I couldn’t imagine that my second post here would be about this.
Kobe Bryan has been killed in a plane crash, and that’s just heartbreaking.
I’m not a Laker fan, not a Kobe fan, hell, I don’t even watch basketball that often because of the time differnce. Tough to get the games in Ukraine, so it’s all highlights for me.
But when I saw the news 8 in the morning, x hours after the tragedy happened, I felt it. It’s a sickening experience, and I can only imagine how Kobe’s fans feel right now.
When I first got a notification, I thought it was something different, it looked like this…
RIP Kobe Bryant what?
I thought it was a bad wording of LFC talking about LeBron James, club’s minority owner, passing Kobe in the all-time scorers. I thought it was weird, entertained the idea, and then just thought “nah, not possible”.
But at the back of my mind I thought that something tragic must of happened, because he’s only in his forties. What was the whole deal about?
I couldn’t check until I enterted the office, and sadly, it was the worst possible news.
Mamba, his daughter, and other passengers crashed in a helicopter. I immediately thought about Leicester’s owner, who also died in a plane crash. Not that long ago too…
Just reading the headlines was bad, but seeing other people react to this would be gut-wrenching and then some. I tore up a bit for colleagues to mention it, and one guy guessed what was happening. He is not a basketball fan at all, and he understood. Shows how big the name “Kobe Bryant” really is.
Kobe is a legend. A figure like no one, a guy who worked his ass off and pushed everyone to their limit. Never in years I will even come close to his work ethic.
I’ll get home and quite possibly cry for a man I never saw in person, and never seen live.
The last thing I remember about Kobe is when he trash talked Luka on Slovenian, and there was a family member near him too. I remember that smile, both smiles. Fuck, it’s too sad.
Rest in Peace, Mamba. You will be missed.
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