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Kobe Bryant was born on August 23, 1978. Filadelfia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
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He played 20 seasons in the NBA. All of them in the Los Ángeles Lakers.The Charlotte Hornets selected Bryant. But he was immediately traded to the Los Angeles Lakers.
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The pair led the Lakers to three consecutive NBA championships from 2000 to 2002.
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His wife was Vanessa Laine Bryant
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In 2003, Bryant was charged with sexual assault following an accusation by a young female hotel clerk.
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Bryant's four All-Star Game MVP awards are tied with Bob Pettit for the most in NBA history. He gave himself the nickname "Black Mamba"
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In 2006 he left the World cup in Japan due to a knee injury.
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In 2006, he scored a career-high 81 points; the second most points scored in a single game in league history, behind Wilt Chamberlain's 100-point game in 1962.
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kobe bryant had 4 daughters, Gianna Bryant, Natalia Bryant, Bianka Bella and Capri Kobe.
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At the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics, he won two gold medals as a member of the U.S. national team.
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Bryant led the team to two consecutive championships in 2009 and 2010, and was named NBA Finals MVP on both occasions.
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Bryant wanted a sixth championship to match Jordan's total. The Lakers started the 2010–11 season by winning their first eight games.
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Bryant became the youngest player in NBA history to reach 26,000 career points.
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After recovering to play in the 2015–16 preseason, Bryant suffered a calf injury and missed the final two weeks of exhibition games.
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Kobe died with his daughter in a helicopter accident on January 26, 2020 (aged 41)
Calabasas, California.
