Thursday, February 11, 2010
He was born on 23 August 1978 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania as the youngest of
three children and the only son of former Philadelphia 76ers player and former Los
Angeles Sparks head coach Joe "Jellybean" Bryant and Pamela Cox BryantKobe
Bryant. He joined LA Lakers in 1996. The following are achievements that he had:
4 time NBA Champion: 2000, 2001, 2002, 2009
Most Valuabe Player: 2008
MVP of the finals: 2009
2 time regular season scoring leader: 2006, 2007
11 time allstar and 11 consecutive appearances at the NBA All-Star game from 98-09 (all 11 starts)
3 time NBA All-Star MVP: 2002, 2007, 2009
11 time all NBA selection (11 consecutive):
First team: 02, 03, 04, 06, 07, 08 and 09
Second team: 00 and 01
Third team: 99 and 05
9 time All Defence selection (5 consecutive)( youngest player on all defence 99/00):
First team: 00, 03, 04, 06, 07, 08 and 09
Second team: 01, 02
NBA All-Rookie second team: 1997
1997 NBA Slam Dunk Champion (youngest player at 18 years and 175 days)
1996 – First Guard in league history to be drafted out of Highschool
January 7th, 2003. Most 3 pointers in a single game (12) tied with Donyell Marshall
January 7th, 2003. Most consecutive 3 pointers in a single game (9) tied with Latrell Sprewell and Ben Gordan.
Career 40 point regular season games: 101 (3rd all time) - scored 40 (27times) in 05-06. (9) were consecutive.
Career 50 point games: 24 (3rd all time) - scored 50 (10 times) in 06-07, (4) of them consecutive.
Career 60 point games: 5 (3rd All time tied with Elgin Baylor)
December 20, 2005 Kobe outscores the entire Dallas Mavericks team 62-61 at the end of the third quarter. This is the first and only time a player has outscored a team after 3 quarters.
January 22, 2006 in a 122-104 win over the Toronto Raptors Kobe scores 81 Points a Laker record and 2nd to only Wilt Chamberlains 100 points.
Only player to score 50+ points in 4 consecutive games other then Chamberlain who scored 50+ in 7 consecutive games.
Only player to score 20 000 points before turning 30 other then Wilt Chamberlain
and Michael Jordan.
Recorded 10 50 point games in a season (06/07) joining only Chamberlain who did it
twice (61/62) (62/63)
Well this all have to post about him. If you want to know more about him, you may
search in the internet. I have prepared a few links to keep you updated in NBA and the
sports in Singapore. This information was adapted from:
http://hubpages.com/hub/Kobe-Bryant-Career-Achievements http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kobe_Bryant
