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Kobe Bryant

Keith Allison from Hanover, MD, United States · CC BY-SA 2.0(via Wikimedia Commons)

Kobe Bryant

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Kobe Bean Bryan is a former American professional basketball player who played the shooting guard position. Kobe Bryant entered the NBA directly from high school in 1996 and played for the Los Angeles Lakers for 20 years. He is considered one of the greatest basketball players in history. Kobe won 5 NBA championships with the Los Angeles Lakers, and was selected to 18 NBA All-Star Games, 15 NBA All-NBA Teams, 12 NBA All-Defensive Teams, and was voted the 2008 NBA Most Valuable Player and 2 NBA Finals Most Valuable Player. Kobe won the NBA scoring title twice and ranked fourth in the league in career regular season scoring and fourth in career playoff scoring.

Category
Athletes
Nationality
United States
Born
1978-08-23
Died
2020-01-26
Wikidata
Q25369
Occupations basketball playerscreenwriterprofessional athleteathleteauthor
Aliases Black MambaKB24KobeKobe B. BryantKobe BryantKobe BryantKobe BryantKobe BryantKobe Bayern

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