NBA star Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers attends a news conference in Taipei July 23, 2009.  [Agencies]

NBA basketball player Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers signs autographs after donating 100,000 pesos ($2,083) to the children of the "Gawad Kalinga" housing foundation during his visit at The Fort in Manila July 21, 2009. [Agencies]