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Kobe Bryant: An NBA legend’s life and times

Bryant was killed Sunday in a helicopter crash.

U.S. Olympic basketball team's Kobe Bryant practices during a training session in Macau, Wednesday, July 30, 2008. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

Fans sign a large banner congratulating Kobe Bryant before his last NBA basketball game, a contest against the Utah Jazz, outside Staples Center in downtown Los Angeles on Wednesday, April 13, 2016. Many of Bryant's fans - even some of the adults - have never known Los Angeles without him. It's a feeling they're about to have to get used to as fans celebrate his final night as a Laker. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)

Los Angeles Lakers Kobe Bryant, left, shakes hands with general manger Mitch Kupchak after signing his contract during a news conference Thursday, July 15, 2004, at the team's training facility in El Segundo, Calif. Bryant chose the Lakers over the Clippers, remaining with the team he joined in 1996 at age 18 and later helped win three NBA championships (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)

FILE - This is a June 14, 2009, file photo showing Los Angeles Lakers' Kobe Bryant holding the Larry O'Brien championship trophy and finals MVP trophy after the Lakers beat the Orlando Magic 99-86 in Game 5 of the NBA basketball finals, in Orlando, Fla. Bryant was on top when the decade started, and he still is when it ends. Someone so good deserves to be considered among the candidates for The Associated Press' Athlete of the Decade.(AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)

Los Angeles Lakers' LeBron James, right, puts up the ball with Philadelphia 76ers' Shake Milton, left, defending during the second half of an NBA basketball game, Saturday, Jan. 25, 2020, in Philadelphia. LeBron James passes Kobe Bryant for third on the NBA all-time scoring. (AP Photo/Chris Szagola)

In this Dec. 1, 2015 file photo Los Angeles Lakers' Kobe Bryant smiles as he jogs to the bench during the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Philadelphia 76ers in Philadelphia. The Retired NBA superstar has died in helicopter crash in Southern California, Sunday, Jan. 26, 2020. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

Kobe Bryant seen at Showtime's exclusive screening event celebrating the premiere of "Kobe Bryant's Muse" held at The London Hotel on Feb 25, 2015, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Eric Charbonneau/Invision for Showtime/AP Images)

Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant smiles during a media availability before an NBA basketball game against the Washington Wizards Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2013, in Washington. The Lakers signed Bryant to a two-year contract extension Monday, securing the fourth-leading scorer in NBA history into his 20th season with the franchise. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Newly-acquired Los Angeles Laker Kobe Bryant walks downcourt during a summer league game against the Detroit Pistons in Long Beach, Calif., on Saturday, July 13, 1996. (AP Photo/Michael Caulfield)

Los Angeles Lakers shooting guard Kobe Bryant, right, takes a foul from Dallas Mavericks shooting guard O.J. Mayo (32) in the first half of an NBA basketball game on Saturday, Nov. 24, 2012, in Dallas. (AP Photo/Michael Mulvey)

Los Angeles Lakers forward Kobe Bryant, his daughter Natalia and pregnant wife Vanessa, left, attend the NCAA basketball game between Gonzaga and Pepperdine Monday, Feb. 20, 2006, in Malibu, Calif. Gonzaga won 81-71. Bryant talks to an unidentified person. (AP Photo/Danny Moloshok)

Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant lays on the floor after being injured in the final seconds of an NBA basketball game against the Atlanta Hawks on Wednesday, March 13, 2013, in Atlanta. The Hawks defeated the Lakers 96-92. (AP Photo/Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Curtis Compton)

Los Angeles Lakers' Kobe Bryant is seen during the second half of a basketball game against the Denver Nuggets in Los Angeles on Tuesday, April 3, 2007. The Nuggets won 111-105. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)

Los Angeles Lakers' Kobe Bryant drives past a Filipino player during an exhibition game Wednesday, July 13, 2011 at the Araneta Coliseum, Quezon city, north of Manila, Philippines. The event was part of Bryant's five-city tour that includes Seoul and various cities in China. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

Los Angeles Lakers player Kobe Bryant conducts basketball clinic to children during a visit to a mass housing project to inaugurate a basketball court Wednesday July 13, 2011 at suburban Taguig city east of Manila, Philippines. Bryant is in the Philippines for the third time to kick off his five-city tour that would take him to Seoul and various cities in China. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

NBA Basketball star Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers greets well wishers with the V-sign shortly upon arrival in Manila, Philippines Tuesday Sept. 4, 2007 as part of the popular sports apparel Nike "Kobe Bryant's Supernatural Asia Tour 2007" that would also take him to Taipei, Hong Kong, Shanghai and Beijing. Kobe, one of the NBA's basketball icons, will conduct a one-day clinic, and meet Filipino children for charitable work. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

NBA superstar Kobe Bryant of the 2009 NBA Champion Los Angeles Lakers takes off his pair of shoes to be given to two lucky fans during his visit to a Nike flagship store at a street mall at Manila's Taguig city Tuesday July 21, 2009 in the Philippines. Bryant, the NBA Finals Most Valuable Player, is to kick off his Nike sponsored 2009 Asia tour to conduct basketball clinics to young and aspiring basketball players. He will also visit Singapore, Taipei, Hong Kong, Shanghai and Chengdu, China. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

Five time champion U.S. basketball star Kobe Bryant gestures as he meets with youth during his first visit to the Football Training Center located in the center of Soweto, Johannesburg, South Africa, Sunday, June 27, 2010, during the first soccer World Cup on the African continent. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

FILE - In this Aug. 16, 2012 file photo, Los Angeles Lakers' Kobe Bryant, left, shakes hands with Chinese fans during a "meet the fans" event in Wuhan in central China's Hubei province. He has not uttered one word yet, Bryant's mere presence on a Twitter-like Chinese-language site has stirred plenty of excitement. Sina Weibo has verified that the NBA superstar has set up an individual account on its hugely popular microblogging site. Bryant's followers numbered more than 100,000 within hours on Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013, although no comments from Bryant had appeared. (AP Photo) CHINA OUT

FILE - In this July 18, 2003, file photo, Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant and his wife, Vanessa, hold hands during a news conference at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. Vanessa Bryant filed for divorce from the Lakers star, Friday, Dec. 16, 2011, in Orange County Superior Court in Santa Ana, Calif., citing irreconcilable differences as the reason for the split. (AP Photo/Jerome T. Nakagawa, File)

Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant poses participants of a Chinese culture initiative program called After-School All-Stars at Bell Gardens Intermediate School in Bell Gardens, Calif., Monday, Jan. 31, 2011. The Lakers shooting guards charitable foundation helps fund the After-School All-Stars initiative, which includes Mandarin language lessons, Chinese cooking courses and martial arts classes. He also makes occasional visits to the basketball courts of participating schools, like the one at Bell Gardens in southeast Los Angeles County. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)

Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant talks about a Chinese culture initiative program called After-School All-Stars at Bell Gardens Intermediate School in Bell Gardens, Calif., Monday, Jan. 31, 2011. The Lakers shooting guards charitable foundation helps fund the initiative, which includes Mandarin language lessons, Chinese cooking courses and martial arts classes. He also makes occasional visits to the basketball courts of participating schools, like the one at Bell Gardens in southeast Los Angeles County. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)

In this photo taken Sunday, Aug. 2, 2015, NBA basketball player Kobe Bryant of Los Angeles Lakers meets Chinese basketball fans during his China tour in Guangzhou in southern China's Guangdong province. (Color China Photo via AP) CHINA OUT

Los Angeles Lakers superstar Kobe Bryant, center, reacts during a basketball clinic on Saturday Sept. 17, 2011 in Singapore. Bryant says he's still considering playing overseas as an owners' lockout of players threatens to sabotage the upcoming NBA season. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)

Los Angeles Lakers' Kobe Bryant holds up the Larry O'Brien trophy as the Lakers' NBA basketball world championship parade gets underway in Los Angeles, Wednesday, June 17, 2009 (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)

Los Angeles Lakers' Kobe Bryant and his wife, Vanessa, attend the skills competition at the NBA basketball All-Star Saturday Night on Saturday, Feb. 13, 2010, in Dallas. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

Los Angeles Lakers coach Phil Jackson congratulates Kobe Bryant as Bryant leaves the NBA basketball game with 52 points against the Utah Jazz, Thursday night, Nov. 30, 2006, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

Los Angeles Lakers' Kobe Bryant poses for a photograph during the basketball team's media day at their training facility in El Segundo, Calif., Monday, Sept. 29, 2008. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)

The Los Angeles Lakers, with Kobe Bryant at far left, celebrate their NBA championship in a parade down Figueroa Street in Los Angeles Monday, June 21, 2010. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)

Los Angeles Lakers' Kobe Bryant plays against the Denver Nuggets during an NBA basketball game in Los Angeles, Friday, Feb. 5, 2010. The Nuggets won 126-113. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)

Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant, left, passes the ball past Cleveland Cavaliers' Daniel Gibson (1) in an NBA basketball game Thursday, Jan. 21, 2010, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)

USA's Kobe Bryant reacts after scoring a three pointer during men's quarter final basketball game against Australiaat the Beijing 2008 Olympics in Beijing, Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2008. (AP Photo/Dusan Vranic)

Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant during the second half of an NBA basketball game with the Cleveland Cavaliers in Los Angeles, Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2011. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

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U.S. Olympic basketball team's Kobe Bryant practices during a training session in Macau, Wednesday, July 30, 2008. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

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