Kobe sleeps only 3-4 hrs/night?

[BlazersDozen]

I sleep about 4-5 hours a night. I feel fine.

[JM720]

Bryant, 30, has been known to get up earlier than many barn owls to conduct his famously brutal workouts. One time, Larry Drew II—who now plays at North Carolina—asked to shadow him on one.

"OK," Kobe said. "Pick you up at 3:30."

But 3:30 came and went and Kobe never showed. Then, at 3:30 the next morning, he was ringing Drew's doorbell.

"You ready?" Kobe asked.

"I like to just get up and get it done," he explained to me, "then I'm back home and nobody's even up. Haven't missed a thing."

http://sports.espn.go.com/espnmag/story?id=4068270

[Back In Shape]

I have seen people who wake up at 4:30AM every morning by going to bed early at like 10, 11PM but I have never seen anyone who can live everyday life with only 3 or 4 hrs of sleep. Actually, someone said if you sleep like that, you would have black eyebags under your eyes and would actually be harming your health.

Do you think what he said is true? Are there really people like Kobe who gets by everyday with only 3-4 hrs of sleep per night?

Thanks in advance for any insights.

At least 3 or 4 months out of the year, I only get 4 hours of sleep a day except for Sunday mornings in which I go into a small coma. It's not that uncommon, the again most of us don't have Kobe's exercise regimen.

[swyftdahoe]

Kobe can make no's into yes'es. Well, only in Colorado.

[Shepseskaf]

I'm sure Kobe has a hotel room for another reason... If you know what I mean.

Does he keep a room in Denver too?

[reppy]

Interesting fact: Kobe sleeps only 3-4 hours a night. Michael Jordan, even in his prime, required a minimum of 6.25 hours a night. Kobe averages 2.5 dreams per night compared to Jordan's 3.0 dream's per night. However, Kobe's adjusted TD% (true dream percent) is actually higher because he sleeps less. His REM is also superior.

[daily]

Does he keep a room in Denver too?

No, when the Lakers travel to Denver, Kobe sleeps in a Van.

[zabuza666]

Interesting fact: Kobe sleeps only 3-4 hours a night. Michael Jordan, even in his prime, required a minimum of 6.25 hours a night. Kobe averages 2.5 dreams per night compared to Jordan's 3.0 dream's per night. However, Kobe's adjusted TD% (true dream percent) is actually higher because he sleeps less. His REM is also superior.

Major reps

[Fatal9]

Interesting fact: Kobe sleeps only 3-4 hours a night. Michael Jordan, even in his prime, required a minimum of 6.25 hours a night. Kobe averages 2.5 dreams per night compared to Jordan's 3.0 dream's per night. However, Kobe's adjusted TD% (true dream percent) is actually higher because he sleeps less. His REM is also superior.

[kumquat]

Kobe makes up for it by taking naps on D.

[Knicks101]

Sleep is the cousin of death so I'm not really surprised by this.

[miniharrison37]

Yeah, then he is getting in shape

[Al Thornton]

All nba players take naps pregame Kobes is probably 3 hours long.

[Manute for Ever!]

Aparently Napoleon and Margaret Thatch used to only sleep three hours a night, too.

[OneMoreSucka]

Should've gotten more sleep last night.