Kobe Bryant BlackMamba
Ethan Lau
26. 11. 2018
Early Life
Kobe Bean Bryant born in Philadelphia Pennsylvania on August 23 1978. He was the youngest out of the three sons. Kobe Bryant father was Joe Bryant. When Kobe Bryant was six his father retired from the National Basketball Association also know as the NBA. His father played basketball afer tht but in a lower level. They went to Italy, Rieti. After a few years in Rieti, Italy he was fluent in speaking Italian. His religion was Roman Catholic. He got his middle name from his father’s nickname, Jellybean. After a few years at Italy, Rieti they went back to the United States. During the summer at Italy he would go back to United States. hHe would play for the Summer League Basketball. At Varsity team he had 10.2 rebounds. At 3 he learned to play basketball. At that time his favorite team was A.C Milan. During his junior years he had scholarships from 5 good schools. When he was eighteen he made his choice to go to Duke. However in 1994 he was a free agent for the Charlotte a.k.a the Buzz city. In 1995 he was drafted from the Charlotte. The Charlotte traded Kobe to Los Angeles Lakers and that’s when things got even crazier. The first thing he had to do was go to the adidas camp. (Because that time Los Angeles Lakers was sponsored by Adidas).
Professional Career
In the 1996 draft he was in the summer league. He was working at Los Angeles Lakers, where he scrimmaged two legends named Larry Drew and Michael cooper. In 1996 January the Lakers manager Jerry West decided to trade their starting center Vlade Divac for Shaquille O’Neal a free agent. For the past three years in 1996 he was adjusting to the NBA. He was in a another Summer league but in the Pro’s in Long Beach in California. He had 25 points in the game. In the Finales he had scored 35 points with 5 rebounds on offense and defense. When he was still a rookie in 1996 and 1997 he would come off the bench oftenly then the two other Pro/rookie. They were named Eddie Jones and Nick Van. He was the youngest player in the NBA. He was about the age of 18 years old and 72 days in the NBA and he had broken Jermaine O’Neal record and also a former teammate Andrew Bynum. When it was two days away from the NBA All-Star weekend people on the internet and the court had said “Bring Kobe to the All-Star weekend’’. He participated in the Rookie game and had won the Slam Dunk contest. After 5 weeks Kobe Bryant went to the western finals and their first match was with Utah Jazz. After 5 rounds of the NBA Finals, they won. They had won one time. In 1997 Shaquille O’Neal was drafted by the Lakers. They have won two times. After 2011 they had another opportunity to win again. Los Angeles Lakers had won 2011 to 2012. Kobe Bryant had brought Los Angeles Lakers to the finals a lot of time. In 2013 things had started to take Kobe Bryant down one by one. When he was playing against the Memphis Grizzlies his ankle was cramped crazy. One year later Kobe Bryant had finally played carefully. The commentator's started to say that Kobe Bryant should retire. He kept his words from 20 years ago. He said I will play for twenty years. On January he had his farewell game. Today he is coaching her daughter and the WNBA called Los Angeles Sparks. NBA had a second league for the elder or legends. They invited Kobe Bryant to the Big 3. He said I will think about it. He made lots of books. His new book now is Black Mamba How I Play.
