Kobe Bryant The Early Career
Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on 23rd August 1978, Kobe Bryant held keen interest for the game since his early age. His family moved to Europe (Italy) and Kobe was six years old then. While living in Italy, Kobe started playing basketball. Having stayed there for seven years, he and his family returned to USA. His early career was marked by the feats he achieved while playing for his high school Lower Merion High School, Philadelphia.
Playing for his school team, Bryant was awarded Pennsylvania Player of the Year. In 1995, Bryant got a senior MVP award at Adidas ABCD camp. Bryant was leading scorer of all time for Southeastern Pennsylvania with 2,883 points. He was 17 years old when he decided to move into the professional mode of the game, National Basketball Association (NBA).
Kobe Bryant Feats and Achievements
Kob Bryant was picked in the 13th NBA draft in the year 1996 by the Charlotte Hornets. Yet, even before the season started, he was traded to Los Angeles Lakers in exchange for the center player, Vlade Divac. Thus, Kobe Bant emerged in the NBA when he was eighteen years, two months, and eleven days old. Donning a number 8 jersey, he played his first game for Los Angeles Lakers against Minnesota Timberwolves on 3rd November, 1996.
Initially, Kobe Biant was a non-starter, but as the season progressed, his playing time increased. All-Star weekend saw Bryant becoming the winner of 1997 Slam Dunk Contest. He was the youngest player to become the slam dunk winner at his age, 18.
In the second season, Bryant received the runners-up award for NBA’s Sixth Man of the Year and also became the youngest All-Star starter in the history of NBA.
The 1998€”1999 season Bryant started every game for his team and later that season, extended a six year contract with Los Angeles Lakers which valued 70 million dollars.
Bryant’s career flourished as Phil Jackson became the coach for Los Angeles Lakers in the year1999. Shaquille O’Neal and Kob Biant formed outstanding center-guard duo and touched the elite genre of the NBA. The duo won Lakers the championship in the years 2000, 2001 and 2002.
Bryant was being named to All-NBA Defensive Team and All-NBA Team Second Team. He was the youngest player ever in NBA to receive defensive honors.
In 2001-02, Bryant was also promoted to All-NBA First Team. At the age of 23, Bryant became the youngest player to have won three championships.
On 22nd January, 2006, Kobe Bryant’s career touched a new high when he scored a career-high 81 points to snatch victory against the Toronto Raptors. Bryant was officially announced as NBA Most Valuable Player award on May 2008.
In 2010-11 season, moved to 6th place on the NBA all-time career scoring list. Kob Bryantt also holds the record of being the youngest player to have scored 20,000, 26,000 and 27, 000 career points.
This 2015 he moved on 3rd place on the NBA all-time career scoring list.
Kobe Bryant  International Career
There have been injuries, surgeries and personal reasons that kept Bryant out of the national team. Finally, his international career started with USA national team in 2007. He also played in USA FIBA Americas Championship Team, won gold and qualified for the 2008 Olympics. In 2008 and 2012 Olympics. Team USA defeated Spain to win the gold medal.
Accolades from the Experts
Basketball experts have referred him to be one of the most complete players in the NBA. The sportswriters often compare Kobe Bry to legend Michael Jordan. In 2007, an ESPN sportswriter’s poll voted Kobe as second best shooting guard in NBA history after Michael Jordan. He was also cited as one of the most potent scorers in NBA. Sporting News and TNT named Kobe Brnt as the NBA player of the 2000s decade.
Kobe Brnt Twitter is often filled with accolades and appreciations from his fans and there are tweets which come from eminent experts of the game.
As Kobe decided to start creating his own Hashtags and entered the social media world through Twitter, he had nearly 25,000 followers within an hour of his account’s inception. There are journalists, colleagues and fans and peers who are have followed Kobe Brnt Twitter account to share their thoughts. A premier NBA athlete, K. Bryant has reached an incredible height in the game and his social media appearance opens up the options for him to engage, share, and communicate with his fans. K.Bryant Twitter account is thus an elating experience for his fans and followers.