Kobe Bryant became one of the greatest players in basketball, a transcendent star who went straight from high school to the game's biggest stage and brought 'Showtime' back to the Los Angeles Lakers for two glittering decades. More here:
- Kobe Bryant became one of the greatest players in basketball, a transcendent star who went straight from high school to the game’s biggest stage and brought “Showtime” back to the Los Angeles Lakers for two glittering decades.
NBA teams at the time were wary of teenagers straight out of high school. The 1996 draft was also particularly strong, though some of the players taken before Bryant turned out to be complete busts. But he did more than just rack up points, equally proficient in defense while playing with an intensity night after night that few could match.
The fourth-highest scorer in NBA history with 33,643 points, Bryant only gave up the third spot on the list on Saturday night to LeBron James. Born in Philadelphia, Bryant spent eight years of his childhood living in Italy, where his father played professionally, an upbringing that gave him an urbane and worldly outlook that helped him become a global superstar.
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