Which NBA team did Kobe Bryant play for?
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He spent his entire professional career with the Lakers, which is rare for a player of his era.
How many NBA championships did Bryant win?
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He won five titles: three with Shaquille O’Neal and two more at the end of the decade.
What was Bryant’s best-known nickname?
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He chose the name himself, and Mamba Mentality later became a commercial property in its own right.
Bryant was drafted straight out of what?
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He entered the 1996 draft directly from Lower Merion High School in Pennsylvania.
How many seasons did Bryant play in the NBA?
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Twenty seasons, all with the same club, from 1996 to 2016.
Which shoe brand did Bryant sign with in 2003?
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The Nike signature line became one of the most successful basketball shoe franchises the company has run.
In which year did Bryant retire from basketball?
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His final season was 2015-16, and he finished it with a sixty-point game.
In which country did Bryant spend much of his childhood?
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His father played in the Italian league from 1984, and Bryant grew up bilingual there before returning to Pennsylvania.
In which year was Bryant named the NBA’s Most Valuable Player?
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He won the league MVP award once, in 2008, the season before the first of his two late championships.
Bryant won a 2018 Academy Award for an animated short called what?
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Dear Basketball was made from the letter in which he announced his retirement.
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