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Biography
Kobe Bean Bryant was born on August 23, 1978, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvaniat.
Bryant married 19-year-old Vanessa Laine in April 2001. The couple became parents to four daughters: Natalia Diamante (2003), Gianna Maria-Onore ( 2006 2020), Bianka ( 2016) and Capri ( 2019).
On January 26, 2020, Bryant was oboard a Sikorsky S-76 helicopter that crashed in the Los Angeles suburb of Calabasas. Nine people, including Bryant and his 13-year-old daughter Gianna "Gigi," died. -
early years
In the 1996 NBA draft, Charlotte Hornets selected him in the thirteenth position. The then Lakers general manager Jerry West had witnessed Kobe's potential and basketball skills on pre-draft campuses.During his First season he did not play much, with an average of 7.6 points, 1.9 rebounds, 1.3 assists and 15.5 minutes in 71 games,6 of them as a starter. He signed 11.3 points in the last 13 games of the regular season and 12.4 points in the 26 games in which he played no more than twenty minutes. -
Marriage
18 de abril de 2001
Vanessa Laine Bryant -
Carrer
Bryant was an escort with abilities to play perfectly as both forward and base. He is considered one of the most complete players in the history of the NBA,and occupies the 12th place in the ranking of the best basketball players in the history of the NBA made by ESPN. He was chosen in the best quintet in 11 seasons and has 18 appearances in the All-Star Game.The specialized sports press often compared him to Michael Jordan, something that Bryant didn't like -
Natalia Diamont Bryant
His first daughter, named Natalia Diamond Bryant, was born on January 19, 2003. -
Accused of sexual assault
In 2003, the sheriff of Eagle (Colorado) arrested Bryant for being charged with a crime of sexual assault against Katelyn Faber, an employee of the hotel where he was staying while recovering from an operation on his knee. After depositing a bail of $ 25,000 was provisionally released.The investigation concluded when Bryant agreed to apologize to the alleged victim for the incident, who publicly included his mea culpa and assured that he really believed that meeting between them was consensual. -
International career
In 2006, he left the World Cup in Japan because of a knee injury. Bryant's international career with the US national team shirt began the following year when he won the gold medal at the Las Vegas Tournament of the Americas, after defeating the Argentine national team in the final 118-81 and finishing the tournament with ten wins and no losses.
Bryant started in the ten United States matches and finished third in the team in free throws scored and attempted and fourth in field and triple shots. -
Me'arah Sanaa
De modo anecdótico, Gianna nació seis minutos antes que Me'arah Sanaa, hija de Shaquille O'Neal, nacida en Florida. -
Giana Maria-Onore Bryant
Bryant announced that the couple was waiting for their second child. It was another daughter, Gianna Maria-Onore Bryant, who was born on May 1, 2006 and who died with her father in the accident that cost her his life on January 26, 2020. -
Player profile
Ryant was an escort with abilities to play perfectly as both forward and base. He is considered one of the most complete players in the history of the NBA, and occupies the 12th position in the ranking of the best basketball players in the history of the NBA made by ESPN. He was chosen in the best quintet in 11 seasons.All-Star Game. Often the specialized sports press compared him to Michael Jordan, something that Bryant didn't like. -
new stage with Mike Brown
Mike Brown replaced Phil Jackson at the front of the bench of some Lakers who began less forceful than other years after the change of coach, rumors of transfers by Andrew Bynum or Pau Gasol and the departure of Lamar Odom. In addition, Bryant started the season with a wrist injury.On January 10, 2012 he scored 48 points against Phoenix Suns, the best record ever for a player in his sixteenth season in the NBA. «Not bad for being the seventh best player in the league» -
Injury and failure in Playoffs
For the Lakers the season started with three straight losses despite the additions of Dwight Howard and Steve Nash. On November 2, 2012, Bryant became the top recuperator in the history of his team, which had kept Magic Johnson with a record of robberies. On December 5, 2012, he became the fifth player and the youngest to score 30,000 points in his career,
However, the Lakers managed to qualify for PlayOffs in the last game and in seventh place after a tough fight with Utah for the last places. -
Bianka Bella.
In December 2016, the couple welcomed their third daughter, is a member of the Bryant Family. She is the third child of the late Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant. -
Capri
In January 2019 the couple announced that they were expecting another daughter. His fourth daughter, named Capri, was born in June 2019. -
Kobe bryant died
At 9:06 a.m. (UTC -8) of January 26, 2020, Bryant, his 13-year-old daughter Gianna, Orange Coast College baseball coach John Altobelli and his wife Keri, along with four others, left John Wayne Airport in the county from Orange, California, in a Sikorsky S-76 helicopter, owned by Bryant.
The helicopter crashed in Calabasas, California, around 9:47 a.m.
