Kobe Bryant by Libne Lohier by Libnie Lohier

Childhood

llohi001 — 2024-02-07 23:20:32 UTC

Kobe Bryant was born on August 23, 1978, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He had two older sisters named Shaya and Sharia. He played basketball at an early age. Kobe's family and him moved to Rieti, Italy in 1991 while he was six years old.

Fact 1

llohi001 — 2024-02-07 23:21:31 UTC

Since Joe Bryant (Kobe's dad) was a basketball player, Kobe decided to follow in his father steps and be a basketball player too. Kobe attended Lower Merion High School of Philadelphia. He earned several awards including the Naismith High School Player of the Year.

Fact 2

llohi001 — 2024-02-07 23:21:58 UTC

Kobe Joined the LA Lakers when he was only 17! He was the 6th NBA player to be drafted straight from High school, He played in the High School league in Pennsylvania and became the league's highest score ever. It didn't take a long time before NBA invitations came pouring in, the team that took him wasn't the Lakers it was the Charlotte Hornets from North Carolina. The Hornets had Kobe as their 13th choice and swapped with the LA Lakers immediately.

Quote 1

llohi001 — 2024-02-07 23:22:19 UTC

Kobe Bryant: "If you want to win, don't compete. Because once you decide they are worthy of competing with they have already won." As you can tell the words in purple say " You Decide" since it is your decision to win or lose.

Fact 3

llohi001 — 2024-02-07 23:22:30 UTC

Kobe was a Soccer player Back in Italy, since Kobe's grandfather sent Kobe videos of NBA games through postal service. Kobe took basketball very seriously, but he was still a huge soccer fan.

Fact 4

llohi001 — 2024-02-07 23:22:53 UTC

What you may not know about Kobe, that he won two Olympic gold medals, he won the gold medal in 2008 Olympics in Beijing, and the second medal in 2012 Olympics in London.

Fact 5

llohi001 — 2024-02-07 23:25:01 UTC

Kobe was married to Vanessa for 20 years and had four beautiful girls. Sadly, the tragic death of Kobe and his second daughter Gianna was only weeks after Kobe and Vanessa's celebration of their 20th anniversary.

Fact 6

llohi001 — 2024-02-07 23:25:09 UTC

Kobe was a type of person who would work tirelessly, especially basketball with this determination Kobe had it was hard to work with him. His habits of practicing alone in the dark court before anyone got there or even before a game. With all of this Kobe never gave of on this passion.

Fact 7

llohi001 — 2024-02-07 23:25:21 UTC

Bryant had a Net worth of around $500 million dollars, which this had made him one of the richest athletes of all times. He first made a deal with Adidas making the KB8 shoes, that earned him $48 million dollars, then he switched to Nike, and made multiple deals with other companies like Sprite, McDonalds, Nutella, Nintendo NBA Courtside, appeared in Guitar Hero, World Tour ,Call of Duty: Black Ops, and Lionel Messi in the Turkish airlines

Quote 2

llohi001 — 2024-02-07 23:25:33 UTC

Once you know what failure feels like, determination chases success. By Kobe Bryant

Fact 8

llohi001 — 2024-02-07 23:25:45 UTC

When it comes to Giving something back, Bryant was on top of his game too. Kobe contributed to numerous of worthwhile social causes, like "After-school All-Stars" this program provides underprivileged children after school programs across the U.S.

Fact 9

llohi001 — 2024-02-07 23:26:00 UTC

Kobe was almost a rapper in high school, since Kobe became a celebrity Sony wanted to work with Kobe in releasing an album and they called it "K.O.B.E." his first album was being planned to release in the 2000's, but the single was flopped and ditched. After this the NBA star didn't take rapping as serious.

Fact 10

llohi001 — 2024-02-07 23:26:09 UTC

Kobe Bryant unexpectedly made a mark in Hollywood; he made his way to Hollywood because he was announcing his retirement from basketball and wrote a heart touching poem called "Dear Basketball."

Fact 11

llohi001 — 2024-02-07 23:26:18 UTC

Kobe Bryant was featured on the cover of the NBA 2K10 video game, 2009 basketball simulation developed by Visual Concepts and published by 2K. The game, released in October and November 2009 for platforms like Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Xbox 360, and Wii, marked the eleventh installment in the NBA 2K series.

Fact 12

llohi001 — 2024-02-07 23:26:24 UTC

As you may already know, Kobe Bryant lived most of his life in Italy. Somewhat around eight years, by the time Kobe was 14 his family and him moved back to Philadelphia. There was a problem for young Kobe, he didn’t understand the new slang all where using he felt like an outcast.

Significant Contribution

llohi001 — 2024-02-07 23:27:05 UTC

Kobe Bryant's Significant Contribution was that he led the Los Angeles Lakers to five NBA Championships starting with 1980,1982,1985,1987, and lastly 1988.

Fact 13

llohi001 — 2024-02-07 23:33:58 UTC

Kobe Bryant had a game series named after him call “NBA courtside 2 Kobe Bryant” this game was released in the 90's and the early 2000 for the Nintendo 64. He was only 19 at the time.

Fact 14

llohi001 — 2024-02-07 23:34:06 UTC

Kobe Bryant averaged 31.1 points during his junior year, along with 5.2 assists and 10.4 rebounds. He was also named Pennsylvania Player of the Year and during the process, he got great interest from college recruiters. These institutions include Michigan, Duke, Villanova and North Carolina.

Fact 15

llohi001 — 2024-02-07 23:34:17 UTC

Kobe as a shooting guard, his impressive basketball skills helped the Los Angeles Lakers to win 5 NBA championships. It was early in his career, from 2000 to 2002, that he won the first 3 championships. Shaquille O’Neal, the all-star center at the time, was his teammate. After O’Neal was traded, the rebuilding process of the Los Angeles Lakers took some time. However, in 2009 and 2010, they won two additional championships with Kobe at the helm, playing an integral role in those results.

Fun Fact 1

llohi001 — 2024-02-07 23:34:25 UTC

Kobe Bryant fell in love playing basketball since the age of three years old!

Fun Fact 2

llohi001 — 2024-02-07 23:34:40 UTC

Kobe was named after a Japanese food dish the dish was called "Kobe Beef", Back in 1979 Kobe's dad ( Joe Bryant) and his mom( Pamela Bryant) really loved this name and named their third child Kobe Bryant.

Fun Fact 3

llohi001 — 2024-02-07 23:34:47 UTC

Kobe Bryant had many nicknames when he was playing basketball like "Black Mamba", "Mr. 81", and the one nickname everyone calls Koby is "Kobe Wan Kenobi"

Fun Fact 4

llohi001 — 2024-02-07 23:34:58 UTC

Kobe was able to score 81 points in an NBA game, which is the second most points scored in a single game.