După meciul pe care echipa lui, LA Lakers, l-a câștigat cu 103 – 87 în fața celor de la New Orleans Hornets, Kobe Bryant (sursă foto: kb24.com) a devenit cel mai tânăr jucător din NBA care a marcat 30000 de puncte. Înaintea meciului vedeta, în vârstă de 34 de ani, mai avea nevoie de 13 puncte, însă a înscris 29.

Totodată a intrat în clubul restrâns al celor care au depășit acest număr, alăturându-se altor mari jucători: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (38387), Karl Malone (36928), Michael Jordan (32292) și Wilt Chamberlain (31419).

Referitor la performanța sa, Bryant a declarat: „Whenever you hear those kinds of names, you think about the amount of players that have played this game, and then to be in that kind of company, it’s always extremely, extremely special.

When I was a kid, the only thing I looked at was the ring count because that was the thing that was most important. I knew how many Magic (Johnson) had, I knew how many Larry (Bird) had, I knew how many Doc (Julius Erving) had. Those are the things I looked at the most – teams that won, teams that were successful. I never really knew this person had this many thousand points, this person had this many thousand points."

Până acum Bryant a fost selecționat de 14 ori în All-Star. [S.F.D.]