Kobe Bryant
Kobe Bryant
Kobe Bean Bryantis an American retired professional basketball player. He played his entire 20-year career with the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association. He entered the NBA directly from high school and won five NBA championships with the Lakers. Bryant is an 18-time All-Star, 15-time member of the All-NBA Team, and 12-time member of the All-Defensive team. He led the NBA in scoring during two seasons, and ranks third on both the league's all-time regular season scoring and...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth23 August 1978
CityPhiladelphia, PA
CountryUnited States of America
He's been doing the defensive part all year long. Sometimes, the people want more. Tonight he gave them more.
Play defense. Don't stink it up on the defensive end or you will not win.
He taught me how to play the game. He's the coach, I'm the player, ... We don't think we're going to have any problems.
He had an incredible game. Believe it or not, he can do this on a consistent basis and the challenge he gets is judging how to pick the defense we are going to have to penetrate.
He has been solid for us all year. Now he's putting points on the board, which is very popular with the people.
I absolutely hate it. I just hate it. I don't want to hear any comparisons between me and him. Enough is enough. He had a brilliant career, obviously, one of the greatest careers ever, if not the greatest, and I'm here playing with my team and we're trying to do great things. Just let the past be the past. Just embrace what I'm doing. Stop trying to compare it to what he did. Just enjoy what's going on now.
He can play. I think he's been a surprise to people. Now I don't think he's so much a surprise anymore.
He knew what he did. When he hit me, he knew what was going to happen. It just sharpened my focus.
The only thing I will feel on eggshells about is questioning from you guys, the media,
He had a great game. He did exactly what they brought him here for. He made timely baskets. Gary's been a heck of a defender his entire career. He actually taught me how to play defense. I wasn't surprised at all.
He had a great game. He actually taught me to play defense. I wasn't surprised by his play at all.
We can have all the excuses in the world. You can say we're young, we have guys hurt, but we just have man up and be ready to play every night.
We've been through so much. When I try to play the game, I try to please him. So when he's happy with my performance, it makes me happy because I learned the game from him. He taught me how to play.
We're not worried about getting him more touches. We're worried about winning the game and getting everybody better looks.