One Of The Greatest Of All Time
Kobe Bryant is honored and credited as being one of the most incredible basketball players ever.. We’ve decided to gather all his awards so prepare yourself because it is rather lengthy. He is a former MVP, five-time NBA champion, two-time Finals MVP, 18-time NBA All-Star, two-time scoring champion, two-time Olympic Gold medalist, nine-time NBA All-Defensive First Team nominations, 11-time First Team All-NBA’er and a Slam Dunk title. By the time he retired he was recognized as having the third-most points in NBA History, an insane number of 33,643! That’s not all but two of his numbers are retired and is he seen as one of the most skilled players to have ever graced the basketball courts.
Middle Name
It turns out that Kobe has a middle name, but strangely, it doesn’t appear on any official documents. His middle name is ‘Bean’ which is a nickname from his father. It’s also a reference to his father’s athletic nickname when he was a player in the NBA – ‘Jellybean’.