NBA 2019-2020 Season

[Malenko]

I just saw it too.  I'm shocked.

[DanishmadePunk]

Life can be rreally short. Take nothing for granted. Such a tragedy  

[Your Mom]

This is fucking crazy. Like he was just in the news and now this

[The Buscher]

Holy fuck.

[FestiveJack]

Looking like it might be true.

 

Kobe Bryant is among those dead in a helicopter crash outside Los Angeles, a source confirms to ESPN.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) January 26, 2020

Our ABC affiliate in Los Angeles has confirmed...Kobe Bryant has been killed in a helicopter crash. https://t.co/V90d9tyW53

— Scott Abraham (@ScottABC7) January 26, 2020

 

 

[Tyrone]

Those poor girls.

[MalaCloudy Black]

Holy fuck.

[gunnar hendershow]

Fucking terrible.

[Pooker]

I'm in shock. You never want to see anything like this happen to anybody. May he rest in peace and his legend live on forever. 

[Monkey D. Lars]

I'm just in such a state of disbelieve

[The Buscher]

I have a mild fear of flying.  I can get in a plane but it’s a very nerve racking experience for me even if I know everything will be fine.

Between this and the Leicester City owner not long ago...I don’t see myself ever getting in a helicopter.

[punky]

ABC reported his daughters were on board with him.. I really fucking hope not. 

[DMN in the House]

I, I just have so many memories. From the moment I entered high school Kobe Bryant was a fixture in my life through the Lakers. I keep thinking about the air balls against the Jazz for some reason. The lost seasons after Shaq, the championships with Pau and LO. Obviously, there's Colorado, I'm not going to speak on it but I won't ignore it happened.

In the end, he was our dude, and any time someone throws a piece of paper in the trash and goes 'Kobe', he'll be remembered, and that might sound silly, but it means he won't be forgotten.

I think I'm going to cry.

[MalaCloudy Black]

I hope not as well. Fuck.

[Red Devil-Taker316]

Thats absolutely bonkers. RIP Kobe Bryant 

[Bobfoc]

Quote

US basketball legend Kobe Bryant has been killed in a helicopter crash in the city of Calabasas, California.

Bryant was travelling in a private helicopter when it burst into flames, according to media reports.

The LA County Sheriff's department said five people died in the helicopter crash on Sunday, with no survivors.

Confirming the death, the City of Calabasas confirmed the news with "great sadness". It said "nobody on the ground was hurt".

Eyewitnesses told news site TMZ they heard the helicopter's engine spluttering before it went down.

The cause of the crash is being investigated.

Five-time NBA champion Bryant, 41, played his entire 20-year career with the Los Angeles Lakers. He retired in April 2016.

Bryant's achievements include being the 2008 NBA Most Valuable Player and two-time NBA Finals MVP. He was also two-time NBA scoring champion and a two-time Olympic champion.

He also won an Oscar for best short animated film in 2018 for Dear Basketball, a five-minute film based on a love letter to the sport he had written in 2015.

Terrible. I've never been a hardcore basketball fan, but Kobe was someone you didn't have to follow basketball to know about. It sounds like a horrible way to go.

EDIT: Sorry. Missed the discussion in the NBA topic. Feel free to ignore this.

[VerbalPuke]

No words...this is just really awful, just completely shocking. 

RIP all involved 

[Szumi]

Oh man, this hurts. As a PA kid growing up watching Kobe just dominate, he was my absolute basketball idol. From yelling Kobe any time we would get a head shot in COD, or like DMN said with the shot in the trash can, to the great memories on the court. My favorite player ever. I really hope his daughters weren't on the helicopter. That's just not fair to be gone so young

[Hellraiser]

27 minutes ago, punky said:

ABC reported his daughters were on board with him.. I really fucking hope not. 

TMZ are reporting that one of his daughters, Gianna Maria Onore Bryant, died in the crash as well. 

Truly awful... 

[DMN in the House]

4 minutes ago, Hellraiser said:

TMZ are reporting that one of his daughters, Gianna Maria Onore Bryant, died in the crash as well. 

Truly awful... 

I believe she was his oldest.

I'm reading the comments on Reddit and I'm sitting in my car on lunch crying. I honestly haven't felt like this since Tupac got shot. Celebrity deaths usually don't affect me, but this one really has.