RIP Kobe Bryant

[Halladay]

Damn, Im watching the Rockets/Nuggets and saw RIP KB 24. This is nuts. Legend. Vaguely remember when he was in high school when I was kid.

He just tweeted about LeBron passing him last night.

 

[Il Stugotz]

Ok there are guys crying on the bench. They should’ve called off the games.

 

[405Exit]

Truly shocked. This is going to hurt so many people for a very long time.

The entire world is going to hurt. But us who live here in Los Angeles hurt the most. Rick Fox is also being reported dead, per news outlets. 2 Laker legends down

 

[Terry Yake]

Ok there are guys crying on the bench. They should’ve called off the games.

yeah i get it would've been difficult to refund people but these games should've been canceled

big mistake by the NBA

 

[PG Canuck]

The entire world is going to hurt. But us who live here in Los Angeles hurt the most. Rick Fox is also being reported dead, per news outlets. 2 Legends down

I was going to say, LA isn’t even over Nip being gone yet, now they lose another legend.

Fox is alive though.

 

[TimeZone]

This is nuts...

RIP Kobe

 

[PBandJ]

Ok there are guys crying on the bench. They should’ve called off the games.

Agreed. I get that Kobe would have wanted them to play, but a lot of guys are losing an idol and/or a dear friend. Any games today are gonna be halfhearted affairs.

 

[TheZeebo]

Damn that is sad. Imagine how terrified you would be as the helicopter went down.

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

 

[SladeWilson23]

I was going to say, LA isn’t even over Nip being gone yet, now they lose another legend.

Fox is alive though.

I wonder what they're gonna do about the Tuesday game against the Clippers.

 

[TheBeastCoast]

The entire world is going to hurt. But us who live here in Los Angeles hurt the most. Rick Fox is also being reported dead, per news outlets. 2 Laker legends down

His daughter came out and said he was not on the Helicopter

Just more trash reporting.

 

[Filthy Dangles]

TMZ got it right first, again.

 

[AvroArrow]

Heartbreaking, one of his daughters was confirmed to be on board as well. On their way to her practice academy.

 

[snowkiddin]

The greatest player I ever saw play (I’m too young for Jordan but that’s not the point.) My favourite player growing up. He is why I’m a Laker fan. He is why I began to watch basketball. He changed my life. Countless times I would throw something at a garbage can and say “Kobe!” I still do it now even as an adult. Incoherent rambling aside, this is my tribute to my favourite player of all time: Kobe Bryant.

RIP Mamba

 

[Vamos Rafa]

I refuse to accept this

 

[TheBeastCoast]

That ABC "reporter" should be fired out of a cannon into the Pacific.

 

[Voight]

TMZ 'reported' it first. I'll never visit their website or watch anything that belongs to them. They'll report anything.

When it comes to celebs/famous people, they are probably the best source. Thats their bread & butter.

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

TMZ got it right first, again.

5 lives lost is horrible and is made worse knowing that two of them were kids

 

[Voight]

Tyson Chandlers facial expression was pretty much the same as all of us.

 

[John Price]

Watching ESPN2 right now and to see them talk about Kobe and how he wanted to pass on his knowledge to his family that he loved is very sad to hear. He loved the game but he also loved his family too. His daughters were at Staples with him constantly and Kobe was just a good guy who wanted to share his knowledge with his friends and family. I say this again, but in his late days he was opining about basketball. He had his own ESPN+ show and was talking about how women could be in the NBA (like Della Donne, and others). Really smart and great basketball IQ guy and the world lost a very wise man today

 

[Terry Yake]

what a sad, sad day for LA

kobe was probably the city's biggest icon. and that went beyond basketball

 

[TimeZone]

TMZ 'reported' it first. I'll never visit their website or watch anything that belongs to them. They'll report anything.

What are you angry about exactly?

 

[405Exit]

I was going to say, LA isn’t even over Nip being gone yet, now they lose another legend.

Fox is alive though.

Yah just heard that. This Twitter f***ing shit is ridiculous. So many false reports.

 

[PG Canuck]

Hard to believe games are being played right now.

 

[Tecumseh]

what a sad, sad day for LA

kobe was probably the city's biggest icon. and that went beyond basketball

It’s hard to understand his impact if you didn’t live or grow up here during that time. Like Sandy Koufax and Magic Johnson before him, he was the king of LA.