Kobe was drafted #13 overall in 1996 by the Charlotte Hornets
Kobe Bryant joined the NBA in 1996 as the third pick.
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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.
No. Shaq was acquired from the Orlando Magic and then Kobe was signed from the Charlotte Hornets, both in the summer of 1996.
in 1996 he was drafted to the hornets
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.
The two players that were on both the 1996 roster and 2008 roster are LB Ray Lewis and K Matt Stover.
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1996 by the charolette hornets, then traded to LA
Kobe Bryant was the 13th draft pick in 1996 to the Charolette Hornets, but was later traded to the Los Angeles Lakers.
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.