Kobe Bryant
Kobe Bryant, son of former NBA player Joe “Jellybean” Bryant, has been a player early. He jump to the NBA directly from high school in 1996. In his rookie season as with Los Angeles Lakers and pointed high. He won the contest for mates and was the highest scorer in All-Star Rookies with 31 points.
In his second season in the NBA was elected as a member of the quintet holder for the All Star, being the youngest player (19 years) to participate in this game also replacing the Laker Earvin ‘Magic’ Johnson who started with 20 years and 5 months in 1980. His performance did not go unnoticed and was the highest scorer of the team West that day with 18 points.
In its third year as a Laker, averaged 20 points per game and was among the leaders of all the statistics of all Angelina.
Bryant already highlighted in the institute as a basketball player. With the Southeastern Pennsylvania proclaiming highest scorer of all time with 2883 points, breaking the record he owned the NBA legend and member of the Hall of Fame Wilt Chamberlain (2359 points). Kobe won wide variety of prizes at this stage. Averaged 30 points per meeting, 12 rebounds, 6.5 assists.
The Lakers wanted him at all costs but this year its option draft was not the first. So, they made a deal with the Charlotte Hornets who elected him in thirteenth place and then transferred him to the Lakers in exchange for Vlade pivot Divac.No were wrong. Despite his lack of college experience, Kobe contributed significantly in the 56 victories of the season the Lakers in 1996 to 97. Up to 25 occasions succeeded in double figure
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