He's played 0 games with the Charlotte Hornets. He has played every season of his NBA career with the Los Angeles Lakers. His rookie season was 1996-1997 and he's been a Laker from then all the way up to right now.
Kobe Bryant never played for the Hornets he was drafted by the Hornets but traded to the Lakers on draft day.
Kobe Bryant was a first round draft choice of the Charlotte Hornets in 1996. Shortly after the draft the Lakers traded their starting center, Vlade Divac, to the Hornets for Bryant.
Kobe Bryant was the 13th draft pick in 1996 to the Charolette Hornets, but was later traded to the Los Angeles Lakers.
Bryant was chosen as the 13th overall draft pick by the Charlotte Hornets in 1996. However, according to Arn Tellem, Bryant's agent at the time, Bryant playing for the Charlotte Hornets was "an impossibility". Nevertheless, the Charlotte Hornets selected Bryant, seeing that there was a chance to trade with the Lakers. On July 1, 1996, then L.A. general manager Jerry West traded his starting center, Vlade Divac, to the Hornets in exchange for Bryant's draft rights.
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Kobe was drafted #13 overall in 1996 by the Charlotte Hornets
Kobe Bryant was origanally drafted from Lower Merion HS, Ardmore, Pennsylvania as the 13th overall pick by the at that time charlotte hornets who traded away the draftrights of Kobe to the Los Angeles Lakers for center Vlade Divac
Kobe got drafted in 1996 by the charlotte hornets as the 13th pick.
Kobe Bryant plays on the Los Angeles Lakers
Bryant was chosen as the 13th overall draft pick by the Charlotte Hornets in 1996. The Charlotte Hornets selected Bryant, seeing that there was a chance to trade with the Lakers. On July 1st 1996, Jerry West traded his starting center Vlade Divac, to the Hornets in exchange for Bryant's draft rights. Since he was still 17 at the time of the draft, his parents had to cosign his contract with the Lakers until he was able to sign his own when he turned 18 before the season began. woott woot kobe
Yes, he was the 13th draft pick by the Charlotte Hornets. However, he was traded to the lakers for Vlade Divach.
Kobe Bryant joined the NBA in 1996 as the third pick.
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