RIP Kobe Bryant

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  1. Jack Parkman

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    Holy shit at the debris on that live shot they just showed on ESPN
     
  2. Tobias

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    playing games right now is insane and a black mark on that nerd silver’s legacy. what a gutless coward
     
  3. dblplay1212

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    I wasn't a fan of running it up like this, but it's pure Kobe. He was ultra competitive, even when coaching girls basketball.

     
  4. bigred77

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    Kobe would have wanted them to play
     
  5. Joey Freshwater

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    Why are the fucking Nuggets and Rockets fucking playing. Makes no sense.
     
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  6. joe-

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    fyi

     
  7. ohbluefan

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    Unfortunately I think you’re right...
     
  8. Nelson

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    lol here we go
     
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  9. Nole96SC

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    Havent ever seen a debris field that big for a helicopter crash.
     
  10. Pile Driving Miss Daisy

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    Was reading aboutt the helicopter crash that killed Stevie Ray Vaughn this morning and wondered if people used to die a lot more in them than now.

    Ugh, RIP Kobe
     
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  11. Nelson

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    Players need to just walk off the court
     
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  12. bro

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    Even if, it isn’t fair to the players
     
  13. JonathanCoachman

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    Steve McNair was my favorite football player as a kid. It was July 4th and I was at my family’s lake house where there was practically zero cell service and I got like ten messages all at once telling me they were sorry. I had no idea what they were referring to.
     
  14. BrentTray

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    Sean Taylor
     
  16. Tobias

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    not remotely relevant
     
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  17. DUCKMOUTH

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    Probably since news broke so close to tip and paying fans there is why they went ahead.

    Who knows about tonight’s games
     
  18. AIP

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    Sad day for basketball and sports
     
  19. GoodForAnother

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    I barely watch the nba outside the finals, but he was a god when we were kids and a huge part of popular culture. It’s a very sad day
     
  20. Jack Parkman

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    Yeah that was shocking
     
  21. southlick

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  22. billdozer

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  23. Wu

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    Rachel Nichols struggling to keep it together, and understandably so
     
  24. AIP

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    I would imagine it was too late to stop the games today

    If the nba wanted to show some class they would call tomorrow though
     
  25. ono

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    I haven't read the thread so I apologize if I'm repeating shit.

    But who hasn't thrown a beer pong ball while yelling "Kobe"?

    He might have been a POS but damn he was a top 5 athlete for (I assume) most of our formative years. Just makes me feel vulnerable and old as hell.
     
  26. Joey Freshwater

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    I’d imagine the late games would be cancelled but probably couldn’t stop the Nuggets and Rockets in time. Probably should’ve just called it regardless once it broke but who knows.
     
  27. fucktx

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    siap

    still makes me laugh

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  28. D. Silver

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    Now Rachel Nichols in tears talking about Kobe.
     
  29. Bruce Wayne

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    I just can’t imagine having to bury both your spouse and first born child. Just terrible
     
  30. southlick

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  31. DUCKMOUTH

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    yeah. That’s what I’m thinking.. Unfortunately logistically it’s just too much to do
     
  32. Owsley

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    This just wrecked me
     
  33. DUCKMOUTH

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    Cant wait to see the video of these. Room may get dusty
     
  34. DeToxRox

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  35. JonathanCoachman

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    Jurgen Klinsmann (former USA soccer coach and one Germany’s best every players for who don’t know) made some news when Kobe signed what was his final contract for criticizing how much they were giving a player that was no longer in their prime. I remember thinking “You’re 100% right Jurgen, but you can’t say anything like that about Kobe or your life will be hell”.
     
  36. CF3234

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  37. webbi

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    Room WILL get dusty lol
     
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  38. Chipper>Jeter

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    So true though. I was glad I reconciled with my dad before he suddenly passed. You just never know and it’s so easy to take life for granted.
     
  39. dathalfnukkahd

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    I heard it was. and parents of the teammates
     
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  40. blotter

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  41. skrouse

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    I am so sad
     
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  42. Gaknight

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  43. My all time fav athlete, responsible for basically any positive sports moment in my life dies within a few miles of me with his daughter. I can't even. Just fucking horrible
     
  44. Nelson

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    I just texted my wife this and it made me tear up. Man
     
  45. bamasam09

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    Stephen A on ESPN2 now
     
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  46. Jean-Ralphio

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    Yea my dad killed himself. Its hard to really put into words how horrible it is to lose someone out of the blue.
     
  47. Tobias

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    the logistics of saying “this game can’t be played right now” are hella easy. it’s done numerous times a year in baseball. it’s lame af that they’re doing this shit