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Kobe Bryant Does the Most Kobe Bryant Thing He's Done in a Week

By Rembert Browne at

The order of events:

1891: James Naismith invents basketball.
1936: Basketball becomes an Olympic sport.
1978: Kobe Bean Bryant is born in Philadelphia.
1989: Barack Obama meets Michelle Robinson.
1992: NBA players represent USA in the Olympics for the first time.
1992: Barack Obama marries Michelle Robinson.
1996: Kobe Bryant is drafted 13th in the NBA draft.
2007: Former Duke guard Reggie Love becomes Obama's personal assistant.
2008: Kobe Bryant becomes an Olympian for the first time.
2009: Barack Obama is inaugurated as the 44th President of the United States of America.
2010: Kobe Bryant wins his fifth NBA championship as a Laker.
2011: Obama announces reelection bid.
Feb. 2012: Michelle burns Barack on Valentine's Day.
July 8, 2012: Kobe Bryant is named to his second Olympic Team.
July 11, 2012: Kobe Bryant says his team would beat the 1992 Dream Team.
July 16, 2012: Barack and Michelle arrive at Team USA's exhibition against Brazil.

And then these events happened:

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