Monday six-year anniversary Kobe death

[BigJay]

Difficult to believe it’s been that long.

One of those 9/11 moments for most sports fans who will always remember where they were when they heard.

 

[Archie]

the guy was a piece of shit as a human but a great athlete

I'm not going to sing tributes to him or cry as people put wreaths on his statue

But it's a shit way to die and I'm sure his wife Vanessa who he cheated on repeatedly will be crying as she receives those life insurance cheques

As Trump says: Life works how it should xo

 

[rickeyphillips]

Yup, I remember exactly where I was.

 

[rickeyphillips]

I bought multiple copies of every big magazine that came out covering his death, also have the hardcover LA Times a newspaper tribute book. Saving them, might be worth something one day, the newspaper tribute hardcover book is really cool

 

[BMR Genie]

6 years had passed, but a lot of sports fans still get so much inspiration from Kobe. Indeed, legends never die!

 

[jamesy2422]

right before covid is how i remember

 

[rickeyphillips]

right before covid is how i remember

Yup his memorial at the Staples Center happened when people saw what was happening in China but it still wasn’t being talked about here.

There was a Champions league soccer game in Italy between Atalanta and Valencia that they dubbed game zero like patient zero. They estimate everyone at that game had Covid when they arrived or had it by the time they left. It was held in Milan and rich Asians love traveling to Milan. Very upscale city.

 

[edawg]

Didn't another family die as well? Guess it only matters if you can bounce a ball and put it in a round cylinder.

 

[drunkenhorseplayer]

He chose his pilot based on personality instead of skill and it cost him.

 

[BigJay]

 

[jamesy2422]

Didn't another family die as well? Guess it only matters if you can bounce a ball and put it in a round cylinder.

yes sadly. 6 others and the pilot.

a husband, wife and their daughter (3)
a mother and daughter (2)
a mother/wife who was an asst coach for the team (1)

 

[samsncharge99]

yea i was on a test drive when this happened. I was glued to the TV for the rest of the day. Heartbreaking moment

 

[stormtrooper8]

Didn't another family die as well? Guess it only matters if you can bounce a ball and put it in a round cylinder.

Exactly . Several other lives lost

 

[rickeyphillips]

Didn't another family die as well? Guess it only matters if you can bounce a ball and put it in a round cylinder.

You’re 100% right, and it’s f ucked up but that’s the way of the world. He was important and famous and the other people were nobodies in the eyes of most