Kobe Bryant: The Inspiring Story of One of Basketball's Greatest Shooting Guards (Basketball Biography Books) Paperback – October 30, 2014

Clayton Geoffreys in-depth biography is a chronological recount of Kobe Bryant’s eventful and legendary career from a positive, praising standpoint. The book begins by introducing Kobe as a young child, explaining his early life circumstances, as well as how his situation and certain parts of his life influenced his career that followed. The book then segways into the beginnings of his legacy, starting with his “incandescent performance”even as a high schooler, and then details his jump from high school to the NBA, his own personal “leap of fate”, and then becomes a sequential recount of Kobe’s NBA career, with various anecdotes that add to the character of Kobe Bryant interspersed throughout the book. Although this book was written while Kobe was still in the league, his legacy, such as “being one of NBA’s greatest individual performers” and entrance into the conversation of the greatest ever made for a great follow up to the to-be-continued chronological retelling of Kobe’s career. The book closes out by telling how Kobe, on and off the court, ultimately affected the game of basketball itself - “one of [the NBA’s] most notable winners”.Although some concepts in this book are hard to grasp for a young person, the author uses language that is clear enough for anyone to understand, and still conveys points extremely effectively. An interesting aspect of this book is the fact that it is written in a format of a story, with a clear plot, but still is considered a biography because of the way it presents that plot and the information that it holds, which makes the book very engaging. This is a specific example of why I consider the book exceptional. Through clear language, the book presents information and is organized into a plot that develops the personality and attributes of Kobe Bryant (the purpose of the book) which ultimately keeps the reader engaged and makes the book an informative, interesting read.When Kobe retires, in general, basketball fans will look back on Kobe Bryant’s career and reflect on it as an especially memorable one, and will look back on Kobe as maybe one of the greatest players to ever play the game of basketball. The only asterisk that could possibly be placed by Kobe Bryant’s name in the list of NBA players with great behavior is his controversial rape case. The case tainted Kobe’s reputation and the author made sure to include this major event in Kobe’s career from the least bias standpoint he could. The book, overall, praises Kobe Bryant and all of his accomplishments, which makes it hard to incorporate an aspect so negative into this book, but the author does it gracefully, and efficaciously. Through how the book handled explained that situation and other ones give me a better mental image of Kobe Bryant, which is what the author set out to do.Overall, this book doesn’t have any negatives. In my mind, and I’m sure in every one else’s mind who read this book, Kobe Bryant is one of the greatest NBA players of all time, which was conveyed well by this book. Furthermore, I gained a more accurate understanding of Kobe’s legacy and his greatness, which I view to be the best outcome of reading this book.

Great read and book quality

As soon as the news reported the passing of Kobe Bryant, my son was a Kobe fan just like million of others. Kobe was a true inspiration to children and adults throughout the world. I went online to my favorite shopping site....Amazon...and purchased this book for my adult son. I brought up all Kobe items Amazon had available for purchase and as a PRIME member, my orders was delivered the next day. I love Amazon, they keep prices on all products reasonable, so that young, old, and elderly can afford products to enhance their life. I brought pleny of items relating to Kobe from Amazon; while other vendors was trying to make a fast buck by increasing the price.

Thanks again for this great magazine.. going to hand down to my grandson for his future reading of one of the greats!

Good read but I was hoping for more depth

My husband loved it he’s a big Kobe fan

I read a lot of biographies, and this one is definitely a stand out! The writing is excellent, the pace steady, and the information non repetitive. I found that I learned alot about Kobe Bryant that I did not know before. This book delves into his early life, his playing years and comes all the way up to where he is currently. If you want to read a great book that is well written and informative then pick up a copy of this and enjoy learning about Kobe Bryant and how he played alongside Shaquille O’Neal, Robert Horry, Metta World Peace, Derek Fisher, and Pau Gasol and so many other giants of the court.I Highly Recommend this book

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