[c] Bryant also won his second straight scoring title that season. On August 22, 2005, Bryant, who was an assistant coach for the WBNA team Los Angeles Sparks, was named the head coach, succeeding previous coach (and former 76ers teammate) Henry Bibby. [280] He underwent season-ending surgery for the injury, finishing the season averaging 22.3 points but shooting a career-low 37.3 percent, well below his 45.4 percent career mark to start the season. "[14] Bryant's family was Catholic and he had always practiced his faith. His father is a retired professional basketball player and is probably the inspiration behind his fondness for this game. [109] The year signified a drop in Bryant's overall status in the NBA, as he did not make the NBA All-Defensive Team and was also demoted to the All-NBA Third Team. [511] The game was the second-most-watched in ESPN history, averaging 4.41 million viewers. [77] While playing second fiddle to O'Neal in the playoffs, Bryant had some clutch performances, including a 25-point, 11-rebound, 7-assist, 4-block game in Game 7 of the Western Conference Finals against the Portland Trail Blazers. [371][372] The Press-Enterprise described Bryant as "maybe the greatest Laker in the organization's history". His name came from the Japanese steak his parents saw on a menu; his middle name, Bean, came from his father. [54], In the summer of 2003, the sheriff's office of Eagle, Colorado, arrested Bryant in connection with an investigation of a sexual assault complaint filed by a 19-year-old hotel employee. "[63], In Bryant's second season, he received more playing time and began to show more of his abilities as a talented young guard. , How many NBA Championships did he win? For other uses, see, Scoring records and playoff upsets (2004–2007). In 2018, he won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film for his 2017 film Dear Basketball.[8]. Legendary … He was the son of Joe Bryant (father) and Pam Bryant (mother). [254] On April 10, 2013, Bryant became the first player in NBA history to get 47 points, eight rebounds, five assists, four blocks, and three steals in an NBA game. 1984. [64] Bryant would see an increase in minutes when the Lakers "played small", which would feature Bryant playing small forward alongside the guards he would usually back up. [227] It was the sixth time in his career he scored 40 or more points in four straight games, a feat exceeded only by Chamberlain (19 times). [34] Bryant became the first freshman in decades to start for Lower Merion's varsity team, but the team finished with a 4–20 record. Bryant stated that he was open to discussing the matter with gay rights groups and wanted to appeal his fine. I'd like to ask native English speakers (especially Americans from East Coast): what could be any possible explanations for a guy calling his girlfriend by the nickname "Bean"? [278][279] Three times Bryant had exceeded 40 minutes in a game,[280] and the coach blamed himself for overloading him after he started the season in such great shape. [333][344] Throughout his career, Bryant was disparaged for being a selfish, high-volume shooter;[342][345][346] he missed more field goal attempts in his career than any other player in NBA history. Three championships were won consecutively in 2000, 2001, and 2002, further cementing this view. [114] When the Lakers faced the Miami Heat on January 16, 2006, Bryant and Shaquille O'Neal made headlines by engaging in handshakes and hugs before the game, signifying a change in the feud that had festered between them. [34] During his junior year, he averaged 31.1 points, 10.4 rebounds, 5.2 assists, 3.8 blocks and 2.3 steals[36] and was named Pennsylvania Player of the Year while also earning a fourth-team Parade All-American nomination,[37][38] attracting attention from college recruiters in the process. [11] His parents named him after the famous beef of Kobe, Japan, which they saw on a restaurant menu. [296], Following his death on January 26, 2020, wherein LeBron James had a message about his death to promise "to continue Bryant's legacy", on February 15, 2020, commissioner Adam Silver announced that the NBA All-Star Game MVP Award would be renamed to the NBA All-Star Game Kobe Bryant MVP Award in honor of Bryant. [209][210] During the season, Bryant moved from 12th to 6th place on the NBA all-time career scoring list, passing John Havlicek, Dominique Wilkins, Oscar Robertson, Hakeem Olajuwon, Elvin Hayes, and Moses Malone. "[257] Eight times he reached 40 points during the season, and eleven times he had 10 or more assists in his role as distributor, dubbed "Magic Mamba" after the passing skills of Magic Johnson. Joseph Washington Bryant (born October 19, 1954), nicknamed "Jellybean", is an American former professional basketball player and coach. In the first game of the 1979-80 season, played at home against the Los Angeles Lakers, Bryant memorably had a slam dunk over center Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. [242][243] His defense disrupted opponents and freed Nash from unfavorable matchups. His childhood dream was to play pro-basketball Kobe Bean Bryant: NICKNAME: Black Mamba: PROFESSION: Basketball Player: GENDER: Male: BIRTHPLACE: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA: ETHNICITY: Black: NATIONALITY: American: RELIGION: Unknown : SEXUALITY: Straight: 1. Bëàñ Ràthā . On January 14, 2002, Bryant recorded a then career-high 56 points to go along with five rebounds and four assists in a 120–81 win over the visiting Memphis Grizzlies. [518] He was not included in the montages at the 2020 VMAs and Emmys, held later in the year. In his second season, on the 1976–77 76ers team, featuring NBA all-stars Julius Erving, Doug Collins, and George McGinnis, they reached the 1977 NBA Finals, but eventually lost to the Portland Trail Blazers, 4 games to 2. The Lakers began the playoffs as the number one seed in the Western Conference against the Oklahoma City Thunder,[193] eventually defeating them in six games. "Even though I play like shit, I've worked really, really hard not to play like crap and I do everything I possibly can. The song was also used by Sprite in its 2011 marketing campaign in China. 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[90] At age 23, Bryant became the youngest player to win three championships. The Lakers swept the Nuggets in the first round and on May 6, 2008, and Bryant was officially announced as the league MVP. Kobe returned home to play … [190] Two weeks later, he made his sixth game-winning shot of the season, against the Toronto Raptors. Their second daughter, Gianna Maria-Onore (also referred to as "Gigi"), was born in May 2006. Bryant also led the NBA in scoring twice, and ranks fourth on the league's all-time regular season scoring and all-time postseason scoring lists. [357][358] Many players have considered him difficult to play with because of his high level of commitment and performance. [446] In 2010, Bryant was ranked third behind Tiger Woods and Jordan in Forbes' list of the world's highest-paid athletes with $48 million. The Yew does not go dormant and therefore represents endurance. Rose later admitted he placed his foot under Bryant intentionally. This rune is historically symbolic of death, but, as in the Tarot and as suggested by the … [486][487], At the time of his death, he was working with Brazilian author Paulo Coelho on a children's book aimed at inspiring underprivileged children. [75], Bryant was sidelined for six weeks prior to the start of the 1999–2000 season due to a hand injury that he had incurred during a preseason game against the Washington Wizards. [101] In that series, Bryant averaged 22.6 points per game and 4.4 assists while shooting 35.1% from the field. Citing physical decline, Bryant retired after the 2015–16 season. Bryant did not feel he was deserving of the selection, and some likened it to a career achievement award for his past performance. [29] He also learned to play soccer and his favorite soccer team was A.C. These included being named Naismith High School Player of the Year, Gatorade Men's National Basketball Player of the Year, a McDonald's All-American, a first-team Parade All-American and a USA Today All-USA First Team player. Bryant's parents were opposed to the marriage for a number of reasons. Bryant's assists were the second-highest of his career and his field goal percentage was its highest since 2008–09. Kobe Bean Bryant was born on August 23, 1978, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The win ended a 10-game losing streak, and the Lakers averted establishing the longest losing streak in franchise history. [240] In a move to improve the team's defense, D'Antoni began having Bryant guard the opponent's best perimeter player; Bryant was the primary defender on the Cavaliers' Kyrie Irving, who was held to 15 points. [46] In 2012, Bryant was honored as one of the 35 Greatest McDonald's All-Americans for his high school play as well as his later accomplishments. [355][356] A fierce competitor, Bryant made opponents and teammates alike the objects of his scorn. While the Lakers swept the Blazers and defeated the Spurs 4–1 in the first two rounds of the playoffs, the Lakers did not have home-court advantage against the Sacramento Kings. His parents were called Joe Bryant and Pamela Bryant. He did not say how many pages had been written or whether the book had a title. [514] In May 2020, the Mamba Sports Academy was renamed to Sports Academy out of respect for Bryant. [250][251] In two crucial wins in March, he scored at least 40 points and had at least 10 assists in back-to-back games, becoming the first Laker to accomplish the feat since West in 1970. [156][157] This record has since been broken by LeBron James. And I feel good about that", he said. 2 and appeared in commercials for the video games Guitar Hero World Tour (with Tony Hawk, Michael Phelps, and Alex Rodriguez) in 2008 and Call of Duty: Black Ops (alongside Jimmy Kimmel) in 2010. Bryant had checked into The Lodge and Spa at Cordillera in Eagle County in advance of undergoing knee surgery nearby. [485], On October 23, 2018, Bryant's book The Mamba Mentality: How I Play, with photographs and afterword by Andrew D. Bernstein, an introduction by Phil Jackson, and a foreword by Pau Gasol, was published by MCD / Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Fans were upset at the omission, especially as actors Naya Rivera and Chadwick Boseman had been featured prominently in both;[519][520][521][522] after Rivera and Boseman's unexpected deaths in July and August 2020, the three young black celebrities were popularly compared. 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Lakers general manager Mitch Kupchak had spoken to Bryant about his extensive playing time 10 days earlier, but Bryant insisted the minutes needed to continue given the Lakers' playoff push. This included leading the team in assists per game and steals per game. [186] He continued his dominant clutch plays making yet another game-winning three-pointer against the Sacramento Kings,[187] and what would be the game-winning field goal against the Boston Celtics. Kobe Bean Bryant (/ ˈ k oʊ b iː / KOH-bee; August 23, 1978 – January 26, 2020) was an American professional basketball player. [167] In the first game of the next round, against the Jazz, Bryant scored 38 points as the Lakers beat the Jazz in Game 1. Regarding his injury, he stated, "I would prefer to delay any surgical procedure until after our Lakers season, and this summer's Olympic Games. [401] In early December 2016, Vanessa gave birth to their third daughter,[402][403][404] and in January 2019 the Bryants announced they were expecting a fourth daughter. Bryant's first coaching position, after returning from Europe, was when he was deployed with the U.S. Armed Forces in Italy. Zoo due to heavy air traffic in the area. ", "Kobe Bryant's Charity Work, Events and Causes", "Honor Kobe Bryant's legacy through the charities he supported", "Statement on the Death of Basketball Icon and Museum Founding Donor Kobe Bryant", "Kobe Bryant Granted Over 200 Make-A-Wish Requests During Career: It Was the 'Highlight of My Life, "Kobe's $6M drink investment has $200M return", "Kobe Bryant and Jeff Stibel Unveil $100 Million Venture Capital Fund", "What Is Bryant Stibel, Venture Capitalist Fund? He subsequently suffered season-ending injuries to his knee and shoulder, respectively, in the following two seasons. Bryant led the team to two consecutive championships in 2009 and 2010, and was named NBA Finals MVP on both occasions. He named himself "Black Mamba" -- an alter ego to help cope with the backlash that followed a 2003 sexual assault accusation. In 2010 Nike launched another shoe, Nike Zoom Kobe V.[443] In 2009, Bryant signed a deal with Nubeo to market the "Black Mamba collection", a line of sports/luxury watches that range from $25,000 to $285,000. [g] Phil Jackson, who coached Bryant for many years, stated that Bryant "tends to force the action, especially when the game isn't going his way. Kobe’s middle name ‘Bean’ came from his father’s nickname, which was ‘Jellybean’. Kobe Bean Bryant . [327], Bryant primarily played as a shooting guard. They took inspiration from a menu, of all places. I'm very proud to represent this organization, to represent this city. However, on June 30, Divac relented on his threat and the trade was made final on July 9, 1996, when the league's off-season moratorium ended. … [513] On February 15, NBA commissioner Adam Silver announced that the All-Star Game MVP Award would be renamed to the NBA All-Star Game Kobe Bryant Most Valuable Player in Bryant's honor. 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