Do You Know Kobe? Trivia Quiz

Answer: Charlotte Hornets

Kobe was drafted by Charlotte with the 13th overall pick in the 1996 draft, and then was traded to the Lakers.

Answer: 25

Kobe achieved his peak scoring in 2005, with an absurd 35.4 that was by far his career best. He followed that season up with a strong 31.6, and didn't exceed 30 again in any other season he would play. Of course, towards the end of his career, he did slow down a bit as any aging player would, causing his career PPG to 'slip' to a still robust 25.

Answer: 4

It is worth noting that, in 2001 and 2005, the only reason he didn't reach 82 games was that the Lakers had played so well, they secured the #1 seed in the West and opted to rest their starters for the final two games of those seasons. If the Lakers had needed Kobe to play, he assuredly would have reached 82 games in those two seasons.

The four seasons were: 2002, 2007, 2008 and 2010 -- Kobe managed a full 82 games without taking any off. As mentioned above, he had some years where he would have reached 82. In addition, he fell very short of 82 in 1997 (79), 2006 (77) and 2012 (78).

Answer: 18

Kobe's rookie season in 1996 is the only year in which he was not named to the All-Star game. Having said that, he only played six games in 2013 yet was named anyway, so towards the end of his career, it's fair to argue he became somewhat of a 'legacy' pick for the game.
His 18 All-Star games were 1998, 2000-2016.

Answer: Yes

Yes - he won the NBA Sam Dunk Contest in February 1997. Tim Duncan and Patrick Ewing played in this contest.

Answer: Kobe had more seasons with > 45% shooting percentage

In 1996, 1997, 2003, 2004, 2011, 2013, 2014 and 2015, Kobe had less than a 45% shooting percentage from the field. That is eight seasons.
In 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 (45.1%!), 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 (45.1% again!) and 2012, Kobe exceeded 45% shooting from the field. That is ten seasons.
Bizarrely, in 2005 which was his career best season, he was right at exactly 45% on the nose!

Answer: 148

Kobe came off the bench 65 times in his rookie season, another 78 times the following year in 1997, four more times in 1999, then once more in 2003. After that point, Kobe Bryant never again played in a game where he wasn't a starter. He played 1,346 games in his career.

Answer: 2008

2005 was statistically Kobe Bryant's best season, but 2008 was quite strong as well. In this season, Kobe averaged 26.8 points per game on 46% shooting to go with 5 assists and rebounds a game. He also played in all 82 regular season games that year, the only player on the Lakers to do so.

Answer: Between 30,000 and 35,000

Kobe Bryant scored 33,643 points in the NBA. At the time of retirement in 2015, he was third on the NBA's all-time scoring leaders list behind Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (38,387 pts) and Karl Malone (36,928 pts), though LeBron James passed him not too long after he retired; pushing down to 4th all-time.

Answer: 8

From his rookie year in 1996 up to 2005, Kobe wore the number 8. After that year until his retirement in 2015, he donned the number 24. Both numbers were retired by the Lakers, the first time in NBA history a player had two separate numbers retired by a single organization.