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Get the Kobe Bryant Young T Shirt . Kobe Bryant was born in Philadelphia, the youngest of three children and only son of former NBA player Joe Bryant and Pamela Cox Bryant. He was also the maternal nephew of basketball player John “Chubby” Cox. His parents named him after the famous beef of Kobe, Japan, which they saw on a restaurant menu.[13] His middle name, Bean, was derived from his father’s nickname “Jellybean”. Bryant was raised Catholic.[14] When Bryant was six, his father retired from the NBA and moved his family to Rieti in Italy to continue playing professional basketball at a lower level.[15][16] After two years they moved first to Reggio Calabria and then to Pistoia and Reggio Emilia. Kobe became accustomed to his new lifestyle and learned to speak fluent Italian.[16][17] He was especially fond of Reggio Emilia, which he considered a loving place and where his best childhood memories were made.
Get the Kobe Bryant Young T Shirt . Bryant earned national recognition during a spectacular high school career at Lower Merion High School in Ardmore, located in the Philadelphia suburb of Lower Merion. He played on the varsity basketball team as a freshman.[25] Bryant became the first freshman in decades to start for Lower Merion’s varsity team, but the team finished with a 4–20 record.[25][26] The following three years, the Aces compiled a 77–13 record, with Bryant playing all five positions.[25] During his junior year, he averaged 31.1 points, 10.4 rebounds, and 5.2 assists and was named Pennsylvania Player of the Year while also earning a fourth-team Parade All-American nomination,[27][28] attracting attention from college recruiters in the process.[27] Duke, Michigan, North Carolina and Villanova were at the top of his list. However, after high schooler Kevin Garnett went in the first round of the 1995 NBA draft, Bryant also began contemplating going directly to the pros.
Get the Kobe Bryant Young T Shirt . Prior to the 1996 NBA draft, Bryant had worked out in Los Angeles, where he scrimmaged against former Lakers players Larry Drew and Michael Cooper and, according to then-Laker manager Jerry West, “marched over these people”. The Lakers were looking to trade their starting center Vlade Divac for a player’s draft rights in order to free up salary cap space to make an offer to free agent center Shaquille O’Neal. Bill Branch, the Hornets’ head scout at the time, said that the Hornets agreed to trade their draft selection at #13 to the Lakers the day before the draft. Prior to the trade agreement, the Hornets never considered drafting Bryant. During the draft, the Lakers told the Hornets whom to select minutes before the pick was made.
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