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Kobe Bryant, Basketball great, at 41

Dang its crazy to see that the person who defined LA Lakers success in the 2000's is gone.

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id...e-bryant-daughter-gianna-die-helicopter-crash

Also one of Kobe Bryant's children died in the crash with him too

NBA legend Kobe Bryant and his daughter were among five people killed in a helicopter crash in Calabasas, California, on Sunday, a source confirmed to ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski. Bryant was 41.

Bryant was on his way to a travel basketball game with his 13-year-old daughter Gianna Bryant when the helicopter crashed, sources told Wojnarowski. Those aboard the helicopter also included another player and parent. According to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, there were no survivors of the crash. An investigation is ongoing.

The crash comes one day after Bryant was passed by Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James for third place on the NBA's all-time scoring list. As late as 10:39 p.m. ET on Saturday, Bryant was active on social media, congratulating James on Twitter during the Lakers' 108-91 loss to the Philadelphia 76ers.
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OH MY GOD. Unbelievable loss to NBA. Unbelievable loss to sports itself.
RIP Kobe. The NBA will NEVER be the same. NEVER.
 
Ironic that the Staples Center, home of the Lakers all these years, is hosting the Grammy Awards tonight.

There are spotlights on his two retired jerseys. Lizzo began the show saying, "This is for you, Kobe."
 
https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/...ch-killed-calabasas-helicopter-crash/2298623/

Update an Orange County Baseball coach was also included as one of the victims besides Kobe Bryant and his Daughter. Note the Total victims in the crash is 9 people.

An Orange County baseball coach, his wife and his daughter were identified as three of the victims in the plane crash that killed Kobe Bryant and his daughter, Gianna, reports say.

John Altobelli was identified as one of the victims Sunday afternoon by Orange Coast College. In a statement from the University of Houston, where Altobelli played baseball, officials said his wife Keri and daughter Alyssa also were killed in the crash.

John Altobelli was the head coach of the Orange Coast College baseball program and was going into his 24th season as head coach of the program, according to the program's website. He formerly was the head coach for the Cape Cod League's Brewster Whitecaps.

"John meant so much to not only Orange Coast College, but to baseball,” said Orange Coast College Athletic Director Jason Kehler. "He truly personified what it means to be a baseball coach. The passion that he put into the game, but more importantly his athletes, was second to none - he treated them like family. Our deepest condolences go out to the Altobelli family during this time of tragedy."
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TheBigA said:
Ironic that the Staples Center, home of the Lakers all these years, is hosting the Grammy Awards tonight.

There are spotlights on his two retired jerseys. Lizzo began the show saying, "This is for you, Kobe."
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https://ktla.com/2020/01/26/didnt-k...taples-center-following-death-of-kobe-bryant/

Yes and the LA Lakers fans were Mourning outside the stadium when this happened.

Hundreds of fans gathered Sunday afternoon at L.A. Live Plaza outside Staples Center in downtown Los Angeles following the death of Lakers legend Kobe Bryant.


A remembrance of Kobe Bryant is displayed on an electronic billboard at L.A. Live Plaza on Jan. 26, 2020. The Lakers legend was killed in a plane crash earlier in the day. (KTLA)

Bryant, who spent his entire 20-year career with the team, was killed in a helicopter crash earlier in the day. He was 41.

A few of the fans who gathered outside the arena told KTLA’s Sam Rubin, “they didn’t know where else to go.”

Video from outside the arena shows one fan placing a wreath. Los Angeles Times sportswriter Jack Harris, who recorded the moment, tweeted that the fan heard the news while in Hollywood, purchased the flowers and then went directly to L.A. Live.

“We’re in shock. These are things no one is expecting. I’m shaking,” he told Harris.
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alg2468 said:
https://www.foxnews.com/sports/california-helicopter-crash-calabasas-brush-fire-fatalities-reported
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It is sad to see that he is gone at a young age, I mean think about it he would have turned 42 years old in August, it has taken the basketball world the hardest. And not just at the pro level, Northwestern coach Chris Collins he spoke about it just barely after the game, even through he was in tears. Or even trying to fight it, and even to hear tributes from Chicago Bulls players Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen that even they played against him in the 90s and even in the 2000s, even when Michael Jordan did come back from a second retirement for a couple of years stint with the Washington Wizards.
 
I am not much of a basketball fan, but this is just a very sad story all around.

He was only 41. Leaves behind a wife and 3 daughters. #4 perished with him in the crash.
The pilot and 7 other passengers were lost. RIP.
 
https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id...ing-kobe-bryant-made-climbing-turn-rapid-dive

Here is more on the fallout on Kobe Bryant's death.

The helicopter carrying Kobe Bryant and eight other passengers that crashed into a hillside in Southern California on Sunday was in a climbing left turn about 2,400 feet high before it dove to the ground, a person familiar with preliminary investigative information about the fatal crash told ESPN.

The source, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, told ESPN that the pilot had, only moments before, contacted air traffic controllers to say that he had begun a climb to "go above the layer" of clouds present.

The chopper went down in Calabasas, about 30 miles northwest of downtown Los Angeles, after departing John Wayne Airport in Orange County at 9:06 a.m. PT. The first 911 call reporting the crash was received at 9:47 a.m.
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I remember back when the NBA talked about Western Conference rivalries during the time Kobe was at his height with the Lakers it was back then the 2002 Sacramento Kings vs Lakers and that was then the biggest rivalry on the west coast given that Sacramento Kings and the Lakers were a deciding factor for the NBA finals at the time.
 
TheBigA said:
Ironic that the Staples Center, home of the Lakers all these years, is hosting the Grammy Awards tonight.

There are spotlights on his two retired jerseys. Lizzo began the show saying, "This is for you, Kobe."
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The statement was made that they were in "The House That Kobe Built." Someone showed a pair of retired jerseys from such a long distance away that it was hard to tell what they were, but I guess no one was prepared for that kind of a camera shot. Someone in Run-DMC held up a No. 24 jersey, so I assume that's what that was.
 
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They should cancel ALL NBA games until after the funeral. Give the entire league and its players and coaches time to mourn. Not play. Young or old, everyone is remembering his legacy today.
Also sad to hear about the death of John Altobelli, who as coach at Orange Coast led them to multiple championships.
 
crainbebo said:
They should cancel ALL NBA games until after the funeral. Give the entire league and its players and coaches time to mourn. Not play. Young or old, everyone is remembering his legacy today.
Also sad to hear about the death of John Altobelli, who as coach at Orange Coast led them to multiple championships.
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Entire league I did see the Lakers and Clippers game as been postponed, but how are they going make up the games? This isn't MLB baseball, where postponed games can either be made up as a double header, or look to see if the two teams have any common days off, for the gam to be made up as a single game?
 
This is what CBS Sports has reported:

The next game scheduled between the two teams is currently set for March 8. Finding a date in which Staples Center is open will be difficult given the presence of not only the Lakers and Clippers, but the NHL's Los Angeles Kings. Fortunately, the NHL regular season ends before the NBA's, and the last-place Kings are unlikely to reach the postseason. That should create an opening in April to accommodate a game. The Lakers and Clippers are both at home from April 8-14, so perhaps a day in that window would be agreeable to both sides. Both teams are available on April 10, and while playing then would create a back-to-back for both sides, neither would have to play three days in a row. On paper, that appears to be the simplest solution short of having the two play the regular season's final game on April 16, after the other 28 teams have concluded their schedules.
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staggmovie said:
Entire league I did see the Lakers and Clippers game as been postponed, but how are they going make up the games? This isn't MLB baseball, where postponed games can either be made up as a double header, or look to see if the two teams have any common days off, for the gam to be made up as a single game?
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I can't see any league postponing a full slate of games for the death of one of its retired stars. MLB, even with all the room for makeup games, has only postponed full schedules in the days following 9/11, and a major factor in that decision was the grounding of all domestic flights. It didn't do so for Babe Ruth or Cy Young or Mickey Mantle, so it's improbable that it will shut down for a day in memory of Hank Aaron or Ken Griffey Jr. or Mariano Rivera. Same with the NHL -- if Wayne Gretzky or Mario Lemieux should die, I'd figure only the Oilers (and maybe the Kings) and the Penguins will postpone. And the NBA has seen greats like Wilt Chamberlain and Oscar Robertson die without wiping so much as one game off the schedule, so how can one logically expect it to cancel multiple games for the (hypothetical) deaths of Larry Bird, Magic Johnson, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar or the all-too-real death of Kobe Bryant?

I realize we live in an age of exaggerated public grief. Witness the elaborate roadside memorials and "look at us, we are absolutely shattered" candlelight vigils in memory of drunk or distracted teenage drivers. At least most of those who take part in those overstated emotional sobfests actually know the deceased. How many of the fans with tickets to tomorrow night's NBA games (or whenever the next full slate is scheduled) actually knew Kobe Bryant as anything other than one of the best basketball players of his time?
 
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