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
I'm very happy for the city. The city is used to championships and I am as well.
I'm very excited, man, very excited. I'm excited to be an Olympian, to represent our country. I've been looking forward to this.
I listen to the big guy. That's who I play for. If he says go out there and shoot the ball 50 times, that's what I'm going to do. I just follow his orders, follow his lead, and try to play the way he wants me to play, to the best of my ability.
They made a great read defensively. Lawrence Frank sent out all smalls so they were able to switch everything. That kind of took the play away from us.
They made a concerted effort to send two guys over at me. They just trapped me all over the court.
They just have more sets now and more options. They are looser.
Not when we're winning ballgames. We have to keep that in perspective. The most important thing is winning. That's why I go out there and I do what I do. I sense the moment. I see if we need me to take over the game and that's when I do it.
If Phil and Tex feel like making a change would be better for the team, that's what we will do. We trust them wholeheartedly.
I had a look. It was a tough shot.
If you hear (evacuees) talk on television, it seems that they have a feeling on top of the emotional devastation that they're on an island by themselves. As Americans, we rally around our people. We're going (to Houston) to let them know that we care for them and will be there to support them.
I like watching the Pistons. It looks familiar to me. Everybody is on the same page. For me, that's entertaining basketball.
He steps up and makes big shots. He understands how to clear himself and elevate over guys and get a shot.
He's supposed to be on the left side.
He's such a quiet kid. That was the most emotion we've seen out of him all year. I think he was waiting for this moment to go in and compete against Shaquille. I had the same thing when I first came into the league (in 1996) and competed against Michael (Jordan).