Kobe was selected as a high school student, but it is said that Kobe's academic performance was good at that time, and Duke and North Carolina, famous basketball schools, were still struggling. In high school, Kobe became the highest scoring record in Pennsylvania high school basketball with a total score of 2883, breaking Chamberlain's score of 2359. Kobe Bryant came to the NBA with the aura of "the first high school student in America". Answer LZ's question: Bryant took Garnett as a mirror and took a sip: He can do it, why can't I? Secondly, Kobe was really arrogant at that time, thinking that he was "invincible in the world" except the NBA.