Guarantee Silver will be talking to Lebron and MJ by end of the day about what league should do to honor him
I was a fucking wreck in college. My brother and sister were out of the house so it was just me and my mom. I kinda dealt with it by taking care of her. When I got out of the house and no longer had that deflection I just became a mess. It never gets easier. I wish my wife got to know him. I wish I had his advice in every aspect of life. I wish I just got a chance to know him as a man and not an authority figure. That said, everything you go through in life gets to where you are now. I’m thankful I had him in my life for those 17 years when plenty of others barely knew their dad. You gotta be thankful for what you did get to experience because it’s easy to get bitter with life.
we are in the same boat. It’s why this weekend was the first time I’ve been back to Athens in close to a decade. I see everyone that knew my dad. It’s fucking awful. I can’t be anything close to normal there at all. I’ve basically run away since I was 18. I’m 35 now. My brother was 11 and my mom was 44. To make up for losing his father, she gave him everything he wanted. They enabled each other. He’s been clean 18 months and that’s probably the longest stint of sobriety for him since he was ~13. I’ve also felt guilt of leaving them behind in Athens. They couldn’t. They were stuck there to deal with it everyday. I’m thankful for the time I had with him but I could’ve utilized it a lot better. Like I said, it never gets easier or goes away.
Was never big on Kobe (stuck on MJ), but respected him and feel terrible for family and all that were involved. His daughter who was taken too soon never got the chance to live the life ahead of her
Kobe was on Matt Barnes podcast like two weeks ago and were friends with each other. Probably not the best take
Fucking hell, got deep in my thoughts and just starting crying. Got a hold of my mom and dad and told them I loved them. Take nothing for granted, boys.
Man, someone posted a kobe t shirt for sale on a Facebook group for 100 bucks. Person got roasted as they should.
That sucks man. My siblings didn’t like the way my mom allowed me to take care of her but I’m just like “what the fuck would you do?” As much as I loved my dad, she chose him voluntarily and had built her entire adult life with him. Now he’s gone all of a sudden. I have no idea how I’d handle my wife dying suddenly and I don’t even have kids. I’m glad to hear your brother is doing better though. Don’t feel guilt man. He’s hopefully just getting older and becoming more responsible.
lost my stepdad a couple months after I turned 21, mom called me while I was in class. lost my dad a couple years ago and we never got to be close due to circumstances outside my control. this is all very real.
Thanks for sharing. We’ve talked a lot privately about IRL stuff on here, but want you to know you can always reach out to talk.
Started off the week with my grandmother dying now this, fuck life. Never was a Kobe guy but respect the hell out of him for his game and everything he meant to the sport. RIP Kobe, Mamba forever.
This is unbelievably sad. Got to meet Kobe once in 2006 when I was working at a newspaper in suburban Houston. I got to cover at Rockets-Lakers game a week before Houston hosted the All-Star Game. As a Pistons fan growing up I didn’t like Kobe, but I walked into the Lakers’ locker room a bit late, just as the media throng had finished interviewing him. I went up to him, expecting him to reject my interview because a lot of star players only will do one set of interviews. Not only did he grant the interview, but we talked one-on-one for 10 minutes. He fielded every question, stupid and otherwise, and gave thoughtful, friendly answers to each one without doing anything to express that time was up. As I was winding down the interview he asked me about the paper I was representing, where it was, how I liked the job, etc. Then he said “Ok, Blu Tang, guess we’ll be talking again next week (for the All-Star Game)” I didn’t cover the All-Star game, but this “Kobe hater (at the time)” was treated like a class act by Kobe. Horrible tragedy, RIP.
Thanks. Yea, he’s doing a lot better but I’m never 100% certain because he’s an addict. It never ends. Ever. If I lost my wife I’d be in big big trouble. I can honestly tell you she saved my life the day we met. You did the right thing taking care of your mom. I, unfortunately, was never close with my mom. So when my dad died and I didn’t turn to her but my brother did, they grew close in enabling each other and I was trying to figure out how to leave. She and I have never really been close. She’s done some shitty stuff to me in the last few years and it’s driven a huge wedge. I barely talk to her. Saw her Saturday at a funeral in Athens. It was weird. Kobe’s children and family will have this same daily battle for the rest of their lives and I can’t imagine how this will impact them since he was such a star. This is devastating.
This is absolutely gutting me for whatever reason. I've had tears in my eyes for like 10 minutes Every time I see something referencing his daughter I start to lose it. Fuck man
its truly wild to think about, but I honestly might think back on the person more as a father than a basketball player