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Los Angeles Lakers
August 23, 1978
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2.01 meters (6'7")
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NBA champion in the season 1999/2000, NBA All-Defense team,
2 time NBA All Star, youngest starter in NBA history in his
1st season for the Los Angeles Lakers 1996/97. In his fourth
NBA
Season Kobe Bryant wrote NBA history with his first World
champion with
the North American professional league Los Angeles
Lakers. Kobe played a crucial role in
the Playoffs.
Still as a High School player Kobe became the 13th pick of the first round to the Charlotte Hornets in the 1996 draft, and then was traded to the Los Angelas Lakers.
He succeeds only
five players in the history of the NBA to debut in that
Professional league at the age of 18 years. In the
same year
the " USA Today " and " parade magazine " selected Kobe Bryant as the
"Player of the Year".
Also in Germany, Kobe has a large following since his spectacular appearance at the All Star Weekend in Cleveland.
Kobe has the things to be an international NBA star. Experts
propose
he will have an outstanding role in the NBA. "He is a large part of talented players that we have ever gathered"
says
Jerry west, general manager of the Los Angeles Lakers.
