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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.
Kobe Bean Bryant ( / ˈkoʊbi / KOH-bee; August 23, 1978 – January 26, 2020) was an American professional basketball player. A shooting guard, he spent his entire 20-year career with the Los Angeles Lakers in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Regarded as one of the greatest players in the history of basketball, Bryant won five NBA ...
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 ...
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 ...
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar retired in 1989 with a then-record of 20 seasons played. Kobe Bryant was the first guard to play 20 seasons. Jason Kidd had two stints with Dallas in his career, retiring tied with a then-record 19 seasons as a guard. John Stockton spent all 19 years of his NBA career with the Utah Jazz, from 1984 to 2003.
Joe Bryant. Joseph Washington " Jellybean " Bryant (October 19, 1954 – July 15, 2024) was an American professional basketball player and coach. He played for the Philadelphia 76ers, San Diego Clippers, and Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He also played for several teams in Italy and one in France.
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 ...
1997–98 >. The 1996–97 NBA season was the 9th season for the Charlotte Hornets in the National Basketball Association. [1] For the first time since the 1990–91 season, Larry Johnson was not on the team's opening day roster. The Hornets had the 13th overall pick in the 1996 NBA draft, and selected high school basketball star Kobe Bryant ...