Kobe Bryant Fast Facts

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Updated 2206 GMT (0606 HKT) April 5, 2020

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Kobe Bryant, pictured in 2007, spent his entire 20-year NBA career with the Los Angeles Lakers.
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Kobe Bryant, pictured in 2007, spent his entire 20-year NBA career with the Los Angeles Lakers.
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Bryant's youth basketball team poses for a picture in the early 1990s in Reggio Emilia, Italy.
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Bryant's youth basketball team poses for a picture in the early 1990s in Reggio Emilia, Italy.
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Bryant dunks the ball in his high school gym in Lower Merion, Pennsylvania, during a practice in 1996.
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Bryant dunks the ball in his high school gym in Lower Merion, Pennsylvania, during a practice in 1996.
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Bryant jokes with the media as he holds his Los Angeles Lakers jersey at a news conference in Inglewood, California, in 1996.
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Bryant jokes with the media as he holds his Los Angeles Lakers jersey at a news conference in Inglewood, California, in 1996.
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Bryant eyes the basket during the 1997 NBA Slam Dunk contest in Cleveland. Bryant was the youngest player to win the contest.
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Bryant eyes the basket during the 1997 NBA Slam Dunk contest in Cleveland. Bryant was the youngest player to win the contest.
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Michael Jordan of the Chicago Bulls eyes the basket as he is guarded by Bryant during a 1998 game in Los Angeles.
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Michael Jordan of the Chicago Bulls eyes the basket as he is guarded by Bryant during a 1998 game in Los Angeles.
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