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Kobe thanks for all the great compe ion during the 2000s, may you RIP.
Kobe wasn't my favorite player, but he always respected the Spurs, and vice versa. He was a man on the court, and handled things like Bruce Bowen's tough D with a lot of class. He always gave Manu and Timmy a lot of deserved props, and I remember Manu, in particular, always speaking highly of Kobe as well.
The Spurs/Lakers was the NBA's biggest rivalry from 1999 through decade that followed. That was era of Tim's Spurs and Shaq and Kobe's Lakers. He was worthy of my hatred as a fan of the other great team in that compe ion, and that was because he was so great on the court. He filled the role LA needed in terms of play and personality, just as Tim was perfect as the dominating, yet quiet rock, representing the small market dynasty in San Antonio to a tee. The two players' careers will forever be linked.
He'll be missed. My condolences to his family and all of the other folks' families who lost their loved ones in that crash.
Kobe thanks for all the great compe ion during the 2000s, may you RIP.
Late 00's Kobe was better IMO. Better shot, smarter with the ball, more of a team player. I hated the ing Gasol trade but I still couldn't begrudge Kobe those rings.
Yes late 00's Kobe was a better player overall I agree, but in term of sick moves I'm going with early 2000's Kobe
Early 00's Kobe was more selfish. except for the totality of the 2001-2002 season, he played within himself that season with great decision making
It was already mentioned the pilot knew about the fog and I am sure Kobe did to before lift off. He likely brushed it off but it wasn't safe to fly that chopper yesterday obviously. Good luck though telling Kobe no.
If there wasn't even anything wrong with the helicopter and it was just flown in poor conditions, that makes it even worse. I don't even care so much about Kobe, I care more about those kids. To endanger the lives of children by flying through a dense fog is just ing stupid.
They had a game to go to. He is coaching the team his daughter plays on, so there was a schedule to keep.. But man.. Just sucks..
I don't know anything about helicopters, but apparently the pilot wasn't using his instruments that would've helped him navigate in that kind of weather.
Yes this could have been prevented but they had a game to get to and everyone was in a rush most likely. Poor decisions made, end result tragedy. I also read no other choppers were flying in that fog, just them and if the pilot wasn't using any of his instruments to navigate yikes. This is so very sad and tragic but this crash was likely pilot error and not engine failure of the chopper which makes it 10x sadder.
I've read that the pilot was very experienced and knew the area well. And that that particular chopper is a double engine and the likelihood of it going down due to malfunction is slim to none. Do those things have black boxes like planes do? Really interested in those final moments. Kobe was fearless on the court -- so I could totally see him blowing off the pilot and ordering them to fly through it. And if he did, his greatest attribute on the court lead to his death and that of 8 others.
man. ing terrible
Newport Beach to Thousand Oaks on a Sunday morning is about an hour and a half.
I know you can die in a car crash just as easily but it was foggy AF in SoCal this past weekend. No sense in trying to fly into that to save an hour at most tbh. Damn.
Lol have you actually gotten more stupid the more you post here?
Did you always type like a neanderthal? I really don't remember.
Yep. But this was how Kobe traveled all the time.
you have brain damage tbhCNN & Fox News are Zionist Jewish controlled opposition
to me this is the definitive memory i have of kobe tbh... last game of the season to win the division
naturally i was rooting for those blazers (because FTL and such) with Z-Bo and such. but that face Ruben "The Kobe Stopper" Patterson got his pushed right back in. two absolutely absurd shots in the same game, one to send to OT and one to win in 2OT
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Tough situation for the other families too, man. Can you imagine your world being turned upside down and you being nothing but a footnote? The Altobellis for example, both parents and a daughter gone. Two children left to live with that the rest of their lives and noone gives a . Every year from here on out Kobe and Gigi will be remembered on that date with very little mention of their own losses.
It's noone's fault that Kobe was such an icon but man that's gotta suck for them. Same for the families of the other victims.
I expect lawsuits will come from those other families in due time.
To be fair ESPN tonight did name each individual person that passed and said a little something about them and interviewed someone close to the Altobellis family. But tbh they got more recognition than they ever would have just by being on that same helicopter as Kobe. If it was just them on the Helicopter they wouldn’t have been on ESPN or nothing just their local news and no one would have heard of it. The fact that we all know about this family now just speaks volumes on that.
you're the last person who should talk about logic. You the biggest idiot the internet has ever seen. Somebody should give you an award for your stupidity
I remember watching that live and thinking no ing way when Patterson had him locked down with his dribble picked up and the clock running out there in the fourth. No ing way. And he hit it anyways.
plus patterson fouled the out of him
Kobe 62, Dallas 61 still had to be one of the most absurd things I have ever watched.
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