He was just special. The NBA kept its games on as scheduled when the news broke. The Spurs and Raptors both took voluntary second shot clock violations at the start of their game in honor of Bryant, who wore No.
Several other teams followed up by deliberately taking delays of 24 and 8 seconds, honoring both of his jersey numbers. He opened a production company shortly after leaving the Lakers, saying he was just as passionate about storytelling as he had been about his sport. He also produced content for ESPN. In , Bryant was charged with attacking a year-old employee at a Colorado resort.
He had said the two had consensual sex, and the charge was eventually dropped when the women declined to testify in a trial. The woman later filed a civil suit against Bryant that was settled out of court.
He later teamed with Pau Gasol to win two more titles in and A two-time Olympic gold medalist with the dominant U. In December , the Lakers hung banners retiring his No. After James passed Bryant on Saturday, he remembered listening in awe to Bryant when the superstar came to speak at a childhood basketball camp.
Olympic team in Beijing. Bryant was a basketball superstar for his entire adult life, and he grew up from a teenager to a respected veteran in the unforgiving Hollywood spotlight. Bryant was occasionally estranged from his nowyear-old father, but reconciled. Bryant won the Slam Dunk Contest as a rookie, and the Lakers gradually grew into a team that won three consecutive championships.
Bryant and Gasol, the Spanish star, formed the nucleus of another championship team in , reaching three straight NBA Finals and winning two more titles. Between those title runs and before the quiet final years of his career, Bryant accomplished innumerable feats including an point game against Toronto in January Although the Lakers struggled after O'Neal left in , Bryant performed brilliantly.
He scored 81 points against the Toronto Raptors in January , the second-highest single-game mark in NBA history, and led the league in scoring that year and the next. Shortly afterward, Bryant was part of the memorial service to honor friend and music superstar Michael Jackson. The following year, the Lakers won their second straight title by defeating the Celtics. Bryant played on both the and U.
Olympic teams, winning consecutive gold medals with teammates Kevin Durant , LeBron James and Carmelo Anthony , among several other top players. After suffering a torn Achilles tendon in April , Bryant worked hard to return to the court before fracturing his knee just six games into the season. The veteran All-Star surpassed Michael Jordan for third all-time on the NBA scoring list in December , but his season ended due to injury for the third straight year when he sustained a torn rotator cuff in January He scored 60 points against the Utah Jazz.
Although Bryant returned in time for the start of the NBA season, he personally struggled alongside his young Lakers teammates. In November , he announced that he would retire at the end of the season. My mind can handle the grind but my body knows it's time to say goodbye. On April 13, , Bryant dazzled a sold-out crowd at the Staples Center and fans everywhere in the last game of his career, scoring 60 points and leading the Lakers to a win against the Utah Jazz.
After the game, Bryant spoke to the crowd. I think the most important part is we all stayed together throughout. Kobe Bryant has never cheated the game, never cheated us as the fans.
He has played through injury, he has played hurt. And we have five championship banners to show for it. He was accused of sexual assault in , a charge which he settled out of court—the episode cost him some of his most lucrative sponsorship deals, but he retained his status as one of the wealthiest and most beloved American athletes. In addition to his long playing career, Bryant was known for his philanthropy and several business ventures and film projects he wrote the short film Dear Basketball , which won an Academy Award.
Not long after takeoff, the helicopter crashed in foggy conditions. The accident shocked sports fans across America and around the world. Bryant had been set to host the Grammy Awards that very evening, and the ceremony became one of the first of countless tributes to him and his daughter. But if you see something that doesn't look right, click here to contact us! On January 26, , the Indian constitution takes effect, making the Republic of India the most populous democracy in the world.
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