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Bryant was awarded the regular season's Most Valuable Player Award (MVP) in the 2007–08 season and led his team to the 2008 NBA Finals as the first seed in the Western Conference. [7] As a member of the U.S. men's basketball team , Bryant was a two-time Olympic gold medalist starting with the 2008 Summer Olympics ("The Redeem Team" [ 8 ...
By the end of the 2005–06 season, Bryant set Lakers single-season franchise records for most 40-point games (27) and most points scored (2,832). [129] He won the league's scoring title for the first time by averaging 35.4 points per game, becoming just the fifth player in league history to average at least 35 in a season.
Larry Bird became the first player to earn $5 million or more with a salary of $7,070,000 in the 1991–92 season. Magic Johnson became the first player to earn $10 million or more in the 94–95 season with a salary of $14,660,000. Patrick Ewing became the first player to earn $15 million or more in the 95–96 season with a salary of $18,724,000.
The NBA All-Star Game Kobe Bryant Most Valuable Player[ 1] ( MVP) is an annual National Basketball Association (NBA) award given to the player (s) voted best of the annual All-Star Game. The award was established in 1953 when NBA officials decided to designate an MVP for each year's game. The league also re-honored players from the previous two ...
28. Kobe v. Hawks, November 1, 2009 41 points (15-29 FG), 8 rebounds, 5 steals, 10-11 FT. This was the Lakers' third game back as defending champions, having soundly beaten the Orlando Magic in ...
First Black player to play an NBA game; Earl Lloyd on October 31, 1950 [32] First Black player to win NBA MVP; Bill Russell in his second NBA season when he averaged 16.6 points and 22.7 rebounds per game [32] First Black player to win Rookie of the Year; Ray Felix when he averaged 17.6 points and 13.3 rebounds per game during the 1953-54 ...
The deal will make him the highest-paid coach in NBA history. At $17.5 million per season, Kerr will receive a salary higher than all but five of the Warriors' players this season .
Laker individual accomplishments. NBA MVP. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar – 1976, 1977, 1980. Magic Johnson – 1987, 1989, 1990. Shaquille O'Neal – 2000. Kobe Bryant – 2008. NBA Finals MVP. Jerry West – 1969. Wilt Chamberlain – 1972.