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10 unusual facts about Kobe Bryant


Beth Karas

Beth Karas is an attorney and TV commentator who worked as a Senior Reporter with truTV, providing commentary on a number of high-profile cases, including the rape trial of Kobe Bryant, the Martha Stewart trial, and the murder trials of Robert Blake and Scott Peterson.

Jean Casarez

As a correspondent, Casarez provides live daytime trial coverage, reporting on courtroom trials across the country; she has covered such cases as the Coral Eugene Watts trial, the Kobe Bryant rape case, and Scott Peterson sentencing hearings.

Lenovo IdeaPhone K900

Lenovo has hired professional basketball player Kobe Bryant to help promote the device in China and southeast Asia.

Malden, Missouri

Kobe Bryant, One of the best NBA stars to ever play the game was born and raised in the Small Town and Visits on Holidays.

Marshall Thundering Herd men's basketball

Kobe Bryant wore No. 8 his first few seasons in the NBA because that's the number D'Antoni wore when he played with Kobe's father in Italy.

NBA 07

The product features Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant on the cover, with his newly chosen jersey number of 24.

Street's Disciple

The latter (originally titled "Coon's Picnic") contained attacks directed toward multiple black celebrities including: O.J. Simpson and NBA superstar Kobe Bryant.

The Cool Kids

Their song "A Little Bit Cooler" was used in a "Most Valuable Puppets" commercial from Nike with LeBron James and Kobe Bryant entitled "Mrs. Lewis".

Tights

A prominent NBA player, Kobe Bryant, was one of the first to wear tights, and the style was subsequently adopted by several other NBA players, as well as some college and high school players.

Vincent Margera

He was represented by Pamela Mackey, the same lawyer who defended Kobe Bryant.


2011–12 Minnesota Timberwolves season

This season saw the debut of 2009 draftee Ricky Rubio, who was a contender for the Rookie of the Year Award until he tore his ACL and his lateral collateral ligament after colliding into Kobe Bryant during a game against the Los Angeles Lakers and was out for the rest of the season.

Billy Joe Cuthbert

In advertisements, he is seen as a goofy, overly-intense, white player in approximately his thirties, who holds a grudge against Sony for choosing to put Kobe Bryant on the cover of NBA '07: Featuring the Life Vol. 2 instead of him.

Combo guard

Some players, for example Tyreke Evans, Greivis Vasquez, James Harden, Kobe Bryant and Rodney Stuckey, have the requisite size for a shooting guard (around 6'5" or 6'6"), but due to their above-average passing and playmaking ability, are used as combo guards.

Georgie Bingham

During her time at ESPN, she participated in broadcasts from Wimbledon, The Open, the US open golf and tennis, The ESPYs, and interviewed Pele, David Beckham, Tracy McGrady, Michael Phelps, Kobe Bryant among others.

Idan Ravin

Since then, Ravin has worked with some of the NBA’s biggest stars including Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, Chris Paul, Steve Francis, Kevin Durant, Amare Stoudemire, Dwight Howard, and Carmelo Anthony.

John Lucas III

Born in Washington, D.C. as the son of former NBA player and coach John Lucas and his wife DeEdgra, Lucas once lived in Wynnewood, Pennsylvania and played for the same school as current NBA All-Star Kobe Bryant (though 3 years after Bryant left and only on the junior varsity team).

Quite Frankly with Stephen A. Smith

In its first year, Quite Frankly guests included Senator John McCain, President Jimmy Carter, Tim Wise, Allen Iverson (the show's first guest, appearing for an hour-long interview), Shaquille O'Neal & Deion Sanders (who are the only two guests to have appeared three times), Kobe Bryant, Pete Rose, Wayne Gretzky, Donald Trump, Lawrence Taylor, Michael Strahan, John Thorn, and Jerry Bruckheimer.

Tyler Haws

And when asked to name their favorite players, the popular choice was usually Kobe and LeBron.