Kobe Bryant | LA Lakers

Kobe Bryant | LA Lakers

Kobe Bryant | LA Lakers
Kobe Bryant is the son of the former Philadelphia 76er's Joe Bryant (his parents named him after Japan's Kobe beef) and the top-rated high school player in the country in 1996 at Lower Merion High School in suburban Philadelphia. Although he was a straight-A student with a 1300 SAT test score, Kobe decided to skip college to play professional basketball. He was only 17 when he was drafted at #13 by the Charlotte Hornets and immediately traded to the Los Angeles Lakers. By his second year, Kobe was an impact player averaging 15.4 points per game, winning the NBA Slam-Dunk Contest and signing an endorsement deal with Coca Cola at age 18. He led the league in scoring in both the 2005 - 2006 and the 2006 - 2007 seasons, scoring 81 points (second highest in NBA history) in a 2006 game. Kobe is widely considered to be one of the top players in NBA history with 24 fifty-point games, 13 All-Star games and three All-Star MVP awards, 11 selections to the leagues All-Defensive team, and NBA Finals MVP awards in both 2009 and 2010. He has played his entire career with the Lakers, averaging over 25 points and almost 5 assists per game. He passed Laker-legend Jerry West to become the team's all-time scoring leader in 2009. Kobe was scheduled to earn $25,244,493 for the 2011 - 2012 NBA season.

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Kobe lives with his wife and two daughters in an exclusive guard-gated community in Newport Beach, Calif. The Mediterranean-style estate has expansive ocean views, a pool, spa and laser-security system.

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