Kobe Bean Bryant
Deceased Athlete, NBA
Net worth in 2016 : $ 350 million
Personal Stats
Age : aged 41 in 2020
Birth: January 12th 1964 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
Died: January 26th, 2020, Calabasas, California
Source of Wealth: Basketball,NBA
Citizenship: United States
Salary/Winnings: $25 million
Endorsements: $25 million
Sponsors: Hublot, Nike, Panini
Children: 4
Education: Lower Merion, Ardmore, Pennsylvania
Known for: Basketball , Number 24 Los Angeles Lakers
NBA draft: 1996/ Round: 1/ Pick: 13th overall
Position: Shooting guard
Playing career: 1996-2016 in Los Angeles Lakers
Height: 1,98m (6 ft 6 in)
Listed weight: 212 Ib (96kg)
Short Facts:
- Kobe was the first guard to be drafted by the NBA out of high school.
- Kobe played for the Los Angeles Lakers his entire professional career.
- He was the youngest player to start an NBA game.
- He was named after the Japanese steak “kobe”.
- His middle name is Bean.
- He spent a lot of his childhood in Italy where his father played professional basketball. He learned how to speak Italian and played a lot of soccer.
Career statistics:
- Points: 33,643 (25.0 ppg)
- Rebounds: 7,047 (5.2 rpg)
- Assits: 6,306 (4.7 apg)
Career highlights and awards:
- 5× NBA champion (2000–2002, 2009, 2010)
- 2× NBA Finals MVP (2009, 2010)
- NBA Most Valuable Player (2008)
- 18× NBA All-Star (1998, 2000–2016)
- 4× NBA All-Star Game MVP (2002, 2007, 2009, 2011)
- 11× All-NBA First Team (2002–2004, 2006–2013)
- 2× All-NBA Second Team (2000, 2001)
- 2× All-NBA Third Team (1999, 2005)
- 9× NBA All-Defensive First Team (2000, 2003, 2004, 2006–2011)
- 3× NBA All-Defensive Second Team (2001, 2002, 2012)
- 2× NBA scoring champion (2006, 2007)
- NBA Slam Dunk Contest champion (1997)
- NBA All-Rookie Second Team (1997)
- NBA 75th Anniversary Team
- Nos. 8 & 24 retired by Los Angeles Lakers
- Gatorade National Player of the Year (1996)
- Naismith Prep Player of the Year (1996)
- McDonald’s All-American (1996)
- First-team Parade All-American (1996)
- Fourth-team Parade All-American (1995)
Quotes:
- The most important thing is to try and inspire people so that they can be great in whatever they want to do. – Kobe Bryant
- Everything negative – pressure, challenges – is all an opportunity for me to rise. – Kobe Bryant
- If you’re afraid to fail, then you’re probably going to fail. – Kobe Bryant
