“Everything negative are all opportunities for me to Rise.” this a quote from Kobe Bryant. Kobe’s career was one of the most successful and legendary careers in the history in the NBA. Some may argue that Kobe was overrated or worse than Michael Jordan. But numbers don’t lie. If we compile all of Kobe’s stats and achievements, it is obvious that Kobe is truly one of the greatest players in the NBA.
According to biography.com Kobe Bean Bryant was born in August 23, 1978 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Most of his childhood was spent in Italy because his dad lived there but later came back to America and he attended Lower Merion High School. He was drafted straight out of highschool as the overall thirteenth pick by the Charlotte Hornets and was immediately traded to
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In his 20 seasons with the Lakers he had fantastic teammates that he guided to win 5 playoffs with. During his hype, he was accused of rape in July 2003. Although this case was dropped his friendship between him and Shaq slowly faded. However, through all adversities he was still able to play an HAll of Fame career and he retired on April 13, 2016.
Kobe Bryant is regarded as overrated and a ball hog but if you look at his stats, he clearly isn’t. While the average basketball player scores 10 or less points a game. According to foxsports.com Kobe scored 25.5 points per game on average. He racked up 5 rebounds and 5 assists a game. Also Kobe has many achievements that exemplifies his greatness. Kobe carried his team to 5 championships, he was selected for 18 all star games, he was the slam dunk champion in 1997, scored the second most overall points in history with 81 points, tied at 20 season played with one team with Dirk Nowitzki, 12 all defensive team selections, 15 all NBA teams, most threes in a game(12), 2 finals MVP, 2 Olympic gold medals, one season MVP, two