FEATURED Kobe Bryant Killed in Helicopter Crash: Long Live the Mamba

[Infamous114]

 

[The Lonious Monk]

A lot of people broken up about this man. Right or wrong, this is why you can't say sports and other entertainment outlets don't matter. People take shit like this hard.

 

[Elzo69Renaissance]

First David Stern now Kobe...

 

[wadupdoe!313]

Kobe had so much more to offer. He was gonna be great at whatever he put his mind to do.

I wanted to hear his HOF speech. You knew it was gonna be smart articulate and philosophical.

Man this is just crazy. He had the best transition of any athlete post retirement

 

[Elzo69Renaissance]

 

[Elzo69Renaissance]

 

[a.mann]

Shit is just surreal.

For some reason I found the prospect of WW3 hopping off a mere 3 weeks ago more ""reconciable"" than waking up to this mornings national headlines

 

[AP3.0]

so damn sad brah...man...seeing his pic up there, along with his daughter and those other people still dont make this easier to accept

 

[Elzo69Renaissance]

Gonna wear my favorite pairs of Kobe to work today

 

[Dwayne]

Gonna wear my favorite pairs of Kobe to work today

A few folks at the office said fuck dress code and in a Kobe jersey.

 

[oldman_Ghost!]

This is so fukin tough man..for me and other older heads...this hit me like the day Magic announced he had HIV

 

[Victory_Kid]

i just keep thinking about his daughter. that brings me to tears and i don't have kids yet. i don't even know how i could continue to live losing a child

I hugged my son extra tight before putting him to bed last night just because. I woke up and said a prayer for him and my wife.

Driving to work this morning praying for Kobe, Gigi, Vanessa and the other girls, and families of the other 6, 7 or so victims on the helicopter brought me to tears.

Never was a fan of Kobe like that, so I ain't gonna sit here and act like it. But I always saluted his legacy, work ethic and drive. Just last week I was watching YouTube videos of his dedication and killer goal-driven mentality.

This is devastating, so many questions, so many what-ifs.

 

[VIBE]

 

[a.mann]

A lot of people broken up about this man. Right or wrong, this is why you can't say sports and other entertainment outlets don't matter. People take shit like this hard.

Cat I know was,one of those people who were dismissive and cynical as to how & why people got so upset over a celebrity's death. Because they did not know them in "real life" . Recall him making this very disparaging post about folks being so upset over Prince's. Myself and couple other tried to breakdown to him, it's NOT about personally knowing a singer,rapper,actor etc. Dude wasn't trying to hear it...very haughty.Mind you all this was Apr. 2016

Thing is he was one of not the biggest Kobe fans in the world.I mean Stan levels of praise and defense of him.

Yesterday, dude made one of the most humbly and heart felt post I've read. Not only expressing his on hurt & grief over the tragic passing of his favorite basketball player, but also admitting he was wrong to look down on others for being overly emotionally when someone they didn't personally know ""in real life""" passes. Especially tragically and unexpectedly like this. In his own words: "I get it now"

 

[DMorgan]

I'm letting niggas know right now

there won't be any slander about this dude in this thread

you getting banned. no questions

leave that fuck shit out of here

pay your respects or don't post

LLS yall niggas take feelings for strangers way too far and serious

 

[The Lonious Monk]

Cat I know was,one of those people who were dismissive and cynical as to how & why people got so upset over a celebrity's death. Because they did not know them in "real life" . Recall him making this very disparaging post about folks being so upset over Prince's. Myself and couple other tried to breakdown to him, it's NOT about personally knowing a singer,rapper,actor etc. Dude wasn't trying to hear it...very haughty.Mind you all this was Apr. 2016

Thing is he was one of not the biggest Kobe fans in the world.I mean Stan levels of praise and defense of him.

Yesterday, dude made one of the most humbly and heart felt post I've read. Not only expressing his on hurt & grief over the tragic passing of his favorite basketball player, but also admitting he was wrong to look down on others for being overly emotionally when someone they didn't personally know ""in real life""" passes. Especially tragically and unexpectedly like this. In his own words: "I get it now"

I'll be honest. I'm like him in that I don't get being so emotional over someone you don't know dying. Like this shit with Kobe is tragic, but it's not more impactful for me than if it was the same event but without Kobe. I differ from that dude you know in the fact that I don't speak down about people who are hit by things like that. We're all different. I may not understand the feeling, but I don't see the need to shit on it. We all process things differently.

My wife is the polar opposite. She's all broken up now and she doesn't even watch basketball and isn't even a Kobe fan. The tragic nature of the event is what affected her. She would have been saddened by it even if Kobe wasn't on the helicopter.

 

[Big Lurko]

If yall see the podcast interview wit kobe, My nigga Stak was just fanboying hard af the whole episode. Salute.

 

[Mod_Ro]

 

[Tessai]

Just imagine being on a helicopter and you know it's going down. Then you look over and see your daughter on the same helicopter and you cant do anything to save either one of yall. Kobe's last moments were truly heartbreaking man, its sickening. I woke up this morning still in disbelief. This one hit different. He wasn’t supposed to go that way man. That beautiful angel, his daughter had a full amazing life ahead of her and in and instant it’s snuffed out. This shit ain’t fair bro...

RIP Black Mamba

 

[Big Lurko]

Still hasnt hit me