Kobe Bean Bryant
1978 - 2020
Here's a time line of Kobe Bryant's life:
- 1978 - born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- 1996 - selected 13th on NBA Draft by Charlotte Hornets and traded to LA Lakers
- 1997 - became yougest NBA All-Star Slamdunk contest Champion at age 18
- 1997 - became yougest NBA All-Star Starter in NBA history
- 2000 - won first NBA title with Lakers
- 2001 - won second straight NBA title with Lakers
- 2002 - completed three-peat with Lakers, becoming the youngest NBA player
to win three titles in a row - 2008 - named regular season MVP, leading his team to a 57-25 record
- 2008 - won first Olympic gold medal with USA team
- 2009 - won fourth NBA title with Lakers and first NBA finals MVP
- 2010 - defeated rivals Boston Celtics in 7-game final's series,
winning fifth NBA title and second straight NBA finals MVP - 2012 - won second Olympic gold medal with USA team, annouced his retirement
from national team with 26-0 record across three tournaments - 2016 - in his NBA retirement game scored 60 points against Utah Jazz,
becoming the oldest player to score 60 or more points at 37 years and 234 days old - 2016 - his film Dear Basketball won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film
at the 90th Academy Awards, marking the first Oscar win for any professional athlet - 2020 - died at age 41 with his daugther Gianna and seven others due to blunt
force trauma sustained from a helicopter crash in Calabasas, California - 2020 - commissioner Adam Silver announced that the NBA All-Star Game MVP Award
would be renamed to the NBA All-Star Game Kobe Bryant MVP Award in honor of Kobe Bryant
Kobe Bryant
Once you know what failure feels like, determination chases success