Uploaded January 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 days ago
Kobe Bryant on what you should do before you leave China. He says “at night time you gotta get to the park and…” This interview is from 2019 when he was there for the FIBA Basketball World Cup.
Full interview from Rachel Annamarie DeMita: youtu.be/4AcQAos2kHg
Excerpt from ‘Kobe Bryant Remembered on 3rd Anniversary of Death’ article by Michael Katz:
Thursday marked the third anniversary of the death of former Los Angeles Lakers All-Star forward Kobe Bryant, his 13-year-old daughter Gianna, and seven others in a helicopter crash on a hillside in Calabasas, California.
Bryant, 41, who won five NBA championships in his 20-year Hall of Fame career, was traveling with his daughter to attend one of her youth basketball games in nearby Thousand Oaks at Bryant's Mamba Sports Academy ("Black Mamba" was among many nicknames for Bryant) when the helicopter crashed about 14 miles away.
The tragedy — which also took the lives of John Altobelli, his wife Keri and daughter Alyssa; Sarah Chester and her daughter Payton; Christina Mauser; and pilot Ara Zobayan – shook the sporting world, given Bryant's popularity spread well outside of the NBA.
And it still reverberates today. Author and ESPN analyst Stephen A. Smith said he is still devastated by Bryant's death.
"I miss my brother. He was one of the most brilliant dudes I have ever seen," Smith said during a tribute to Bryant on ESPN's "First Take" on Thursday. "His hard work. His dedication. His focus to his craft. His love for his family. His love for the game of basketball.
Full article: newsmax.com/amp/newsfront/kobebryant-nba-lakers/2023/01/26/id/1106077
🏷 #china #kobebryant #legend #nbaplayer #asia
Kobe Bryant on what you should do before you leave China. He says “at night time you gotta get to the park and…” This interview is from 2019 when he was there for the FIBA Basketball World Cup.
Full interview from Rachel Annamarie DeMita: youtu.be/4AcQAos2kHg
Excerpt from ‘Kobe Bryant Remembered on 3rd Anniversary of Death’ article by Michael Katz:
Thursday marked the third anniversary of the death of former Los Angeles Lakers All-Star forward Kobe Bryant, his 13-year-old daughter Gianna, and seven others in a helicopter crash on a hillside in Calabasas, California.
Bryant, 41, who won five NBA championships in his 20-year Hall of Fame career, was traveling with his daughter to attend one of her youth basketball games in nearby Thousand Oaks at Bryant's Mamba Sports Academy ("Black Mamba" was among many nicknames for Bryant) when the helicopter crashed about 14 miles away.
The tragedy — which also took the lives of John Altobelli, his wife Keri and daughter Alyssa; Sarah Chester and her daughter Payton; Christina Mauser; and pilot Ara Zobayan – shook the sporting world, given Bryant's popularity spread well outside of the NBA.
And it still reverberates today. Author and ESPN analyst Stephen A. Smith said he is still devastated by Bryant's death.
"I miss my brother. He was one of the most brilliant dudes I have ever seen," Smith said during a tribute to Bryant on ESPN's "First Take" on Thursday. "His hard work. His dedication. His focus to his craft. His love for his family. His love for the game of basketball.
Full article: newsmax.com/amp/newsfront/kobebryant-nba-lakers/2023/01/26/id/1106077
🏷 #china #kobebryant #legend #nbaplayer #asia
