Roundup - Los Angeles; Lakers' Bryant Signs for $71 million", "1999-00 Los Angeles Lakers Roster and Stats", "Bryant, McGrady Highlight All-NBA Selections", "Garnett, Bryant top NBA All-Defensive selections", "Lakers lose bryant at least six weeks to broken hand", "Portland Trail Blazers at Los Angeles Lakers Box Score, June 4, 2000", "Kobe Bryant sprains left ankle in Lakers loss, out indefinitely", "Jalen Rose on That Time He Intentionally Tried to Injure Kobe Bryant", "Article: No doubt: It's Bryant's team. [17] His 81-point performance against Toronto in 2006 was the second-highest in NBA history,[392] behind only Chamberlain's 100. "[448][449] The accuser filed a separate lawsuit against Bryant, which the two sides settled privately. That said, for at least half of his career, he was also an incredibly tenacious defender. As such, Bryant always had a really unique perspective on . [51] Ultimately, the 17-year-old Bryant made the decision to go directly into the NBA, becoming only the sixth player in NBA history to do so. Bryant scored just four points in 25 minutes on 1-for-14 shooting, matching the worst-shooting game of his career in which he attempted at least five shots. [323] He also decided not to play in the 2002 FIBA World Championship. [50] 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. [67] O'Neal commented that "[Bryant] was the only guy who had the guts at the time to take shots like that. Despite a feud with teammate Shaquille O'Neal, the pair led the Lakers to three consecutive NBA championships from 2000 to 2002. [162][163] This record has since been broken by LeBron James. The accusation briefly tarnished Bryant's reputation, resulting in the loss of several of his endorsement contracts.[10]. [222][223][224] He later apologized for the use of the word. In his poem titled "Dear Basketball", Bryant wrote that he fell in love with the game at age six: "A love so deep I gave you my all/From my mind & body/To my spirit & soul." [416] In early December 2016, Vanessa gave birth to their third daughter,[417][418][419] and in January 2019 the Bryants announced they were expecting a fourth daughter. The Lakers swept the Nuggets in the first round and on May 6, 2008, and Bryant was officially announced as the league MVP. [332], Bryant rejoined the national team for the 2012 Summer Olympics. In addition, he was also voted to start in the NBA All-Star Game for the third year in a row (no game in 1999). Reportedly Bryant's parents had problems with him marrying so young, especially to a woman who was not African-American. [137], Later in the season, it was reported that Bryant would change his jersey number from 8 to 24 at the start of the 200607 season. He was selected to his 11th consecutive All-Star Game as a starter,[180] and was named the Western Conference Player of the Month for December and January in addition to being named Western Conference Player of the week three times. As a rookie, Bryant earned a reputation as a high-flyer by winning the 1997 Slam Dunk Contest, and was named an All-Star by his second season. [509], 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. The road to the Finals would prove a lot tougher than the record run the Lakers had enjoyed the previous year. [140] Despite Bryant's 27.9 points per game in the series, the Lakers broke down and ultimately fell to the Suns in seven games. Playing without Bryant, the Lakers were swept in four games by the San Antonio Spurs in the first round of the playoffs. [445][446], The accusation tarnished Bryant's reputation, and the public's perception of him plummeted; his endorsement contracts with McDonald's and Nutella were terminated. [213] It was the Lakers' first victory of the season against one of the league's top four teams, as they entered the game 05 in previous matchups and had been outscored by an average of 11 points. [393] He was selected to the All-NBA Team on 15 occasions, tied for the most with Abdul-Jabbar and Tim Duncan,[397] and his 11 first-team honors are tied for the second-most with Karl Malone. When he walked into the gymnasium he was escorted by his entourage. 1", "Suns' Steve Nash Wins Second Consecutive MVP Award", "Bryant will hang up his No. You don't want to miss it! [190] Despite the injury, Bryant elected to continue playing, rather than take any time off to rest the injury. 9 Likes, 3 Comments - Sal (@tenfourdiezcuatro) on Instagram: "Had the pleasure of meeting Kobe Bryant several times in 2007 while working a part time job at" [358] However, some critics have suggested that Bryant's defensive accolades in his later years were based more on his reputation than his actual play. [399] In his career, Bryant scored 40-plus points in 121 games, and 21 times he recorded a triple-double. On November 2, 2012, Bryant scored 40 points with two steals, and he passed Magic Johnson (1,724) as the Lakers career leader in steals. [307][308] Still, he was honored around the league with video tributes and fan ovations,[306] including arenas that historically jeered him such as TD Garden in Boston, Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Moda Center in Portland, Sleep Train Arena in Sacramento, and Vivint Smart Home Arena in Salt Lake City. Byron Scott missed the game with a sprained wrist, Robert Horry was ejected for fighting with Utah's Jeff Hornacek, and Shaquille O'Neal fouled out with 1:46 remaining in the fourth quarter. In the playoffs, the Lakers defeated the Utah Jazz in five games and the Houston Rockets in seven games in the opening two rounds. 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[108] O'Neal was traded to the Miami Heat for Lamar Odom, Caron Butler, and Brian Grant. He led the Lakers to two more championships in 2009 and 2010, winning the Finals MVP award on both occasions. [183] The Lakers finished the regular season with the best record in the West (6517). [189] Bryant considered the shot "one of the luckiest he has made". [375][376] In 2008 and again in 2016, ESPN ranked him the second-greatest shooting guard of all time after Jordan. ", "Better scoring night: Kobe's 81 or Wilt's 100? [259] The Lakers finished the season at 4537, good for seventh in the West. In 2018, he won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film for the film Dear Basketball (2017). [447] In September 2004, the assault case was dropped by prosecutors after the accuser decided not to testify at the trial. [126][127] Chamberlain, playing in an era when the games were paced faster and scoring opportunities were more plentiful,[127][128] accounted for 59 percent of his team's points in Philadelphia's 169147 win, compared to Bryant scoring 66 percent of the Lakers' 122 points. [210] On January 30 against the Celtics, he became the youngest player to score 27,000 points. It featured his insights into the game of basketball and in-depth analyses of games and individual players. 2022-23 Season Schedule; League Pass Schedule; He claimed his first All-Star MVP trophy after a 31-point performance in Philadelphia when he was loudly booed by fans as they had throughout the game, stemming from his earlier comment to a 76ers heckler during the Finals that the Lakers were "going to cut your hearts out". My love for this city, this team and for each of you will never fade. [91][92] While making the All-NBA Defensive Team again, Bryant was also named to the All-NBA First Team for the first time in his career. [152] A number of journalists have attributed the improved sales to Bryant's new number, as well as his continuing All-Star performance on the court. A particularly damaging salvo came when Jackson wrote The Last Season: A Team in Search of Its Soul. Defenders struggled to get in front of him, and his performance excited West and Lakers coach Del Harris. [119] Bryant endorsed the move, and by all appearances, the two men worked together well the second time around, leading the Lakers back into the playoffs. Email. Connect with us. [144], On March 16, Bryant scored a season-high 65 points in a home game against the Portland Trail Blazers, which helped end the Lakers 7-game losing streak. [171] That made Denver the first 50-win team to be swept out of the first round of the playoffs since the Memphis Grizzlies fell in four games to the San Antonio Spurs in 2004. In the first game of the 200203 season, Bryant recorded 27 points, 10 rebounds, 5 assists and 4 steals in an 8782 loss to the visiting Spurs. Brooklyn Nets star Kyrie Irving has an idea to change the NBA logo to honor Kobe Bryant -- and Bryant's widow, Vanessa Bryant, fully supports it. [512], Bryant also co-wrote/produced several young adult novels through Granity Studios: The Wizenard Series: Training Camp, Legacy and the Queen, and Epoca: The Tree of Ecrof. [247][248] Bryant acknowledged he was a more focused defender when he had a challenging defensive assignment as opposed to when he played off the ball against weaker players. Doesn't surprise me one bit. He was exceptional in everything that he did. [156] Bryant later confirmed his desire for West's return to the franchise but denied stating that he would want to be traded if that did not take place. [192] He continued his dominant clutch plays making yet another game-winning three-pointer against the Sacramento Kings,[193] and what would be the game-winning field goal against the Boston Celtics. [436], In 2013, Bryant had a legal disagreement with an auction house over memorabilia from his early years that his mother had put up for auction. [i][406] This disagreement resulted in an estrangement period of over two years, which ended when the couple's first daughter was born. [450], Before starting the 199697 season, Bryant signed a six-year contract with Adidas that was worth approximately $48million. [339][340][341] Like Jordan, he became most known for shooting a fall-away jump shot. [435] He sold the house in May 2015. [138][139] After the Lakers' season ended, Bryant said on TNT that he wanted 24 as a rookie, but it was unavailable as it was worn by George McCloud, as was 33, retired with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. James, 35, scored 29 points to move to 33,655. [56] Bryant was the first guard drafted directly out of high school. [383] He also won the NBA Slam Dunk Contest in 1997 and was its youngest winner. [46] Bryant ended up making the All-NBA Second Team and All-NBA Defensive Team for the second year in a row. [b] Bryant finished in fourth place in the voting for the 2006 NBA Most Valuable Player Award but received 22 first place votessecond only to winner Steve Nash. 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