Bryant, who attended Bartram High School and La Salle, succumbed to a massive stroke. He was 69.
Joe "Jellybean" Bryant, shares a laugh with his son Kobe in a pickup basketball game at the Kobe Bryant Basketball Academy on Thursday, July 5, 2007. Joe Bryant died this month from a massive stroke.Joe Bryant, the father of Kobe Bryant and a basketball star in his own right at Bartram High School, at La Salle, and over eight seasons in the NBA, has died.Bryant recently suffered a massive stroke, La Salle head coach Fran Dunphy said Tuesday.
A 6-foot-9 forward with a memorable nickname — “Jellybean,” for his fondness of the candy — and an array of skills that presaged the arrival of players such as Magic Johnson and LeBron James, Bryant was the Public League Player of the Year in 1972, then averaged more than 20 points and 11 rebounds over two seasons at La Salle.
He was a first-round draft pick of the Golden State Warriors in 1975; the Warriors then sold his rights to the 76ers less than four months later. Bryant spent four seasons with his hometown team, coming off the bench for the Sixers’ 1976-77 team that advanced to the NBA Finals. After the 1982-83 season, during which he played for the Houston Rockets, Bryant found greater individual success playing professionally in Europe, especially in Italy, before his family moved back to the Philadelphia region, settling in Wynnewood.
He and his son had been particularly close throughout Kobe’s childhood and decorated career at Lower Merion High School. But after Kobe joined the Los Angeles Lakers and embarked on what would be his Hall of Fame career in the NBA, their relationship became strained over time as Kobe sought more freedom and independence from his family. Joe Bryant had made no public comment about his son’s death.
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