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Today his 31st birthday marks the legendary basketball player Kobe Bryant. During his great career, this American, who grew up in Italy, has won many titles, including four championship NBA . Throughout his 12-year career, Kobe Bryant spent in a club – “the Los Angeles Lakers”.

Kobi was born in Philadelphia August 23, 1978 in the family of former NBA player Joe Bryant. To learn the basics of basketball began in Italy, where he was educated in elementary school. Back home, Kobe begins to grow rapidly, and basketball became his main occupation. No day without a game: training, watching videos, records, manuals father. All this contributed to the formation of Bryant as a player.

entered the Lower Merion High School, Kobe immediately attracted the attention of scouts. His talent and work ethic is said that the rising young star. Daily training is not in vain. Through the efforts of Bryant, within four years of bad teams in the Lower Merion became champions of Pennsylvania. As a result, he became the most productive player in the history of this state, gaining a total of 2883 points and won the title of Best Player in 1996 among schoolchildren. After this the road to the NBA he was open.

“Charlotte Hornets” chose his number under 13 draft. However, experiencing a severe shortage in tsetrovyh immediately traded in the “Lakers” on Vlad Divatsa. In Los Angeles, a young “prodigy” has been gradually assert itself. Especially on weekend Vsezvezdnom he managed to become the scorer and win the NBA newcomers Dunk Contest (contest by Slam Dunk). At the end of his first season Bryant was included in the NBA Rookie second team, gaining an average of 7 points per game. In 1998, aged 19 years and 5 months, he was elected to the starting five on the West All-Star All-Star Game in New York, thus “child prodigy” is the youngest member of the match in the history of the League and receive the NBA superstar status.

The following season

Kobe gets to the third national team NBA, picking up 20 points per game. And in 1999-00, with the arrival of the team coach Phil Jackson, “Lakers” are champions of the NBA. Certainly one of the main culprits is the victory of Bryant. Besides the world title, he falls into the second team NBA first team in the best defenders in the NBA and second team Most interviewees NBA players! Great results for the 22-year-old player. In the same season Bryant continues to progress. In the game against the “Golden State”, he sets a personal record – 51 points, and its average efficiency is 30 points per game.

brilliant career Kobe Bryant continues. Still takes a lot of fun eighth issue of “Los Angeles Lakers' to the fans. And not once spoken to traditional WOW, the next time you drift corporate heir to the throne of the Great Michael. Bryant, from the very beginning caused concern as a player who has something to do with Jordan. Having not brilliant, but a decent first season in Los Angeles, with 7.6 points per game, Kobe Bryant added greatly to the skill, he became one of the most productive players association. Carrying just 26 minutes on the court, he managed to score 15.4 points per game. Kobe has participated in the games all-NBA. In 1997 he won the competition rolls on top. In the season of 1999-2000 was selected in the first “five” to protect. Missed first 15 games of the season 99-00 due to an injury the right hand.

“Bryant from the very beginning caused concern as a player who has something to do with Jordan”

During his career, Bryant has won the following titles: 4-time NBA champion (2000, 2001, 2002, 2009), Olympic gold medalist (2008), champion of America (2007), NBA most valuable player of the season 2007/08, MVP of the Match Star (2006, 2008, 2009), the most productive NBA player (2006-2007), as well as 7 times was a first team NBA (2002-2004, 2006-2009). Throughout his professional career in favor of the Los Angeles Lakers. Kobe is distinguished by its sverhrezultativnostyu. December 23, 2007, gaining 39 points in the victory away match against “New York Knicks” in “at Madison Square Garden” (95:90), became the youngest NBA player to break the milestone of 20,000 points scored. Also has the second highest number of points scored in one game – January 22, 2006 Bryant scored 81 points in the match against the “Toronto Raptors”, only more Wilt Chamberlain (100). February 10, 2009 Bryant stood at 23 000 points in the match against the “Oklahoma City Thunder” by typing with 34 points and being in the lung ailment due to colds, thus becoming the youngest player in NBA, who received the 23 000 points.

In addition, parents named in honor of Kobe steaks, which has the same name (Kobe), who were eating in a restaurant to celebrate his birth. Also, there are two senior Bryant for sale: Sheya and Shari. His favorite movie “Star Wars”, and his father Dzheli Bryant spent 606 games in the league in average, picking up on 8.7 points. In 2003, Coby was suspected of raping a 19-year-old valet Catelin Faber, but she refused to testify against him, after which the scandal was settled out of court intervention.

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