Kobe Bryant

Kobe Bean Bryant, nicknamed the "Black Mamba", is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association. He has become the new name of domination in basketball.

The two legends Kobe and Jordan in NBA all star game.

From the year of his draft in 1996 on NBA. He has created a spark in the world of basketball. He won the Slam Dunk contest the very next year in 1997. Then with his hardwork and determination he went on to be the NBA champion in the year 2000 with shaq O Neal. From that year the world basketball knew that the basketball world was going to change. Someone was not going to rest until he becomes the best. That was Kobe Bryant. He and the Lakes together with Shaq won the NBA championship 3 years in a row. That made Kobe shine even more. The whole franchise leaned on him and he fulfilled his responsibility very well. After the 2003/4 season,kobe and shaq had a clash which made Shaq's transfer and Kobe became the face of the franchise. He was breaking record after record and was surpassing all the lakers who came before him. At the 2007/8 season he became the NBA MVP. The same season he scored 81 points in a single game putting him second in the list of all time highest scorers.Unfortunately they were swept by SA Spurs in the NBA finals. They finally came back in style. They won the NBA championships in 2009 and 2010 consecutively with Kobe Bryant the MVP in both of the

NBA playoffs.

Kobe wins the Slam dunk contest.

Kobe's Awards

• 2× NBA Finals MVP (2009–2010)
• NBA Most Valuable Player (2008)
• 15× NBA All-Star (1998, 2000–2013)
• 4× NBA All-Star Game MVP (2002, 2007, 2009, 2011)
• 2× NBA scoring champion (2006–2007)
• 11× All-NBA First Team (2002–2004, 2006–2013)
• 2× All-NBA Second Team (2000–2001)
• 2× All-NBA Third Team (1999, 2005)
• 9× NBA All-Defensive First Team (2000, 2003–2004,2006–2011)
• 3× NBA All-Defensive Second Team (2001–2002,2012)
• NBA All-Rookie Second Team (1997)
• NBA Slam Dunk Contest champion (1997)
• Los Angeles Lakers all-time leading scorer
• 5×NBA Champion ( 2001,2002,2003 )