Kobe Bryant Biography

Kobe  Bryant was born on August 23, 1978 in  in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is an American professional basketball player who plays shooting guard for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Bryant was raised Roman Catholic. When Bryant was six, his father left the NBA and moved his family to Italy to begin playing professional basketball, as the youngest of three children and the only son of former Philadelphia 76ers player and former Los Angeles Sparks head coach Joe "Jellybean" Bryant and Pamela Cox Bryant.

Dirk Nowitzki Biography

Dirk W. Nowitzki was born on June 19, 1978 in Würzburg, Germany, Nowitzki comes from an athletic family: his mother Helga was a professional basketball player and his father Jörg-Werner was a handball player who represented Germany at the highest international level. His older sister Silke, a local champion in track and field, also became a basketball player and now works for the NBA in International TV.

Chris Bosh Biography

Christopher Wesson Bosh
 
Chris  Bosh was born on March 24, 1984 in Dallas, Texas. Chris Bosh grew up in Hutchins, Texas is an American professional basketball player who plays power forward for the Miami Heat in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Bosh names his parents as the biggest influences on his personality and considered NBA superstar Kevin Garnett as his favorite athlete, modeling his play after him.