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Birth
He is born Philadelphia; August 23, 1978 -
His first steps in the NBA
Kobe started playing for the Charlotte Hornets in 1996 -
The Angeles Lakers
was traded to the Los Angeles Lakers. Along with Shaquille O'Neal, Bryant led his team to three NBA championships between 2000 and 2002 -
2006-2007
Kobe led the league's top scorers in 2006 and 2007, and achieved several records in that span. In January 2006 he scored 81 points -
Premio Bill Russell al MVP de las Finales de la NBA.
After losing the 2008 Finals, he helped the Lakers win two more consecutive championships in 2009 and 2010, where he both won the Bill Russell NBA Finals MVP Award -
2009-2010: fifth title with the Lakers
During the 2009-10 season, Bryant made six winning baskets, including one over the horn, a one-legged triple against the Miami Heat on December 4, 2009, considered by the player himself as one of the luckiest he had achieved. throughout his career. A week later, he suffered a broken index finger on his right hand in a game against the Minnesota Timberwolves, but he continued to play -
25.000 Points
On January 21, 2010, Kobe became the youngest player to achieve 25,000 points, achieving it at 31 years and 151 days, a record that until then belonged to Wilt Chamberlain, and on February 1 he surpassed, with more of 25,208 points, to the legendary Jerry West as the top scorer in the Angelo franchise. -
Playoffs
The Lakers played the Finals against the Boston Celtics, which they defeated 4-3. In the decisive final game, Bryant had 23 points and 15 rebounds, thus achieving his fifth championship and his second trophy for best player in the Finals. Kobe he averaged 28.6 points per game, 8.0 rebounds, 3.9 assists and 2.1 steals throughout the seven games -
2010-2011: end of the Jackson stage
The 2010-11 season started for the Lakers just like the previous one, with 8 consecutive victories. In the ninth game, against the Denver Nuggets, Kobe became the youngest player to reach 26,000 points in the history of the NBA, and also achieved his first triple-double since January 2009 -
All Stars Game
Days later he was selected to play his thirteenth consecutive All-Star Game, in which he achieved 37 points, 14 rebounds and 3 steals, and managed to obtain his fourth trophy for best player of the game, which equaled the mark of the member of the Basketball Hall of Fame Bob Pettit. -
2012-2013: injury and failure in Playoffs
On November 2, 2012, Bryant became the highest recovery player in the history of his team, which Magic Johnson had held with a record of 1,724 steals. On December 5, 2012, he became the fifth player and the youngest to score 30,000 points in his career, where he surpassed at 34 years and 104 days -
Achilles tendon injury
On April 12, with 2 games remaining in the regular season, he suffered the worst injury of his career as a result of the number of minutes that his coach D'Antoni gave him per game, his Achilles tendon partially ruptured but nevertheless went out on track. injured, he took the two remaining free throws and went to the locker room walking on his own feet, had to undergo surgery and missed the rest of the season -
2014-2016: return from injury, records and retirement
On December 14, 2014, Kobe, thanks to a free throw during the second quarter in a game against the Minnesota Timberwolves, became the third leading scorer in NBA history, beating Michael Jordan.143 The Target Center in Minneapolis ended up chanting his name despite the defeat of the local team.
On January 15, 2015 in a game against the Cleveland Cavaliers, he posted a career-high 17 assists surpassing his old record of 16 -
Announced his retirement
On November 30, 2015, he announced his retirement at the end of the season.
On April 13, 2016, he retired permanently in a game against the Utah Jazz at the Staples Center, in which he scored 60 points, 23 of them in the fourth quarter (22-50 in field goals), achieving the highest score of a league player in that season -
His death
On January 26, 2020, a helicopter carrying nine people near Calabasas, a city northwest of Los Angeles, California, crashed in heavy fog near the Santa Monica Mountains.