Kobe Bean Bryant : First started learning basketball from his father

　　Kobe Bean Bryant is a shooting guard who has played for the Los Angeles Lakers since 1996, a span in which the team has won five NBA championships. Over the course of his career, Bryant has won two NBA scoring titles and has been a first-team All-NBA selection eight times. He is a 14-time All Star and four-time All-Star MVP. Although known for his offensive ability, Kobe Bryant has also made a name for himself on the defensive side of the ball, having been named to the NBA's All Defensive First Team eight times. Kobe Bryant scored the second-most points in a game in NBA history when he posted 81 points in a game during the '06-07 season.

　　Kobe first started learning basketball from his father at the age of three. He idolized Magic Johnson growing up because of Magic's ball handling skills for a bigger player, and claimed the Los Angeles Lakers as his favorite team.

　　Joe Bryant was traded to the Houston Rockets when Kobe was still very young, and after only one season in Houston, the Bryant family packed up and moved to Italy so Joe could continue his professional basketball career. Joe Bryant signed with a team in the town of Rieti. The three Bryant children practiced Italian together after school, and all became fairly fluent within the first year. To this day, Kobe Bryant still speaks Italian.