Kobe Bryant and daughter Gianna Die in Helicopter Crash

[SportsCentre]

"You were my biggest fan, but I was yours" - Bill Russell

 

[Macpotata]

Vanessa and family absolutely devastated. ******* hell. Crazy morning. When I first saw the headline re Kobe dying all that popped into my head was poor Kobe. Then the daughter too which is horrific, and all of the others.

Shocking news and we don't even know them. The family would be in hell right now.



R.I.P and god bless them all.

 

[Macpotata]

Awesome in that series vs the Suns as a few of you have mentioned. Game 1 vs the Jazz he dragged them over the line late on in the semis, and had a great 3rd quarter at Boston in game 5 I believe finishing with another great performance. That was just from a few games that playoff series.


******* legend.

 

[largebus]

Fell off my chair reading this. RIP Bean

 

[YippeeYiYeo]

Wtf...

Dude is 2 years older than me.

Genuinely sad to hear about this. Havent been this rocked about a celebrity death since Steve Irwin. Completely shocked

 

[Mootsy]

Jim is actually a very good painter! nice one Jim!

 

[Scallop Industry Thug]

So many of my years were devoted to hating Kobe. Talking s**t about him on here. Feels like yesterday him and Eddie Jones came out flaming in that start of that 97/98 season. Then the Kobe/Shaq stuff that seemed to last 20 years.

 

[Freomaniac]

Gutted to hear this. I woke up at 9am this morning Perth time and got messages on my phone literally 5 minutes before I woke up.

Shaq will be devastated. RIP Kobe Bryant. Loved seeing him vs Allen Iverson in that 2001 NBA finals.

 

[SportsCentre]

Tough watching and listening to Jerry West, he's shattered.
He was like a father to Kobe.

 

[Neese]

So sad

 

[NSWCROW]

My lasting memory will be this




Whenever he stuck the jaw out , you knew he meant business.

 

[Sab22]

Genuinely saddened.

High school days, yelling "Kobe" when I took a shot, it didn't matter if it was a bin or ring.

 

[Sab22]

Can't believe he won't even be there when he get's inducted to HOF.

 

[Mootsy]

The 2008/09/2010 series all feels like yesterday, weird watching hilights again. Time flies mangs.

 

[lvandinter]

fu** was looking forward to just chilling after a god nights sleep and cracking some coffee browsing big footy. The last hour almost now has been one of shock and sorrow, sadness.


He had 41 madly insanely brilliant years. A short life, but what a life it was.

Same here, looking forward to having another good day of hanging out with mates (they have looked after me which is great) and watching the open, but now I’m devastated. He was an idol to me, He was the reason why I started playing ball. I was planning tomorrow just to have a day by myself to try and get over this absolute tragedy but now that’s even been interrupted. So so so shocked. What makes it worse that his daughter was with him too.

 

[BOMBERS 4 LIFE!!!!]

Don't follow the NBA but man when I found out he died I was shocked even more sad is that his daughter died as well

RIP Kobe and condolences to the Bryant family a true basketball legend he will be missed.

 

[Bomberboyokay]

I think this quote (and others) are relevant tomorrow and the next day as grief turns to a discussion of legacy.

But in the hours after it happened, I think people should be allowed some time to grieve someone who was an icon (rightly or wrongly) for a lot of people without being confronted by what a piece of s**t he apparently was.

No one's listening tomorrow and the next day.

 

[Brunswick Trap King]

I think this quote (and others) are relevant tomorrow and the next day as grief turns to a discussion of legacy.

But in the hours after it happened, I think people should be allowed some time to grieve someone who was an icon (rightly or wrongly) for a lot of people without being confronted by what a piece of s**t he apparently was.

Sure, I understand that and I was happy to stay silent until the misconception he was 'cleared' came up.

 

[LicoriceAllsorts]

Jesus, what LeBron had on his shoes yesterday was prophetic

What did he have??

 

[Royces Hart]

What did he have??

Mamba 4 life

 

[Barrybran]

Mamba 4 life

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Wow. LeBron would be cut today. Overtaking Kobe, in a Lakers uniform, in Philly, with that written on his shoes and Kobe's last tweet being to him. Damn.

 

[revo333]

No one's listening tomorrow and the next day.

Better to talk about it today and get your 'likes' and attention...

 

[Richard Cranium]

I was thinking. If you were to put together a list of the best 25 players of all time (which Kobe is probably a consensus pick for?), how many aren't still alive? 3 or 4?

Bill, Kareem, Oscar, Jerry all still kicking, but a 41 year old who retired a few years ago isn't. Crazy...

 

[dustysnecktattoo]

I was thinking. If you were to put together a list of the best 25 players of all time (which Kobe is probably a consensus pick for?), how many aren't still alive? 3 or 4?

Bill, Kareem, Oscar, Jerry all still kicking, but a 41 year old who retired a few years ago isn't. Crazy...

He's the one missing in the top3 GOAT discussion

kobe, jordan and lebron

RIP kobe

 

[Pistol Night]

Ice Cold