. It was the fifth three-peat in NBA history, and no NBA team has accomplished this rare feat since Kobe and Shaq led the Lakers to NBA titles in 2000, 2001 and 2002.

He sits third on the list of NBA all-time scoring leaders, having amassed 33,643 points across his 20-season career. His most prolific season came in 2005-2006, when he scored an average of 35.4 regular season points per game across 80 games for the LA Lakers.

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