Kobe Bryant in childhood

Kobe bean Bryant1978 was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA on August 23rd. He is the youngest and only son of "fudge" Joe Bryant and former NBA player and former coach of LA Sparks Pamela Cox Bryant. [6][5] Before he was born, his parents named him Kobe, a Japanese steak [13], which was seen on the menu of a restaurant. [6] Kobe has two sisters, Celia and Shaya. Kobe's father Joe played for Philadelphia 76ers, San Diego Clippers and Houston Rockets for eight seasons in the NBA. [6] When Kobe was 6 years old [14], Joe left the NBA and moved his family to Italy to continue his professional basketball career. [15] Kobe has adapted to a new lifestyle and learned to speak Italian and Spanish fluently. [15][ 16] He started playing at the age of 3. When he was growing up, his favorite team was the Lakers. [18] Kobe's grandfather will send him videos of NBA games, and Kobe will study them. [18] Kobe also learned to play football when he was young. His favorite team is AC Milan Football Club. He once said that if he stayed in Italy, he would try to become a professional football player. [19] Kobe is a huge fan of former Barcelona football club coach frank rijkaard [20] and former Barcelona player Ronaldinho [2 1], and he also appreciates Messi of Barcelona. [22] 199 1 year [23] after Joe retired, his family moved back to the United States. [5][24]

High school period

Kobe Bryant (7 photos) in high school is in Raul Merion High School, a suburb of Philadelphia. Kobe Bryant has won the recognition of the whole United States for his amazing high school career. As a newcomer, Kobe can be the first player in the school basketball team (grade three or four). [25] Kobe was coached by his father when he was a sophomore. Although the team's performance was mediocre in his first year, in the next three years, Kobe played all five positions and led the team to a record of 77 wins 13 losses. [25] In the adidasABCD training camp, Kobe won the 1995 high school MVP award, [26] and fought alongside his later teammate Odom. [27] In high school, john lucas, then the head coach of the 76ers, invited Kobe to the team for trial training, where Kobe played one-on-one with jerry stackhouse. [28] In his last year of high school, Kobe led the team to win the first state championship in 50 years. In senior three, Kobe averaged 30.8 points 12 rebounds, 6.5 assists, 4.0 steals and 3.8 blocks. He led Raul Merion High School to a score of 3 1 win and 3 losses. [29] After graduating from high school, Kobe surpassed wilt chamberlain and Lionel Simmons, and broke the high school scoring record in southeastern Pennsylvania with 2883 points. [30][25] With his performance in high school, Kobe won several awards, including naismith's high school player of the year, Gatorade's high school player of the year, McDonald's all-American team, and America's best team player today. Greg Donner, Kobe's high school basketball coach, rated him as a "dominant all-around player". [29] 1996 Kobe invited R &；; Singer Brandy Norwood attended her own prom [3 1] even though they were just friends. Kobe scored 1080 on the SAT [32], which was enough to ensure that he got a basketball scholarship and was admitted to a good university. However, at the age of 17, Kobe finally decided to enter the NBA directly, becoming the sixth player in NBA history to enter the NBA draft directly from high school. [25] Because it is not common to enter the NBA directly from high school (kevin garnett is the only exception in 20 years), Kobe's decision has attracted a lot of attention. [25] Kobe once said that if he went to college after graduating from high school, he would choose Duke University. [33][34]

Editing this NBA career

1996 NBA draft

Kobe Bryant 1996 transferred to Los Angeles Lakers.

As the first guard player to directly participate in the NBA draft from high school, Kobe Bryant was selected by Charlotte Hornets in the first round 1996. [5] However, according to Arn Tellem, Kobe Bryant's agent at that time, it was "impossible" for him to play for the Charlotte Hornets. However, Bill Branch, then the Hornets' chief scout, said that the Hornets had agreed to exchange draft picks with the Lakers the day before the draft. The Lakers didn't tell the Hornets about their pick until the first five minutes of the draft. [36] Before the draft, Kobe tried out in Los Angeles and played against former Lakers players larry drew and michael cooper. Jerry West, then coach of the Lakers, said that "Kobe has surpassed these players" [37]/KOOC-0/July 996/KOOC-0/KOOC-0/Sunday, West traded his starting center Vlade Divac to the Hornets in exchange for Kobe's draft pick. [38] Because Kobe was only 17 years old in the draft, his parents had to sign with him for the Lakers. It was not until the start of the new season that 18-year-old Kobe Bryant signed independently. [39][40]

Initial season (1996- 1999)

In his rookie season, Kobe spent most of his time as a substitute for eddie jones and nick van exel. At that time, he became the youngest player in NBA history (the record was later broken by teammate Andrew Bynum [4 1]) and the youngest starter in NBA history. At first, Kobe's playing time was limited, but as the season progressed, Kobe gradually gained more playing time. At the end of the season, his average playing time was 15.5 minutes. [6] In the NBA All-Star Weekend, Kobe 1997 All-Star Dunk Contest, Kobe won the championship.

1997 all-star dunk contest champion, 18-year-old Kobe Bryant also became the youngest dunk contest champion in NBA history. [42] With the performance of the whole season, Kobe Bryant and fellow substitute teammate Taravis Knight were selected as the second team of the NBA's best rookie team, becoming the youngest players to be selected as the best rookie team. [43][44] In the last game of the season, Kobe threw three hollow balls at the last critical moment. [29] First missed the winning goal in the fourth quarter, and then missed two goals in the last minute of overtime to equalize. In this way, Utah jazz defeated the Lakers in the first round of the playoffs. Shaquille o'neal commented a few years later: "(Kobe) was the only guy who dared to shoot like that at that moment." [45][46] In Kobe's second season, he gained more playing time and began to show the ability of a talented young guard. Bryant's average score soared from 7.6 to 15.4. [47] The increase of Kobe's playing time benefits from the tactical arrangement of the team's "small lineup". At this time, Kobe will switch to the position of small forward and can play the starting guard at the same time. [48] Kobe Bryant ranked second in the competition for the NBA's best sixth man award in 1998. [49] He became the youngest starter in NBA history through fan voting. [50] He was selected together with teammates shaquille o'neal, eddie jones and nick van exel [5 1], which is the first time that four players from the same team have been selected for the same NBA All-Star Game since 1983. Kobe averaged 15.4 points per game, making him the highest scorer among non-starters this season. [52] 1998-99 This season marks the beginning of Kobe's showing his strength as a top guard in the league. Since starting guards eddie jones and nick van exel were traded, Kobe Bryant started every game in a season reduced to only 50 games due to labor disputes. [4] This season, Kobe signed a six-year contract with the Lakers, worth about $70 million. This contract enables Kobe to play for the Lakers until the 2003-04 season. Although only early in his career, some sports reporters have begun to compare Kobe's skills with those of Michael Jordan and ervin johnson. [39][53][54] And there was no improvement in the playoffs this year, and they were swept out of the house by the San Antonio Spurs in the Western Conference semifinals. [55]

Three consecutive championships (1999-2002)

Lakers dynasty Shaquille O 'Neal Kobe Jackson

With 1999 Phil Jackson coaching the Lakers, Kobe's fate changed. After several years of steady progress, Kobe has become one of the best shooting guards in the league, appearing in the NBA's best team for many times, and [57] the All-Star and NBA's best defensive team. [58] Under the leadership of the excellent center combination of Kobe Bryant and O 'Neal, the Lakers became a strong contender for the championship. Phil Jackson helped the Lakers become an NBA championship team with the triangle attack tactics he used when he won the Chicago Bulls' six championships, as evidenced by the three consecutive championships in 2000, 200 1 and 2002. [59]1999-At the beginning of the 2000 season, Kobe Bryant had to stay in the audience for six weeks because he injured his right hand in the preseason game against the Washington Wizards. [60] After Kobe returned to the arena, he could play for more than 38 minutes per game, and all the technical statistics were improved in the 1999-2000 season. [47][6] Among them, the average number of assists and steals per game is the first in the team. Thanks to the return of O 'Neal and Kobe Bryant, as well as a strong bench lineup, the Lakers won the fifth highest number of regular-season wins in NBA history-67 games. O 'Neill won the MVP in the regular season, while Kobe Bryant was selected for the first time for the second team of NBA best team and the first team of NBA best defense (becoming the youngest player to win this honor). [6 1] Although Kobe played only second in the playoffs, he scored 25 points, 1 1 rebounds, 7 assists and 4 blocks in Game 7 of the Western Conference finals against Portland Trailblazers. [62] Finally, with O 'Neill's aerial relay, he won the Western Conference finals series. In the series against Indiana Pacers in the finals, Kobe sprained his ankle in the second quarter of the second game and missed the rest of that game and the third game. In the fourth game, Kobe scored 22 points in the second half and led the team to win overtime when O 'Neill was sent off. Kobe hit the winning goal to help the team 120- 1 18 lead. [63] With the victory in Game 6, the Lakers won the first NBA championship since 1988. [64] [65] [66] A commemorative photo of Kobe and his parents after winning the championship in 2000.

A photo of Kobe with his two sisters Sharia and Shayla.

In 2000-0 1 season, Kobe's data was similar to that of last season, except that he averaged 6 points higher (28.5 points). [47] But it was in this year that the contradiction between Kobe Bryant and O 'Neal began to appear. [67] 5 assists per game once again led the team. Although the Lakers won only 56 games this season, which was 1 1 less than last season, they achieved an excellent record of 15 wins 1 negative in the playoffs. They easily swept Portland Trailblazers, Sacramento Kings and San Antonio Spurs until they lost a game in overtime against Philadelphia 76ers in the final. They won the next four games and brought the championship trophy back to Los Angeles for the second time. [68] In the playoffs, Kobe played for a long time, and the average data per game also increased to 29.4 points, 7.3 rebounds and 6. 1 assist. [47] In the playoffs, O 'Neill declared that Kobe was the best player in the league. [29][69] Kobe Bryant was finally selected as the second team of the best team and was selected as the best defensive team for the second year in a row. In addition, he was selected into the all-star starting lineup for three consecutive years (1999 has no all-star game). In the 200 1-02 season, Kobe made his first 80 appearances in his career. He continued his overall performance, averaging 25.2 points, 5.5 rebounds and 5.5 assists per game. Kobe's shooting percentage also reached a career high of 46.9%, and the number of assists once again led the team. In addition to being re-elected to the All-Star Team and the Best Defensive Team, Kobe Bryant was also selected to the NBA's Best Defensive Team for the first time. [6] This year, the Lakers won 58 games in the regular season, ranking second in the Pacific Division, second only to the Kings. The road to the finals is also much more difficult than in previous years. Despite sweeping the Trailblazers in the playoffs and beating the Spurs 4-/kloc-0-,the Lakers still lost their home court advantage against the Kings. This series has played seven games, which is the first time since the Western Conference finals in 2000. In the end, the Lakers defeated their rivals in the same area and entered the finals for the third time in a row. [70] In the 2002 finals, Kobe averaged 26.8 points, 5 1.4% shooting percentage, 5.8 rebounds and 5.3 assists, among which the score accounted for 1/4 of the team's score. [71] At the age of 23, Kobe became the youngest player to win the championship three times. [7 1] Kobe's performance in the fourth quarter was remarkable and highly praised, especially in the last two rounds of the playoffs. [7 1][72][73]

A brief low tide (2002-2004)

In the 2002-03 season, Kobe averaged 30 points, scored 40+ in nine consecutive games, and averaged 40.6 points in February. In addition, he can also contribute 6.9 rebounds, 5.9 assists and 2.2 steals per game, all of which are career highs. Kobe Bryant was once again selected as the first team of the NBA's best team and the best defensive team, [6] and ranked third in the MVP vote. 50-32 in the regular season and 6 in the Western Conference semifinals in the playoffs. The Lakers lost to the final champion San Antonio Spurs. [74] From left to right is Kobe Malone O 'Neill Payton.

The following 2003-04 season, the Lakers won all-star players karl malone and gary payton, and once again hit the championship. [75] Before the start of the season, Kobe was arrested on sexual assault charges. [76] This caused Kobe to miss some games because he appeared in court; Or go to court early one day and play later that day. [77] In the last game of the regular season, the Lakers played the Trailblazers. Kobe led the Lakers to victory with two lore games and won the Pacific Division. At the last moment of the fourth quarter, Kobe hit a three-pointer to equalize the score and dragged the game into overtime. [78] The game finally entered the second overtime, and Kobe hit another three-pointer to help the Lakers 105- 104 win. [78] With O 'Neill, Malone, Payton and Kobe Bryant, the Lakers finally reached the NBA Finals. [79] In the finals, the Lakers lost to Detroit Pistons, who won the championship for the first time since 1990 [80]. In the finals series, Kobe averaged 22.6 points and 4.4 assists per game, and his shooting percentage was only 35.38+0%. Phil Jackson didn't renew his contract with the Lakers, and rudy tomjanovich took over his coaching position. O 'Neal was traded to the Heat for Odom, caron butler and brian grant. The next day, Kobe refused the contract offered by the Los Angeles Clippers and renewed a seven-year contract with the Lakers worth $654.38+0.364 million. [84][85]

Disappointed playoffs (2004-2007)

In the 2004-05 season, what happened last season greatly damaged Kobe's reputation and made him controversial and criticized. Phil Jackson published a new book, The Last Season: A Team in Search of Soul, in which he described in detail the turmoil of the Lakers in 2003-04 and criticized Kobe Bryant as "unteachable". [86] In the middle of the season, rudy tomjanovich suddenly resigned as head coach, citing health problems. After Tom Janovich left, Lakers assistant Frank Hamblen took over the rest of the season. [87] Although Kobe Bryant ranked second in the league scoring list with 27.6 points per game this season, the Lakers struggled and failed to make the playoffs for the first time since the 1993-94 season. [88] In the awards selection after this season, because of the decline of the overall strength of the Lakers, Kobe failed to enter the best defensive team, and the best team was only selected for the third team. [89] This season, Kobe also made public the contradiction with Ray Allen and Karl Malone. [90] [91] The 2005-06 season was a turning point in Kobe's basketball career. Despite previous disagreements with Kobe Bryant, Phil Jackson chose to return to the Lakers to coach. [92] Kobe agrees with this move, and various performances prove that the second cooperation between the two is not bad, leading the Lakers back to the playoffs. Kobe's personal scoring data is also the best season of his career.

Kobe scored 62 points (8 cards) in three games. On February 20, 2005, in the game between the Lakers and Dallas Mavericks, Kobe scored 62 points in the first three games (he didn't play in the fourth quarter). When he left, his personal score of 62 points was even higher than the Mavericks' 6 1. Kobe is the first player to do this since the introduction of the 24-second timer. [93] June 65438+1October 65438+June 6, 2006, the Lakers faced the Heat, and Kobe Bryant and O 'Neal shook hands and hugged before the game became the headlines of the day, marking the gradual transformation of their contradictions. [94] One month after 2006.

In Kobe Bryant's 8 1 (1 1) NBA all-star game, the two were seen joking together. [95] On October 22nd, 2006, Kirby scored a career-high 8 1 point against Toronto Raptors. [96] In addition to breaking the previous record of 7 1 point set by elgin baylor, Kobe's 8 1 point is the second highest score in NBA history, second only to the record of 100 set by Chamberlain in 1962. [97] In the same month, Kobe became the first player to score more than 45 points in four consecutive games since 1964, and the third player to do so after Chamberlain and Baylor. [98] Throughout the month of 65438+ 10, Kobe averaged 43.4 points per game. [99] His monthly average score ranked eighth in NBA history and ranked first among individuals except Chamberlain. [100] At the end of the 2005-06 season, Kobe set a record of 40+ games (27 games) and 2832 points in the history of the Lakers. [44] Kobe won the title of the league scoring champion for the first time with an average of 35.4 points per game. Ranked fourth in the 2006 NBA Most Valuable Player Award, but he won 22 first-place votes-second only to the final winner, steve nash. The Lakers won 45-37 in the regular season, more than last season 1 1 game. [101] [102] [103] 8th → 24th

Later this season, it was reported that Kobe would change his jersey number from No.8 to No.24 starting from the 2006-07 season. His first jersey in high school was number 24, and later it was changed to number 33. [3] In an interview with TNT Radio, Kobe said that he had planned to choose No.24 in his rookie season, but it could not be realized. No.33 jersey has retired with Karim Abdel-Gabbar. Kobe once wore the number 143 in Adidas ABCD training camp, so he finally chose the sum of the three numbers as his number. [3] In the first round of the playoffs, the Lakers did well enough. They led the Phoenix Suns 3-/kloc-0-0 in the series, and in the fourth game, they beat their opponents with two key goals from Kobe. In the sixth game, they were only six seconds away from eliminating the No.2 seed Suns, but they lost the game by 1 18- 126 overtime. [104] Although Kobe averaged 27.9 points in the series, the Lakers lost to the Suns in seven games. [104] In Game 7, which lost to the Suns by 90- 12 1, Kobe Bryant was criticized for hitting only three goals in the second half. [105] In the offseason in 2006, Kobe underwent knee surgery, which prevented him from participating in the 2006 World Men's Basketball Championship. [106] He once said: "The 24th means 24 hours. I want to devote all my energy to basketball, which is why I chose number 24. If I can't devote myself wholeheartedly, I'm not Kobe. 24 is my best interpretation. " [107] [108] [109] In the 2006-07 season, Kobe Bryant was selected for the ninth time in the starting lineup of the All-Star Game. On February 18, Kobe scored 3 1 minute, 6 assists and 6 steals, and won the NBA championship for the second time in his career. Throughout the season, Kobe was involved in a series of court accidents. 654381Oct 28th, Kobe Bryant elbowed Spurs guard Manu Ginóbili in the face after throwing a jumper that might win. [1 1 1] After re-examination by the league, Kobe Bryant was banned from the subsequent game against the new york Knicks at Madison Square Garden. The basis of the ban is that Kobe's backward swing is an "abnormal action." After [1 12], on March 6th, he seemed to repeat the action, this time he hit Minnesota Timberwolves defender Marco Jaric. [111] On March 7th, the NBA issued a second one-game ban for Kobe Bryant. [113] On March 9th, in the first game of his comeback, he elbowed kyle korver in the face again and was added as a first-class malicious foul after the game. [11] On March 16, Kobe scored a season-high 65 points against the Trail Blazers at home, helping the Lakers end their seven-game losing streak. This is the second best scoring performance in his career 1 1 year. [1 14] In the next game, Kobe scored 50 points against the Timberwolves, and in the next game, Kobe scored 60 points against the Memphis Grizzlies-becoming the second player of the Lakers to score 50+ in three consecutive games, and the second time after Michael Jordan 1987. Another Laker who can do this is Elgin Baylor, who scored 50+ in three consecutive games at 1962 and 12. [1 15] The next day, in a game against the New Orleans Hornets, Kobe scored 50 points, becoming the second player in NBA history to score more than 50+ in four consecutive games after Chamberlain. The record of 50+ games in a row is 7 games created by Chamberlain. [1 16] At the end of the season, Kobe got 10 50+, [1 17] and became Chamberlain 196 1-62 and/. He also won the scoring championship for the second year in a row. [118] In the 2007 playoffs, the Lakers lost to the Suns again with 1-4 in the first round of the playoffs. [ 1 19]

MVP season (2007-2008)

Atlas- Kobe Bryant's MVP (9) On May 27th, 2007, ESPN reported that Kobe Bryant said that if Jerry West could not return to the Lakers and gain full rights, he would be willing to be traded. [120] Bryant later confirmed that he wanted West back, but denied the news that he wanted to be traded if it didn't happen. [12 1] However, three days later, in a telephone interview with Stephen A smith, when an "insider" in the team claimed that he was responsible for O 'Neal's departure, Kobe expressed his dissatisfaction. And publicly said, "I want to be traded." [122] Three hours after the announcement, Bryant said in another interview that after talking with head coach Phil Jackson, he reconsidered his decision and withdrew his trading request. [123] Later, Kobe Bryant said in an unprofessional video that center Andrew Bynum should be traded for all-star Jason Kidd. [124] [125] On February 23rd, 2007, Kobe became the youngest player in history to score 20,000 points (29 years old, 122 days) in the game against the new york Knicks at Madison Square Garden. [126] Although the ligament of the right pinkie was torn on February 5, 2008, Kobe did not choose surgery, but played 82 games in the regular season. Speaking of his injury, Kobe said, "I prefer to have surgery after the Lakers season or after the Beijing Olympics this summer." Now the team doctor and I must continue to observe my injury every day. " In early September 2008, Kobe decided not to have pinky surgery. [128] Kobe led the team to the best score of 57-25 in the West and swept the Denver Nuggets in the first round. On May 6th, 2008, it was officially announced that Kobe won the NBA Most Valuable Player Award for the first time in his career. He said: "This is really a long journey. I am proud to represent this team and represent this city. " Jerry West, who brought Kobe to the Lakers, also attended the press conference where Kobe accepted the MVP trophy. He said, "Kobe deserves this trophy. He just played another great season. I am not surprised at all. " [131] [132] In addition to winning the MVP award, on May 8, Kobe Bryant was the only player who was unanimously selected as the NBA's best team, which was the third consecutive year and the sixth time in his career. After [133], he and Kevin Garnett led the first lineup of the NBA's best defensive team. Kobe scored 52 points, including 24 first-place votes, which was his eighth election. [134] The Lakers entered the playoffs first in the West, and the first round opponent was the Nuggets. In the first game, Kobe Bryant, who was used as bait most of the time, scored 18 of his 32 points in the last 8 minutes of the game to ensure that the Lakers kept the lead. [135] The Lakers beat the Nuggets 4-0 in the first round, and the Nuggets became the first team to win 50 games since the Grizzlies were swept by the Spurs in 2004. [136] In the first game of the second round against Jazz, Kobe scored 38 points to help the Lakers beat Jazz. [137] The Lakers also won the second game, but lost the third and fourth games, although Kobe averaged 33.5 points per game. [138] The Lakers won the next two games and entered the Western Conference semifinals with six wins. [138] The opponent of the Lakers in the Western Conference finals is the Spurs. The Lakers beat the Spurs in five games and entered the NBA Finals against the Boston Celtics. This is the fifth time in Kobe's career and the 1 th time that he has entered the finals without O 'Neal. [139] Finally, the Lakers lost to the Boston Celtics after six games.