basketball playerPosition: GuardBorn: 08/23/78Height: 1.98 mWeight: 99.8 kgHigh School: Lower Merion (PA)Kobe Bryant Born on August 23, 1978, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania The son of famed NBA star Joe “Jellybean“ Bryant Attended Lower Merion High School Went to NBA straight from High School 13th pick in the First Round of the 1996 NBA Draftby the Charlotte Hornets His first NBA team is Los Angeles Lakers and he is still there He wears a jersey with number 8 on it before 1 year ,but now its 24 About Kobe- Kobe was named after a “Kobe“ steak listed on the menu of a Japanese restaurant or,depending on the source, was named for the Japanese Restaurant itself - His mothers name is Pamela Bryant - He has two sisters, Sharia and Shaya - Kobes father, Joe “Jellybean“ Bryant, played eight seasons in the NBA, for thePhiladelphia 76ers, San Diego Clippers, Houston Rockets. Joe scored a career high 34points for the 80-81 Clippers and averages 8.7 points in 606 games Something interesting about KobeKobe is fluent in Italian after spending eight childhood years in Italy, where father Joe was finishing his pro career - Kobe owns a professional Italian league basketball team - High School Coach: Gregg Downer - Kobe took pop music star Brandy to his high school prom -He lists “Star Wars“ as his all-time favorite movie -In May, 2000, Kobe became engaged to Vanessa Laine, a senior at Marina High School -In April, 2001, Kobe married VanessaLaine in a private ceremony at Dana Point, CA - His daughters name is NataliaCareer Highlights Selected by USA Today and Parade Magazine as the National High School Player of theYear as a senior at Lower Merion H.S. Made his NBA debut at the age of 18 years, 2 months and 11 days old, became theyoungest player ever to appear in an NBA game, against the Minnesota Timberwolves on11/3/96 Made his first career start, scoring 12 points, against the Dallas Mavericks on 1/28/97 Became the youngest All-Star in NBA history, posting a team-high 18 points and 6rebounds, in the 1998 NBA All-Star Game in New YorkWon the Nestle Crunch Slam Dunk during the 1997 NBA All-Star Weekend in Clevelandand participated in the Schick Rookie Game, posting a rookie game-record 31 points and 8rebounds Was named MVP of the 2002 All-Star Game after tallying 31 points, 5 rebounds and 5assists Made an NBA-record 12 shots from 3-point range, including 9 straight His 9 straight 3-pointers is also an NBA single-game record Three NBA championship titles with LA LakersPoints 56 vs. Memphis 1/14/02Field Goals Made 21 vs. Memphis 1/14/02Field Goals Attempted 47 Boston 11/07/02Three Point Field Goals Made 12 vs. Seattle 1/07/03Three Point Field Goals Attempted 18 vs. Seattle 1/07/03Free Throws Made 23 Cleveland 1/30/01Free Throws Attempted 26 Cleveland1/30/01Offensive Rebounds 8 Dallas 4/18/00Defensive Rebounds 10 - 4 TimesTotal Rebounds 15 - 2 TimesAssists 14 - 2 TimesSteals 6 - 3 TimesBlocks 5 - 3 TimesMinutes Played 54 vs. Houston 2/18/03Career HighlightsWhat others said about Kobe“Kobe is really a gifted young player,“ said GM of Charllote Hornets Jerry West about Bryant, who was 17 at the time.“Kobe plays the best basketball Ive ever seen,” said Utahs playmaker Mark Jackson.“Kobe is a complete player and nobody can stop him now,” said his collegue from Lakers Rick Fox.“Kobe plays the best basketball Ive ever seen,” said Utahs playmaker Mark Jackson.“Kobe is a complete player and nobody can stop him now,” said his collegue from Lakers Rick Fox.“Kobe plays fantastic this season. He is the only candidate for MVP title. He made all the records He sometimes inspires me, too.” said Shaq.“In normal situations I dont approve so much shooting from hard positions, but Kobe shot as good as possible so it would be complete madness to stop him from shooting,” says Tex Wintrer, Kobes coach assistant. Other interesting stuff- Bryant made over 10000 points in his career and is the youngest player who overcame thatnumber of points - Two times this season he made over 50 points in one game - He is waiting the day when he will be able to play for the US National Team - Since his daughters birth he is different man, he says. - Just after he came to NBA, Charlotte traded Bryants signing rights to the LA Lakers forYugoslavian center Vlade DivacSome pictures from Kobes High school daysSome exclusive photos of KobevideoThe EndThis was a short story about my favorite basketball player KOBE BRYANT