Basketball Players

This article will tell you about 2 very popular basketball players.

Kobe Bryant

Kobe Bean Bryant is a professional Basketball who plays shooting guard for the Los Angeles Lakers. When he went to Lower Merion High School, he was known as the top high school basketball player in the country!!! When Kobe was only 19 (1997) he won the Slam Dunk Contest. In 2006, Bryant scored 81 points in one game, that's the second most amount of points scored in one game! He was second to Wilt Chamberlain who scored 100 points in one game! Bryant and Shaquille O'neal led the Lakers to 3 NBA championships. Later on though the 2 of them got into a feud.

Shaquille O'Neal

You might remember him as Shaq but his real name is Shaquille Rashaun O'Neal. Shaq is 7ft 1 (2.16m) tall! Did you know, after Lindsay Hunter retired, Shaq became the oldest basketball player in the NBA. Shaq is playing for the Boston Celtics and plays the centre position. Shaq might play Basketball but he also has other careers! He has made 4 rap albums!!! He has also been in multiple movies and more to come and we can forget he has his own reality shows: Shaq's Big Challenge and Shaq vs. !!!

I hope you learned something about these 2 Basketball players!

-Jessica