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Ends his high school career as the all-time leading scorer in southeastern Pennsylvania basketball history. He leads the Lower Merion Aces in a record 31-3 season and the Class-AAAA state championship.
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USA Today names him the National High School Player of the Year and wins the Naismith Player of the Year.
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Bryant is selected by the Charlotte Hornets as the 13th pick in the first round of the NBA draft.
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Play guard for the Los Angeles Lakers.
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Named to the NBA All-Rookie Second Team.
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Wins the All-Star weekend dunks tournament, but does not play in the All-Star game.
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He is the youngest starter, at 19, in his first All-Star game.
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The LA Lakers win the NBA Championship three years in a row.
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First of four times to be named MVP All-Star. He was also appointed in 2007, 2009 and 2011.
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Bryant is charged with one count of sexual assault in a case involving a 19-year-old hotel worker. The charge charges Bryant with "sexual penetration or intrusion and (that) caused the victim's submission through actual physical force," according to District Attorney Mark Hurlbert.
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Won NBA Regular Season MVP Award.
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Bryant wins a gold medal at the Beijing Olympics as a member of the US men's basketball team.
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The Lakers win consecutive NBA championships.
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For the second consecutive year, he is named NBA Finals MVP.
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Bryant is fined $ 100,000 by the NBA for making an antigay insult to a referee during a game on April 12.
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Member of the gold medal-winning American men's basketball team at the 2012 London Olympics.
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Left Achilles tendon torn in game against Golden State Warriors. Successful surgery to repair the injury leaves you unable to play for six to nine months. December 2013 - Bryant returns from his Achilles injury.
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Bone in his left knee is broken in a game against the Memphis Grizzlies and was out for six weeks.
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The Lakers announce that Bryant would not play for the remainder of the season after team doctors determined that the fracture of the lateral tibialis in his left knee did not heal.
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Bryant launches Kobe Inc. It also announces that the company's first investment is a 10% stake in the BodyArmor sports drink.
