Kobe Bryant: From Hated To NBA’s Most Popular Player, Global Icon

This summer, standing at the top of the NBA, Kobe Bryant has a long way to peer down the mountain that he has just climbed. Seven years ago, 2004 proved to be the worst year of his professional life. An abyss he found himself drowning in.

That year, Kobe had to overcome sexual assault charges stemming from an incident in a Colorado hotel, which while the case ended long before a verdict, i...

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