40 Kobe Bryant Moments To Celebrate Kobe's 40th Birthday

40 years ago today, a Jelly Bean named his seed after a piece of Japanese beef. 40 years later, many of us refer to that beef as a deadly snake (Black Mamba) or a cheap wine (Vino). Many of us have also labeled that beef our favorite or the best ever. And if you are Steve Nash, you just refer to the legend that is Kobe Bryant as a "motherf***ing a**hole."

In honor of that a$$holes' birthday today, here's a timeline of memorable and great moments from arguably the greatest Laker of all-time.

40+ AMAZING KOBE MOMENTS

A couple of years ago, Bleacher Report writer Adam Fromal created a nice tribute to the former iVillage writer called "34 Most Amazing Kobe Bryant Career Highlights to Celebrate Mamba's 34th Birthday." Here's his list plus 6 (or more) videos to celebrate each year of Kobe Bryant's life.

  1. Drafted and Traded, 1996 - Picked 13th by the Hornets and traded to the Lakers for Vlade Divac
  2. First NBA Start, 1997 - Kobe scored 12pts, 3rebs, 2ast, 2stls, 1blk  & Lakers beat the Mavs by 19
  3. Scoring 33 Against Michael Jordan, 1997 - MJ scored 36 & Bulls won
  4. Slam Dunk Champion, 1997
  5. Dunking on Ben Wallace
  6. 2000 Western Conference Finals, Game 7
  7. 2000 NBA Finals, Game 4
  8. All-Star Game MVP, 2002
  9. Kobe over Todd MacCulloch, 2002
  10. Hitting 12 3-Pointers, 2003
  11. Scoring Explosion in February of 2003: 9 straight 4o+ point games
  12. The Passing of the Torch, 2003 - Kobe scores 55 points against MJ
  13. Poor Vincent Yarbrough, 2003
  14. Before They Were Teammates, 2004 - Dunks on Dwight Howard
  15. Kobe Wins the Division, 2004
  16. Kobe Goes Reverse Against KG, 2004
  17. Shaquille O'Neal Traded in 2004
  18. Outscoring Dallas Mavericks Through Three Quarters, 2006 - 62pts in 3 quarters
  19. Dropping 81, 2006
  20. 30 in a Quarter vs Jazz, 2006
  21. Before They Were Teammates, 2006 -Dunks on Steve Nash
  22. Kobe over Yao, 2006
  23. 2006 Western Conference First Round, Game 4
  24. 50 Is a Nice Number, 2007 - 50+pts in 4 straight games
  25. The Self-Pass
  26. 2008 MVP
  27. 61 at Madison Square Garden, 2009
  28. 2009 NBA Finals, Game 1
  29. Becoming the Lakers' All-Time Leading Scorer, 2010
  30. 2010 Western Conference Finals, Game 6 - 37pts
  31. Kobe Isn't Human - vs Matt Barnes
  32. Kobe Posterizes Okafor, 2011
  33. So many Buzzer Beaters
  34. All the Championships

  35. The Final Game

If that wasn't a cornucopia of Kobeness for you then feel free to spend the remaining part of your day watching these bonus vids.

    1. 1995 High School Dunk Contest - beats Lester Earl
    2. Kobe wins High School Championship
    3. Shaq & Kobe Co-MVPs at AllStar Game
    4. Kobe dunks on Shaq (in practice)
    5. Kobe's first commercial
    6. Kobe's first Nike commercial
    7. 1st rap verse - Brian McKnight - Hold Me
    8. Kobe wins his first Gold Medal in 2008
    9. Scores 36 in Summer League Game - 1996
    10. Kobe's first NBA fight - with Chris Childs
    11. Kobe Up Close Special (Full 1 hour event)
							

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