Kobe Bryant Draft Date

The draft class produced three players who won a combined four NBA MVP awards (Kobe Bryant, Allen Iverson, Steve Nash), seven other drafted players who became All-Stars (Shareef Abdur-Rahim, Ray Allen, Žydrūnas Ilgauskas, Stephon Marbury, Jermaine O'Neal, Peja Stojaković, Antoine Walker), and one undrafted All-Star (Ben Wallace), for a grand. Checkout the summary for NBA 1996 Draft with Round by Round selections and more on Basketball. Kobe Bryant was drafted by the Charlotte Hornets with the 13th selection in the first round out of Lower Merion High School in Philadelphia.

The day before the draft, the Lakers agreed to deal Divac to the Charlotte Hornets in exchange for the 13th overall pick and on June 26, that pick was used to take Kobe Bryant. Kobe Bryant was chosen by the Charlotte Hornets with the 13th overall pick in the 1996 NBA draft. Specializing in drafts with top players on the NBA horizon, player profiles, scouting reports, rankings and prospective international recruits.

Kobe Bryant Father: Joe Bryant Draft Notes: Very strong outside game. Hopes to be the 1996 version of Kevin Garnett, going straight from high school into the NBA. Selected as the USA Today and Parade Magazine national high school player of the year..

Top scorer in Southeastern Pa. history (2,883 points). Kobe Bryant was drafted by the Charlotte Hornets with the 13th pick in the 1996 NBA Draft on June 26, 1996.

Shortly after, he was traded to the Los Angeles Lakers, where he spent his entire 20. Kobe Bryant was drafted in the 1996 NBA Draft, straight from High School. Kobe was chosen 13th overall by the Charlotte Hornets.

He was immediately traded to the Lakers for center Vlade Divac. The first overall pick in the 1996 Draft was Allen Iverson to the 76ers. Kobe Bean Bryant (/ ˈkoʊbi / KOH-bee; August 23, 1978 - January 26, 2020) was an American professional basketball player.

A shooting guard, he spent his entire 20-year career with the Los Angeles Lakers in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential basketball players of all time, Bryant won five NBA championships and was an 18.