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On being called a "one man show..." "There's been a lot of talk of me being a one-man show but that's simply not the case. We win games when I score 40 points and we've won when I score 10."
The foreword of the book is written by Bryant's former Los Angeles Lakers teammate Pau Gasol.He begins by telling the story of his 2008 trade from the Memphis Grizzlies to the Lakers, where Kobe inspired Gasol to be a part of the team's goal of winning the NBA Championship that year.
Kobe Bean Bryant (/ ˈ k oʊ b i / KOH-bee; August 23, 1978 – January 26, 2020) was an American professional basketball player. A shooting guard, he spent his entire 20-year career with the Los Angeles Lakers in the National Basketball Association (NBA).
By JOHN DORN Just because Kobe Bryant's career is nearing its conclusion doesn't mean his trademark competitive fire is dissipating one bit. He recently did an interview with Jemele Hill for BET's ...
At the Kobe Bryant statue unveiling, Phil Jackson told a story about the Lakers legend sticking up for teammate Adam Morrison on the 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' show.
The Shaq–Kobe feud was the conflict between National Basketball Association (NBA) players Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant, who played together for the Los Angeles Lakers from 1996–2004. O'Neal and Bryant won three consecutive NBA championships ( 2000 , 2001 , 2002 ), and made an additional NBA Finals appearance in 2004 .
Kobe Bryant and Pau Gasol won championships together when they played for the Los Angeles Lakers, but they also forged a deep bond off the basketball court that went beyond just being teammates.
Bryant was awarded the regular season's Most Valuable Player Award (MVP) in the 2007–08 season and led his team to the 2008 NBA Finals as the first seed in the Western Conference. [7] As a member of the U.S. men's basketball team , Bryant was a two-time Olympic gold medalist starting with the 2008 Summer Olympics ("The Redeem Team" [ 8 ...