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Kobe Bryant

Also known as Kobe Bean Bryant, Black Mamba, KB24, Kobe, Kobe B. Bryant

Kobe Bean Bryant was an American professional basketball player. A shooting guard, he spent his entire 20-year career with the Los Angeles Lakers in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential players in the sport's history, Bryant won five NBA championships and was an 18-time All-Star, four-time All-Star MVP, 15-time member of the All-NBA Team, 12-time member of the All-Defensive Team, the 2008 NBA Most Valuable Player (MVP), two-time NBA Finals MVP, and two-time scoring champion. He ranks fourth in league all-time regular season and postseason scoring. Bryant was posthumously named to the NBA 75th Anniversary Team in 2021 and was a two-time inductee to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, for his playing career in 2020 and as a member of the 2008 U.S. Olympic team in 2025.

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Kobe Bean Bryant was an American basketball player and athlete born in Philadelphia in 1978. He played shooting guard, point guard, swingman, and small forward for the Los Angeles Lakers, wearing number 24. Originally drafted by the Charlotte Hornets, he also competed in the 2012 and 2008 Summer Olympics and the 2007 FIBA Americas Championship. His accolades include the NBA Most Valuable Player Award, NBA All-Defensive Team honors, All-NBA Team selections, and the NBA All-Star Game Kobe Bryant Most Valuable Player Award.

In addition to his athletic career, Bryant was an author and screenwriter. He wrote sixteen works, including *It's a Numbers Game! Basketball*, *Mentalidad Mamba / the Mamba Mentality*, and *Libro de Peño/ the Book of Peño*. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film and a Laureus World Sports Award for Sportsman of the Year. Bryant spoke English, Italian, and Spanish, and was a Catholic of African American ethnicity. He resided in Lower Merion Township, Newport Beach, and Reggio Calabria.

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It's a Numbers Game! Basketball
Mentalidad Mamba / the Mamba Mentality
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Instance of: human
Family name: Bryant
Gender: male
Citizenship: United States
Place of birth: Philadelphia
Place of death: Calabasas
Spouse: Vanessa Bryant
Father: Joe Bryant
Languages spoken: Spanish
Native language: English language
Religion: Catholicism
Award: Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film
Participant in: 2007 FIBA Americas Championship
Field of work: professional sport
Genre: hip-hop
Sport: basketball
Member of team: Los Angeles Lakers
Position played: small forward
League: National Basketball Association
Country for sport: United States
Mass: 96
Official website: kobebryant.com
Image: KBryant8.jpg
Height: 198

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Number of children: 4
Residence: Reggio Calabria
Significant event: funeral
sport number: 8
Commons category: Kobe Bryant
date of birth: 1978-08-23
topic's main category: Category:Kobe Bryant
Commons gallery: Kobe Bryant
drafted by: Charlotte Hornets
ethnic group: African Americans
nominated for: Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film
birth name: Kobe Bean Bryant
different from: Reggie Miller
end of work period: 2016-00-00
start of work period: 1996-00-00
date of death: 2020-01-26
manner of death: accidental death
name in native language: Kobe Bryant
social media followers: 14803651
date of burial or cremation: 2020-02-07
nickname: Vino

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Kobe Bean Bryant (/ˈkoʊbi/ KOH-bee; August 23, 1978 – January 26, 2020) was an American professional basketball player. A shooting guard, he spent his entire 20-year career with the Los Angeles Lakers in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Bryant won five NBA championships and was an 18-time All-Star, four-time All-Star MVP, 15-time member of the All-NBA Team, 12-time member of the All-Defensive Team, the 2008 NBA Most Valuable Player (MVP), two-time NBA Finals MVP, and two-time scoring champion. He ranks fourth in league all-time regular season and postseason scoring. Bryant was posthumously named to the NBA 75th Anniversary Team in 2021 and was a two-time inductee to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, for his playing career in 2020 and as a member of the 2008 U.S. Olympic team in 2025.

The son of NBA player Joe Bryant, Bryant was born in Philadelphia and lived in Italy during part of his childhood. He was recognized as the top American high school basketball player during his senior season at Lower Merion High School outside of Philadelphia. He declared for the 1996 NBA draft and was selected by the Charlotte Hornets with the 13th pick; he was then traded to the Lakers. Following his rookie season, Bryant earned NBA All-Rookie Second Team honors and won the 1997 Slam Dunk Contest. He was named an All-Star in his second season. He had a feud with teammate Shaquille O'Neal that was well-documented. Nevertheless, the pair led the Lakers to three consecutive NBA championships from 2000 to 2002. In 2003, Bryant was charged with sexual assault; the criminal charges were ultimately dismissed. In a related lawsuit, he settled and issued an apology while maintaining that the encounter was consensual.

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