Blog do Rafa Spartacus: End of the line for Kobe Bryant

Kobe e um tal de Michael Jordan (VINCENT LAFORET/AFP/Getty Images)

It's friends one more great player is leaving the world basketball, Kobe Bryant after twenty years of career will bid farewell tomorrow against the Utah Jazz. His career was brand through ups and downs, higher than low and so I will try to summarize the career of this great athlete.

Jerry West e Kobe Bryant e téc Del Harris
(Photo by Steve Grayson/WireImage)

The year is 1996, when Kobe fresh out of high school, was drafted 13th by the New Orlean Hornets, but the young birrento wanted because he wanted to defend the Los Angeles Lakers (something insane for a beginner). Yet thanks to former player Jerry West then manager of the Lakers stumbled invest in young exchanging the consecrated pivot Serbian Vlade Divac, and so came to Kobe Lakers.
Due to its ability to buried, Kobe was the winner of the contest buried in 1997 and the youngest to play an all star game in 1998.

Foto: Brian Bahr /Allsport

In the early 2000s with Phil Jackson at the helm, the team went from production point to win three titles in a row in 2000, 2001 and 2002 defeating in the final Indiana Pacers, Philadelphia and New Jersey Nets.

Kobe, Phill Jackson e Shaq: first title in 2000
(Photo by Andrew D. Bernstein/NBAE via Getty Images

Already in 2003 the situation began to be different when internal disagreements even between Kobe and Shaquille O'Neal led the team to elimination in the semifinals of the Western Conference San Antonio Spurs Tim Duncan and co.
The 2004 season was better than the previous one, the Californian team reached the NBA Finals again though, the Detroit Pistons easily won the final series of 4 x 1. Kobe again was not MVP of the playoffs and Shaq was sent to the Miami Heat where also do a lot of success.

Shaq Karl Malone e Kobe vice in 2004 (Jed Jacobsohn/Getty Images)

In season 2007 Kobe exchange paragraph 8 by 24, some claim strategy Nike sponsor it. In 2008 Kobe had his best year in the NBA, MVP of the season, Lakers finished 1st in conf. west only that, across the country had such a Boston Celtics with Kevin Garnett, Rajon Rondo and Paul Pierce who defeated by 4 x 2. Even after this thump, Kobe had a refreshment by winning gold in the Olympics Beijing, defeating in the final the strong team of Spain of Pau and Marc Gasol brothers and others of 118 x 107.

Kobe, Lebron James e Chris Paul Photo by Phil Walter/Getty Images

The 2009 season and 2010 were great for the Lakers and Kobe, the team again went to the end this time defeating the Orlando Magic in 4 x 1, and in 2010 in the rematch against Boston, the Lakers penaram to close the series 4 x 3. And in the final two, Kobe finally managed to be MVP of the finals.

Final 2010 Ronald Martinez/Getty Images

The following Lakers years were not even a shadow of the seasons mentioned here, which ended up eclipsing the career of "black mamba" (name of Kobe), his salvation was again the Olympics this time to London in 2012, where again the Americans led the better of Spain this time for 107 x 100.

Pau Gasol Lakers partner (Harry E. Walker/MCT via Getty Images)

And so tomorrow ends the career of this victorious athlete, now the question is: who will take this reign? Lebron, Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving or other?
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