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He was born in Filadelfia, Pensilvania, August 23, 1978
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Selected 13th overall by the Charlotte Hornets in the 1996 NBA draft, Bryant was traded to the Los Angeles Lakers for Vlade Divac a month later.
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He was the youngest player to win the math contest in 1997.
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He was the youngest player to be in the defensive quintet in 1999.
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He married the 18 april, 2001with Vanessa Bryant.
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The January 19, 2003 one of Kobe's daughters was born.
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He led the NBA in scoring during the 2005–06 and 2006–07 seasons
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In 2006, Bryant scored a career-high 81 points against the Toronto Raptors, the second-highest number of points scored in a game in NBA history
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He was named the 2008 NBA Most Valuable Player (MVP)
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Bryant won an Olympic gold in the 2008 Summer Olympics.
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In 2008 he led his team to the NBA Finals as the first seed in the Western Conference.
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He led the Lakers to one more championship in 2009, winning the Finals MVP award.
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In 2010 he led his team to a championship, and he won the Finals MVP award another time.
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Bryant won another Olympic gold in the 2012 Summer Olympics.
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He died on January 26,2020 in an helicopter accident.
