Kobe Bean Bryant Appreciation Thread

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The NBA's going to have a surge of mini Mambas coming I feel it. Rip to the legend 24 and condolences to his family

already got a gang of them*

 

[Noah]

From the moment I started rolling my dad’s tube socks and shooting imaginary Game-winning shots in the Great Western Forum, I knew one thing was real:

I fell in love with you.

A love so deep I gave you my all — From my mind & body To my spirit & soul.

As a six-year-old boy deeply in love with you, I never saw the end of the tunnel. I only saw myself running out of one.

And so I ran. I ran up and down every court. After every loose ball for you. You asked for my hustle. I gave you my heart. Because it came with so much more.

I played through the sweat and hurt. Not because challenge called me, but because YOU called me. I did everything for YOU Because that’s what you do when someone makes you feel as alive as you’ve made me feel.

You gave a six-year-old boy his Laker dream. And I’ll always love you for it. But I can’t love you obsessively for much longer. This season is all I have left to give. My heart can take the pounding My mind can handle the grind But my body knows it’s time to say goodbye.

And that’s OK. I’m ready to let you go. I want you to know now So we both can savor every moment we have left together. The good and the bad. We have given each other All that we have.

And we both know, no matter what I do next I’ll always be that kid With the rolled up socks Garbage can in the corner :05 seconds on the clock Ball in my hands. 5 … 4 … 3 … 2 … 1

Love you always, Kobe

 

[Squirrel from Meteor Man]

 

[///Vega+++]

A student of the game.
And one of its greatest players.
Gone too soon...with his daughter
This is the saddest day in NBA history yet...

 

[KneeGrow.]

 

[///Vega+++]

I think one of his most memorable feats will always be that playoffs game he played and won after appearing before court only a few hours earlier during the fake rape circus
As mamba as it gets

 

[Sccit]

THANK YOU

 

[Street Knowledge]

 

[YaThreadTrashB!]

I probably watched this video 100 times after back 2 back championships

 

[The M.I.C.]

One of the ATG and is one of my top two.

Breh could act too.. one of the funniest commercials I’ve seen.

 

[Adebisi_Said]

We won't get to hear his Hall of Fame Speech. I know it would've been a classic.

R.I.P. Mamba

 

[Leonard Washington]

That alley pop to Shaq vs Portland
Going out with 60 in his last game

81 on Toronto

I regret playing sides in the stan wars instead of just enjoying his greatness

 

[NasirJr]

Yo y’all know where I can cop one of his jerseys.

I was about to drop the 350 on the official site and a nikka got to it first over me

 

[ultraflexed]

This is still the best in-game dunk Ive ever seen

Maybe this one

 

[Rollo Goodlove]

That alley pop to Shaq vs Portland
Going out with 60 in his last game

81 on Toronto

I regret playing sides in the stan wars instead of just enjoying his greatness

Cac nerd shyt