In the first game of the 200203 season, Bryant recorded 27 points, 10 rebounds, 5 assists and 4 steals in an 8782 loss to the visiting Spurs. [495], Beginning in 2018, Bryant wrote, produced and hosted the television series Detail, which aired for multiple seasons on ESPN and ESPN+. A federal jury awarded $31 million in damages to Kobe Bryant's widow and her co-plaintiff on Thursday after finding the Los Angeles County Sheriff's and Fire departments liable for infringing on . [174] The Lakers then won the next two games to win the semifinals. He was exceptional in everything that he did. [317] West teammates offered to feed him the ball in an attempt to get him another All-Star MVP, but he declined. Zoo due to heavy air traffic in the area. [548][549], After the Lakers beat the Miami Heat in Game 6 of the 2020 NBA Finals to clinch the franchise's 17th NBA championship, rapper, Lakers fan and Long Beach native Snoop Dogg paid homage to Bryant and the Lakers with a full forearm tattoo. ", "Kobe Bryant's Charity Work, Events and Causes", "Honor Kobe Bryant's legacy through the charities he supported", "Statement on the Death of Basketball Icon and Museum Founding Donor Kobe Bryant", "Kobe Bryant Granted Over 200 Make-A-Wish Requests During Career: It Was the 'Highlight of My Life', "Kobe's $6M drink investment has $200M return", "Kobe Bryant and Jeff Stibel Unveil $100 Million Venture Capital Fund", "What Is Bryant Stibel, Venture Capitalist Fund? James, 35, scored 29 points to move to 33,655. [271] Bryant was averaging 13.8 points, 6.3 assists, and 4.3 rebounds. And then we commented, as I recall, on how reminiscent he was of Michael. [83] He also threw an alley-oop pass to O'Neal to clinch the game and the series. ", "40 stats you won't believe about Kobe Bryant's historic NBA career", Billups, Bryant Named Players of the Month, "Kobe's big month sets high expectations", "Bryant passes Jordan, has shot to be No. [213] It was the Lakers' first victory of the season against one of the league's top four teams, as they entered the game 05 in previous matchups and had been outscored by an average of 11 points. [67] O'Neal commented that "[Bryant] was the only guy who had the guts at the time to take shots like that. A Catholic cantor said she was inspired by Bryant's faith, and the respect that he showed her. Bryant had grown close with D'Antoni during their time with Team USA. 2022-23 Season Schedule; League Pass Schedule; [17] His 81-point performance against Toronto in 2006 was the second-highest in NBA history,[392] behind only Chamberlain's 100. [217] Bryant finished the season averaging less than 20 shots a game, his fewest since the 200304 season. 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On April 12, Bryant suffered a torn Achilles tendon against the Golden State Warriors, ending his season. [108] O'Neal was traded to the Miami Heat for Lamar Odom, Caron Butler, and Brian Grant. Kobe Bryant will always be remembered as one of the most skilled scorers in the NBA. [27][28] Bryant began to play basketball seriously while living in Reggio Emilia. Three championships were won consecutively in 2000, 2001, and 2002, further cementing this view. [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. [73], The 199899 season marked Bryant's emergence as a premier guard in the league. Speakers at the service included Vanessa, Jordan, and O'Neal, along with Phoenix Mercury guard Diana Taurasi and Geno Auriemma, Taurasi's coach at Connecticut, where Gianna had been aspiring to play. In addition, he averaged 6.9 rebounds, 5.9 assists, and 2.2 steals per game, all career-highs to that point. After Kobe's homecoming game in Philly this week, Kobe Bryant was surprised by his former high school point guard, the very funny Evan Monsky, during the post game conference. 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[314], On February 3, Bryant made seven three-pointers and scored a then season-high 38 points, including 14 of the team's 18 points in the last 5:02 of the game, for a 119115 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves. Jan. 24, 2021 4 AM PT. [150] Bryant finished the year with a total of ten 50-plus point games, surpassed only by Chamberlain. [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. [451][452] His first signature shoe was the Equipment KB 8. [240] After starting the season 14, coach Brown was fired. [98] He also set an NBA record for three-pointers in a game on January 7, 2003, when he made 12 against the Seattle SuperSonics. After finishing 5032 in the regular season, the Lakers floundered in the playoffs and lost in the Western Conference semi-finals in six games to the eventual NBA champions San Antonio Spurs. [260] On April 10, 2013, Bryant became the first player in NBA history to get 47 points, eight rebounds, five assists, four blocks, and three steals in an NBA game. [19][20][21], Bryant started playing basketball when he was three,[22] and the Lakers were his favorite team when he was growing up. On January 28 while attempting to draw contact on a potential game-winning jump shot, he flailed his arm, striking San Antonio Spurs guard Manu Ginbili in the face with his elbow. [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. On December 20, 2005, Bryant scored 62 points in three quarters against the Dallas Mavericks. [420] Their daughter was born in June 2019. [51] Ultimately, the 17-year-old Bryant made the decision to go directly into the NBA, becoming only the sixth player in NBA history to do so. [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. [144], On March 16, Bryant scored a season-high 65 points in a home game against the Portland Trail Blazers, which helped end the Lakers 7-game losing streak. Growing pains and gains: During his rookie season, Bryant at just 18 years and 72 days old became the . It was also the year when disagreements between Bryant and O'Neal began to surface. The others were Chamberlain (2 in 197273) and Kidd (2 each in 200910 and 201011). [284][285] Three times Bryant had exceeded 40 minutes in a game,[286] and the coach blamed himself for overloading him after he started the season in such great shape. 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The deceased was identified as 25-year-old Dellon Harding, of Seaton Crescent, Savanna-la-Mar. [23] When Bryant was six, his father retired from the NBA and moved his family to Rieti in Italy to continue playing professional basketball. In addition to the trading cards, there are baseball . Bryant was awarded his first NBA Finals MVP trophy upon winning his fourth championship,[185] achieving series averages of 32.4 points, 7.4 assists, 5.6 rebounds, 1.4 steals and 1.4 blocks. It also makes sense to design a build inspired by a younger Kobe. Due to an ectopic pregnancy, Vanessa suffered a miscarriage in the spring of 2005. He won gold medals on the 2008 and 2012 U.S. Olympic teams. [328], Bryant's United States national team career finally began in 2007. The story of Kobe Bryant and Michael Jordan sharing the court the last time on March 28, 2003, when the kid scored 55 points and the G.O.A.T. [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. [357] Bryant rarely drew charges when he played defense, which he believed spared his body and contributed to his longevity. [159] Bryant was later shown in an infamous amateur video saying that center Andrew Bynum should have been traded for All-Star Jason Kidd. Kobe Bryant, along with his 13-year-old daughter, Gianna Bryant, died on January 26, 2020, near Calabasas, California, in a helicopter crash. "[126], In addition to his abilities on offense, Bryant also established himself as a standout defensive player. [245] His streak would be snapped at 10 on December 28 in a 10487 win over the Portland Trail Blazers, when he scored 27 points, sitting out the whole fourth quarter. [32] From 1987 to 1989, his father played for Olimpia Basket Pistoia where he paired with former Detroit Pistons Leon Douglas. [521] Initial reports indicated that the helicopter crashed in the hills above Calabasas in heavy fog. The Lakers swept the Nuggets in the first round and on May 6, 2008, and Bryant was officially announced as the league MVP. "Even though I play like shit, I've worked really, really hard not to play like crap and I do everything I possibly can. Largely because he spent so much time in a system de-emphasizing traditional point guard play, mitigating the need for an elite one, in terms of "classic" point guards Bryant basically goes from . Bryant was runner-up in the MVP voting behind James,[184] and was selected to the All-NBA First Team and All-Defensive First Team for the seventh time in his career. [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". For us to honor him, being on the floor, this is what it's all about. Brooklyn Nets star Kyrie Irving has an idea to change the NBA logo to honor Kobe Bryant -- and Bryant's widow, Vanessa Bryant, fully supports it. The single debuted in January 2000, and was performed at NBA All-Star Weekend that month; the song was not well received. [485][486][487] It was featured on his debut studio album, Finally Rich, as a part of the deluxe edition. [160][161], On December 23, 2007, Bryant became the youngest player (29 years, 122 days) to reach 20,000 points, in a game against the New York Knicks, in Madison Square Garden, after scoring 39 points to go along with 11 rebounds and 8 assists. Bryant did not feel he was deserving of the selection, and some likened it to a career achievement award for his past performance. After the Lakers lost the 2004 NBA Finals, O'Neal was traded and Bryant became the cornerstone of the franchise. Games. [99] Bryant averaged 30 points per game and embarked on a historic run, posting 40 or more points in nine consecutive games while averaging 40.6 in the entire month of February. 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. [414][415] On January 11, 2013, Bryant and his wife both announced via social media that they had called off their divorce. 1", "Suns' Steve Nash Wins Second Consecutive MVP Award", "Bryant will hang up his No. In the book, Jackson called Bryant "un-coachable". [481] The music video of the single also features Bryant. [267][268][269] Bryant resumed playing on December 8 after missing the season's first 19 games. In the 2000 Finals, against the Indiana Pacers, Bryant injured his ankle in the second quarter of Game 2 after landing on the Pacers' Jalen Rose's foot. [489] That same year, he guest starred as himself on an episode of Arli$$ (episode: "What About the Fans?") [232] He went on to score 40, 42, and 42 in his next three games. 13 pick to the Lakers the day before the draft. 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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". Afterward, Bryant co-founded an independent record label, Heads High Entertainment, but it folded within a year. 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The #BlackMamba @KobeBryant is in the building!. The Lakers won 58 games that year and finished second in the Pacific Division behind in-state rival Sacramento Kings. In Game 1, Bryant, who said he made himself a decoy through most of the game, scored 18 of his 32 points in the final eight minutes to keep Los Angeles safely ahead. The 23-year-old point guard was allegedly involved in an altercation with the head of security in the parking lot of a Memphis mall last summer, according to a police report obtained by the. A security guard opens a steel door leading into a vault containing hundreds of collectibles at Collectors Vault, a new company that is making it easier for collectors to store and trade memorabilia, on Oct. 21, 2022, in Delaware. [298][299] On December 1, 2015, Bryant played his last game against his hometown team, the Philadelphia 76ers, where the Lakers lost 10391. 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. [317][318], In the season finale on April 13, Bryant scored an NBA season-high 60 points against Utah in his last NBA game, outscoring the entire Jazz team 2321 in the fourth quarter, in the Lakers' 10196 victory. They would go on to win the next four games and bring their second championship to Los Angeles in as many seasons. [447] In September 2004, the assault case was dropped by prosecutors after the accuser decided not to testify at the trial. [210] On January 30 against the Celtics, he became the youngest player to score 27,000 points. [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. "[263] Eight times he reached 40 points during the season, and eleven times he had 10 or more assists in his role as distributor, dubbed "Magic Mamba" after the passing skills of Magic Johnson. [261] Bryant had surgery on April 13 to repair the tear, and it was estimated he would miss six to nine months. [403], Bryant was the youngest of three children. [171] That made Denver the first 50-win team to be swept out of the first round of the playoffs since the Memphis Grizzlies fell in four games to the San Antonio Spurs in 2004. [421][422], Bryant was a practicing Catholic. Kobe Bryant, in full Kobe Bean Bryant, (born August 23, 1978, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.died January 26, 2020, Calabasas, California), American professional basketball player, who helped lead the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA) to five championships (2000-02 and 2009-10). [337][338] Bryant has drawn frequent comparisons to Michael Jordan, after whom he modeled his playing style. [445][446], The accusation tarnished Bryant's reputation, and the public's perception of him plummeted; his endorsement contracts with McDonald's and Nutella were terminated. Thank you for this incredible journey. Even at an early stage of his career, sportswriters were comparing his skills to those of Michael Jordan and Magic Johnson. [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". [194] The following day, he surpassed West to become the all-time leading scorer in Lakers franchise history. 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