The Los Angeles Lakers icon drew stylistic comparisons to Jordan almost from the moment he entered the NBA as a teenager and ...
Kobe Bryant may be considered the greatest ... it was a part of Bean's persona since his early basketball days in Italy.
Kobe Bryant spent most of his time in Europe until the age of 14. He formed his basketball habits on the courts of Italy and France, while his counterparts in the U.S. fought for a spot in the ...
US basketball legend Kobe Bryant has died in a helicopter ... after Bryant opened just hours before his death - and Italy, where Bryant spent part of his childhood as his father played in the ...
They would become lifelong friends. Two-time WNBA Champion Tamika Catchings remembers growing up in Italy with Kobe Bryant. Tamika would have a similar journey path to the Lakers star, and become ...
Kobe Bean Bryant is born in Philadelphia ... After his father retires from the NBA in 1983, the Bryant family moves to Italy where his Dad continues to play basketball until 1991.
At 685 miles from Los Angeles, and 2,184 miles from Philadelphia's Lower Merion High School, there is not much overlap between Kobe Bryant and the snow-capped mountains in Provo, Utah.