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<\/p>\nJoe \u201cJellybean\u201d Bryant, father of NBA legend Kobe Bryant and former NBA player,<\/p>\n
has died at 69. La Salle University, where Bryant played and coached,<\/p>\n
expressed that he \u201cwas a beloved member of the Explorer family and <\/p>\n
will be dearly missed.\u201d Fran Dunphy, La Salle\u2019s head coach, mentioned Bryant had recently suffered a severe stroke.<\/p>\n
Since Kobe Bryant\u2019s tragic death in a helicopter crash in January 2020,<\/p>\n
Joe Bryant had rarely appeared publicly. Kobe once praised his father\u2019s <\/p>\n
basketball acumen, saying Joe taught him \u201cfrom an early age how to view the game, how to prepare for the game and how to execute.\u201d<\/p>\n
Joe Bryant was a standout at La Salle University, averaging 20.8 points per game.<\/p>\n
Drafted by the Golden State Warriors in 1975, he played for the Philadelphia 76ers<\/p>\n
and other NBA teams. The 76ers acknowledged his impact: \u201cJoe \u2018Jellybean\u2019 Bryant was a local basketball icon.\u201d<\/p>\n
Doug Young, a former teammate of Kobe, remembered Joe as an exemplary \u201crole model,\u201d<\/p>\n
noting, \u201cHe made basketball fun and made us all want to be better.\u201d Joe Bryant<\/p>\n
later coached at various levels, including the WNBA\u2019s Los Angeles Sparks.<\/p>\n
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Arn Tellem, Kobe\u2019s former agent, said, \u201cJoe \u2018Jellybean\u2019 Bryant was a true Philly hoops legend\u2026 whose warmth touched everyone he met.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Joe \u201cJellybean\u201d Bryant, father of NBA legend Kobe Bryant and former NBA player, has died at 69. La Salle University, where Bryant played and coached, expressed that he \u201cwas a beloved member of the Explorer family and will be dearly missed.\u201d Fran Dunphy, La Salle\u2019s head coach, mentioned Bryant had recently suffered a severe stroke. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18296,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18295","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/topnewsin34.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18295","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/topnewsin34.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/topnewsin34.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topnewsin34.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topnewsin34.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18295"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/topnewsin34.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18295\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18297,"href":"https:\/\/topnewsin34.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18295\/revisions\/18297"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topnewsin34.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/18296"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/topnewsin34.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18295"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topnewsin34.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18295"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topnewsin34.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}