Kobe Bryant at 40

One of the best basketball players of all time celebrates the anniversary today - the living legend of Los Angeles Kobe Bryant is 40 years old. The five-time NBA champion was born on August 23, 1978 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and spent his entire professional career on the West Coast, protecting the Lakers` colors.




The 198-inch guard game for the lakes from 1996 to 2016, winning five times the championship trophy Larry Brian (2000, 2001, 2002, 2009 and 2010), in two of the cases, was selected for the MVP at the 2009 Finals2010). In his business card, Kobi also has the Best Player of the Season Award (2008) and is also an 18-time star in the Match of the Stars, where MVP is 4 times and also has 14 top-of-the-season, as well as 12 in the symbolic teams of the best defenders.
































The Lakers made use of No. 8 and No. 24 in his honor. He is the No. 1 player in club via record of football forecast history and also has two gold medals with the United States - from Beijing 2008 and London 2012.

Bryant finished his career in 2016, retiring as the third best scorer in the history of the NBAwith 33 643 points. In front of him are only Carl Malone (36, 928) and Carrie Abdul-Jabar (38, 387).