Kobe Bryant Discussion: Mamba Out!

People hate it when I say I hope he breaks another leg.

 

im a huge 49ers fan, and i could care less about sunday.

im still as numb as ever

 

Yeah the anti Kobe who chose not to be a Laker now thinks he will honor Kobe the lifetime career Laker by wearing his number. How f*****g tone deaf can he be? All of L.A. other than Clipperfan will hate him for this. More than they already do. Giving up the number(s) is what all the other players are doing, not gravy training Kobe. P***k.

 

This loser Paula Georgina just doesn't know when to stop... Wanted to be like Kobe but didn't join the Lakers to continue that Kobe legacy. Runs around the league like an escort when things don't go his way. Now he wants #24 when the rest of the players are willingly giving up #8 and #24? Who the hell does this clown think he is? Jerry West should smack him in the head.

In other news:


Looks like LeBron and AD both got tattoos dedicated to Kobe.

 

So true. Jerry West should trade him for even considering it. He thinks he's dedicating it to Kobe but he's actually disrespecting him. Kobe is a winner. Paul George is a loser. No way do we want this bum wearing #24...

 

Can you imagine the intensity and volume of the boos in Staples every time this a-hole is on the floor wearing 24? Good luck with his life in L.A. going forward.. Lakerfan will make it hell.

 

So I had a great smile yesterday when i logged on to my twitter and say Jayson Witdipsh** trending. I was like why this idiot trending. Sometimes the internet gives you something amazing.... Crapping all over that fool trying to act show Kobe love. Yes, that was a little light in the darkness.

 

C Bags actually had very cool tribute to Kobe

And Luke is doing his tribute by destroying the Slippers

 

Who? What? Paula wearing 24 or something else?

 

It was last night before the PG-Scary announcement. He apparently gave his piece on Kobe after his death and apparently Twitter world wasn't buying it, having it or letting him get away with that. Jason of course is spinning it today but I personally dislike dude and enjoyed the overreactions late last night.

 

Wow. Very classy.

Go Luke. Suck it Clippers.

 

I think I am going to be bummed out forever. Don't think I can ever look back on this and not feel sad. Sure I will be able to remember all the great things, and there are a ton of those. But there is a void that will never be filled that is just depressing to me. I've broken down 3 or 4 times and have had to avoid watching some of the coverage. Jerry West and Shaq really effected me.

When Magic announced he had HIV, it was kind of similar but the man was still alive and we got to see him get through it and do pretty good, so as sad as it was at the time, things got better. Kobe ain't never getting better and it is so final. I frigging hate it. I can't change it. I can't look at myself and change myself to see it differently. All I can do is deal with it and that isn't easy for me.

I think what Lebron said was a good thing, I appreciate him for it. He is a true Laker for me. If he wasn't before that, he would be now.

Something that Kobe made me realize is that we should not hate on our opponents. He reached out to the opposition, there is a brotherhood with all the great players in the NBA these days. Didn't used to be like that, everyone used to hate each other more. I like the current generation for how they deal with it. Kobe was the best because he was UBER competitive on the court but kind and approachable off the court. He was often willing to help others improve their game.

I have always looked at guys like Wade, Lebron, Durant, etc etc and appreciated their talent. I can remember years ago and another Laker forum, everyone was dissing on Wade because they didn't think he was that good. I just remember thinking everyone was on crack. When you look at players like Wade, Lebron, Durant, Curry, etc and you can't recognize or appreciate their talent you are just being a dumb a**. Accepting people does not mean you don't want to beat them to a pulp, it just means you acknowledge that they are good.

Accepting others and realizing their talent simply makes beating them even better.

Seeing Boston honor Kobe is classy, I want us to be that classy. We should be that classy. It is better to honor people and appreciate their talent before you beat them. It's good for us as fans to be gracious. If people are j******es then call them out for it but don't act like they aren't talented.

 

First, my heart is so broken. I had no idea how someone who I am a total stranger to in real life could affect me. The past two days were totally rough for me personally.

My schedule takes me up and down northern and southern California these past two days. I have flown in and out of Burbank twice and will again tomorrow. This schedule is not normal just ironic timing. I see the path the helicopter had taken. I can see where its last moments were. On the ramp in Burbank I can see where it flew by. I see its entire path from takeoff to the now Kobe Memorial site. (Can't f***ing believe I am saying that). The weather has been hauntingly clear as all the Socal people know. This is almost torture. One of our Passengers was wearing an 8 Kobe jersey. He shaved his head in honor of Kobe with designs only we would understand. We connected. I saw the look in his eyes as I am certain he saw mine. He is a pro tennis player that wants to wear his jersey in the tournament he was flying to. He didn't give a s*** if they fined him or disqualified him. Total props.

I have been keeping up on this thread to mourn with my "new" friends. If this isn't a bonding moment, nothing will be.

My point coming on here was to share what I learned about what may have caused this accident. But everyone, it is just too soon. It still feels like one step forward, two steps back. I have to fly tomorrow evening and night and won't be home until after mid-night but recording all of the game with the pre and post stuff. I may be up all night watching and likely crying. Not with you in the moment. But with you none the less.

Thanks for listening. Thanks for sharing. I am good. You are good. We have been blessed for this reason to grieve. Sucks we are.

Lakers forever.

 

Yeah, man, this is about more than basketball.

I'm working my way through it, but I miss him.

None like him. And nobody ever will be.

My heart breaks for Vanessa and All the other victims. They lost a great deal, too.

Again, prayers up to the sky for all that lost a a person they knew and loved in this horrific tragedy.

 

I hope the city renames part of or all of Figueroa street to Kobe Bryant Blvd/Street.