Kobe Bryant Last High School Game Lower Merion 95 Champion

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After having spent a part of his childhood in Italy, Kobe Bryant attended Lower Merion High School. There he proved to be a star player on the courts, and earned enough honors and triumphs to make up for his lack of college basketball experience and to make the big jump to the NBA and the Lakers.

As a senior Kobe was voted USA Today and Parade Magazine's National High School Player of the Year and he led his team to Class AAAA state title with a 31-3 record. Kobe also broke records along the way. With an average of 30.8 points, 12 rebounds, 6.5 assists, 4.0 steals, 3.8 blocked shots per game, and a total of 2,883 points, Bryant became the leading scorer in Southeastern Pennsylvania history -- beating out previous records set by NBA great Wilt Chamberlain and Carlin Warley.

A four-year starter, Bryant was recognized for his innate basketball skills by being named Naismith Player of the Year, Gatorade Circle of Champions High School Player of the Year, and became a McDonald's All-America Team member.

He went straight from high school to professional basketball. The Lakers wanted Bryant but were drafting late, so they swung a deal with the Charlotte Hornets whereby Charlotte selected him with the 13th overall pick in the first round of the 1996 NBA Draft (June 26,1996), and then traded the signing rights for Kobe to the Los Angeles Lakers for seven-year veteran center Vlade Divac. This way Kobe became the only Los Angeles player to have bypassed college.

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Kobe Bryant Last High School Game Lower Merion 95 Champion

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  • Screw Kobe, I want ...

    Screw Kobe, I want to see a little bit of Emory Dabney...his teammate in high school.

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  • I swear i will get ...

    I swear i will get better watching this video

    Kobe - Best in NBA

    By Braxton1223 [Affiliate User] 1218676494 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • haha 48 to 43 ...

    haha
    48 to 43
    thats nothin
    kobe has scored double that score

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  • 1 24 amazes me

    1 24 amazes me

    By trophymursky [Affiliate User] 1218197870 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • kobe whines and ...

    kobe whines and whines and whines. and kobe is spoiled and spoiled and spoiled. shaq was a great guy and still couldn't hang with him. every teammates hate kobe, and even his kids and wife. that's just sad. kobe nut suckers still claim he's the best, yet lebron and own him so easy. even pierce. OWNED.

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  • but he probably ...

    but he probably went off in da changeroom

    By certified80909 [Affiliate User] 1215796475 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • what's funny is ...

    what's funny is that Kobe played spoiled then and still does

    By DUDEYOURS0GAY [Affiliate User] 1215717717 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • supastarnyc shut ...

    supastarnyc
    shut da F**k up
    kobe and choked shouldn't be in the sam sentence
    it wasn't his fault that the lakers lost
    his TEAM didn't do S**t , u fuckin dumbass

    By mivado [Affiliate User] 1215629061 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • S**t man, that ...

    S**t man, that series was lost in game 4 when lakers blew up 24 point lead. their moral went down the toilet after that game and they went to boston hopeless. thats what happened in game 6. now I dont know what really happened in that game 4 but I hope kobe and the lakers will bounce back next year and show the world who is really the best

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  • who wouldve said ...

    who wouldve said that in two years that kid was going to compete head to head with MJ

    By MrCARC [Affiliate User] 1214610024 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • my freshman coach ...

    my freshman coach coached against him maybe ill break his records for souteast pa lol i wish

    By olephillyboy [Affiliate User] 1214595712 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • Wow....lol Watch ...

    Wow....lol

    Watch the play at 1:24....

    By aubDyer2 [Affiliate User] 1214224129 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • Kobe was way ahead ...

    Kobe was way ahead of everyone elses level in high school

    By ireneloz [Affiliate User] 1214212805 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • ncie job! keep'm ...

    ncie job! keep'm coming!

    By badassboy99 [Affiliate User] 1213973606 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • He was a beast, and ...

    He was a beast, and hes the best player in the NBA, but he choked hard in the NBA finals...worst moment of his career, the lost by 39, and Kobe didnt do S**t ...

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  • i thought it was 96 ...

    i thought it was 96 champs?

    By algonquinhoops31 [Affiliate User] 1213198366 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • yes... thank you...

    yes... thank you...

    By reak7835 [Affiliate User] 1212943963 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • & before TEAM ...

    & before TEAM AMERICA.. he was sick.

    Now hes the best

    By ruckuz88 [Affiliate User] 1212934296 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • before the draft to ...

    before the draft to the hornets (then the lakers) before the allstar game vs micheal jordan, before the 3peats with shaq before the trophies, before the allstar votes ,before the shoe deals with adidas, then jordan (briefly) then nike, before the court case, before the finals against the sixers, before the finals vs detriot, before the playoffs vs the suns, before the rivalry with shaq, before the trade requests, before, 81 pts against the raptors, before the mvp award,..kobe was sick

    By reak7835 [Affiliate User] 1212479491 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • how do you guys ...

    how do you guys have division 4 AAAA. dats beast . The highest we have is AAA and dats ST RAYMOND HIGH SCHOOL and their nasty. lol

    By naynay3y455 [Affiliate User] 1212238322 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • basketball sux

    basketball sux

    By mlamb81 [Affiliate User] 1211870115 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • GO ...

    GO LAKERSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

    By sexyladie6969 [Affiliate User] 1211845507 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • you'll see more of ...

    you'll see more of him doing sumthin like 1:24 when you watch LA beat spurs and celtics!

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  • damn lol i would be ...

    damn lol i would be hella nervous playin against his highschool team...

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  • kobe is the best :)

    kobe is the best :)

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