kobe started playing in the nba in 1990.
kobe started playing in the nba in 1990.
when did kobe start playing in the nba?
1990
in 1996, tellem made his mark as an nba agent by circumventing that year's pro draft to maneuver 18-year-old kobe bryant to the los angeles lakers. "basically, i kept teams from picking kobe by not giving their coaches access to him," tellem told sports illustrated in 2003. "i knew teams would be reluctant to take a chance on a high schooler without first talking to him and working him out." from 2000 to 2001, he represented 14 of the nba's first-round draft picks and controlled 13% of the players in the league—42, in all. his basketball roster included bryant, reggie miller, baron davis, mcgrady, o'neal and brent barry. as of the 2006 nba draft, tellem's firm had represented the most first-round draft picks of any sports marketing and management company for seven straight years. tellem and his team repped four lottery selections and six first-round picks overall. at the 2008 draft, they had six lottery picks and seven of the first 15 players selected, including russell westbrook, danilo gallinari and derrick rose, the no. 1 overall pick. tellem negotiated contracts of four years and $60 million for ben wallace; and maximum salary deals of five years and $67.4 million for joe johnson; six years and $86.4 million for gasol; seven years and $126 million for o'neal; four years and $50 million for antawn jamison; five years and $87.8 million for brandon roy; five years and $65 million for lamarcus aldridge; five years and $60 million for al horford; and seven years and $93 million for mcgrady. in 2009, gasol reupped with the lakers for three years and $57 million; a year later tellem hammered out johnson's six-year, $123.6 million extension with the atlanta hawks; and, in 2011, rose agreed to a new five-year, $94.8 million deal with the chicago bulls. when tellem's client anthony davis was picked first overall in the 2012 nba draft, the onetime university of kentucky power forward became the first player selected by an nba team to play in a full-length season since a 10-year collective bargaining agreement was ratified by the nba board of governors in december, 2011.
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nba courtside 2: featuring kobe bryant









































nba courtside 2: featuring kobe bryant is a basketball video game developed by left field productions and published by nintendo for the nintendo 64. the game was released in north america exclusively on october 31, 1999. it is the sequel to "kobe bryant in nba courtside" and features nba star kobe bryant on its cover. bryant also performed the motion capture for the game.









































a game boy color version of the game was released at the same time, entitled "nba 3 on 3 featuring kobe bryant".
nba courtside 2: featuring kobe bryant