The goold old days , the Nike commercials with puppets of Kobe and Bron . I remember Bron hit a buzzer beater 3 against the Magic then Kobe answered by dropping 41 and the clutch 3 over JR Smith in Game 3 the night after
We’re seeing the generation who grew up watching Kobe. We have players named Kobe entering the league. The legend lives on. meanwhile, some players think Paul George is the GOAT
I think that was the greatest thing West ever did as a Laker, to just KNOW and have the balls to do what he did to get Kobe to the Lakers at 17/18 straight from HS after seeing him for that 20 minutes … half hour …. whatever in that famous workout. There’s a just tremendous recounting of that day including 18 or so Ryan West driving to pick Kobe up for the workout that’s been posted here before, maybe before his passing. It would be great to find it again and repost. Same exact thing was also posted a couple years ago about the insider shock and awe watching Kobe at the Clippers workout. They had a video of that workout that just disappeared. Someone took it home. But they had the 2nd pick and did what they have always done …. CLIPPED … and didn’t have the same believe their own eyes conviction West had and they decided to draft the safer talented big man Antonio McDyess.
LO shares a story of Kobe getting him out from under his gambling debts https://www.instagram.com/reel/Ct4XpKHr5PZ/?igshid=ZWRlZmRiZGNlZQ==
I went to Vancouver for a week, 3,000 miles away from my home. I saw multiple Kobe jerseys out there. It still doesn't feel real. Obviously there's a west coast thing there, but it's a 50/50 thing when you see it. Appreciation and sadness. No more sadness though... Watch this.