Kobe Bryant was an American basketball player, a professional athlete for the NBA. Although he recently retired, Kobe has left behind a sports legacy that won’t be matched for lifetimes.
- Loyalty: He’s the very first player ever to accomplish that level of loyalty in the NBA and he went on to win 5 championships with them.
- Last Game: His career will live on as a legacy that will probably never be matched or surpassed. And Kobe Bryant stats will be numbers for the books.
- Kobe Bryant actually grew up in Italy. Go figure! He spent eight long years his childhood, and even some of his high school years, there where he grew a fondness for soccer.
- He’s one of the best basketball players of all time. He coined his very own sneaker line with Nike, which is one of the highest grossing line of active footwear to date.
- Sony Records signed a deal with the NBA star back in 2000. Perhaps is was a publicity stunt to try and cash in on his newly scented success, or maybe Kobe was the one who engaged it.
- Kobe beef was a Japanese beef. Kobe absolutely despised being associated with a cut of meat. He hated it so much that after his career took off he hired a lawyer and filed a lawsuit against the Japanese town of Kobe for full rights to the name which would result in the whole town having to change theirs as well as the special cut.
- Not only is Kobe the first player in the NBA to play all 20 seasons with the exact same team, no trades whatsoever, but he’s also the first guard to ever play 20 seasons, period.
- Kobe retired in 2015 after spending 20 whole seasons playing in the NBA. Some snivel their noses and give him flack for being able to retire so early in life, but Kobe dedicated more than half of his existence to the game of basketball.
- Kobe took a break to go check out a music video being filmed. One of the backup dancers caught his eye. Her name was Vanessa, and now her name is Vanessa Laine Bryant. Yep, that’s right. Kobe Bryant met his wife, a former dancer, while recording a hip op album. They have 4 daughters together
10.Kobe Bryant died on the 26th Of January 2020 with four others at the age of 41. He will be greatly missed.