"Mamba out!" Here are some of the facts about the NBA legend Kobe Bryant.
Kobe [with his sister Shaya in this photo] was born on August 23, 1978 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was 41 on the time of his death.
He stand 6'6
Kobe tied the knot with Vanessa Laine Bryant in 2001. They have four daughters Natalia, Gianna, Bianka, and Capri. Gianna also died in the fatal helicopter crash.
Kobe played with his former team the Los Angeles Lakers from 1996-2016.
He plays the guard position.
Kobe won five NBA championships while playing for the Lakers in 2000, 2001, 2002, 2009, and 2010.
He bagged the huge honor of winning the NBA regular-season MVP award in 2007-2008
He won two Olympic golds, in 2008 and 2012, for Team U.S.A.
He led the Lakers to two consecutive NBA championships in 2009 and 2010. In both occasions, he took home the Finals MVP Award.
He scored 33,643 points in his NBA career, which got him into fourth spot in Top 10 All-Time NBA Scorer.
He was the 1997 NBA Slam Dunk Contest winner.
In his last NBA game on April 13, 2016, he scored a season-high 60 points in the Lakers' victory over the Utah Jazz. @kobebryant
The Los Angeles Lakers has retired Kobe's jersey numbers 8 and 24, which he used while playing.
Kobe's movie 'Dear Basketball' won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film in 2018.
Kobe last visited Manila in June 2016.
His father, Joe "Jelly Bean" Bryant, played eight seasons in the NBA, too.
Kobe Bryant in his Instagram post in October 2013 paid tribute to Jerry West, the person who drafted him in the Lakers in 1996.
Did you know that Kobe spent eight years of his childhood in Italy.
Kobe signed with a lucrative deal with global sports brand Nike in 2003.
Before his retirement in 2016, Kobe founded venture capital firm Bryant Stibel together with Web.com founder Jeff Stibel in 2013.
According to a CNN.com article, Kobe's firm has over $2 billion in assets.
He released an autobiography titled “The Mamba Mentality: How I Play” in 2018 via his media company Granity Studios, which he founded in 2016.
Kobe also launched the Mamba Sports Academy in 2018.
Aside from Nike, he also signed numerous endorsement deals from brands including McDonald's, Sprite, Nintendo and Turkish Airlines.
Thank you for all the wonderful memories, Kobe Bryant!