It was Nike who gave Kobe a personal symbol-Black Mamba.

The origin of Kobe's name Heimamba: Someone once asked Kobe: If you had to find an animal to compare you with, what animal would you choose? At that time, Kobe answered without hesitation: "Black Mamba!" Black mamba snake is the longest, fastest and most aggressive killer among African poisonous snakes.

The killer nature, fierce fighting and killing skills of the black mamba snake are strikingly similar to Kobe on the basketball court. In the 2005-06 season, after Kobe scored a shocking 865,438+0 points against the Raptors, he got such an awesome nickname: Black Mamba.