{"id":18917,"date":"2020-01-26T13:25:46","date_gmt":"2020-01-26T21:25:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyovation.com\/?p=18917"},"modified":"2020-01-26T19:47:00","modified_gmt":"2020-01-27T03:47:00","slug":"socal-tragedy-rip-kobe-bryant-nba-legend-41-died-helicopter-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyovation.com\/2020\/01\/26\/socal-tragedy-rip-kobe-bryant-nba-legend-41-died-helicopter-crash\/","title":{"rendered":"SoCal Tragedy! RIP Kobe Bryant, The NBA legend was 41 died in helicopter crash"},"content":{"rendered":"
Kobe Bryant<\/strong>, the Los Angeles Laker<\/strong> who became one of the NBA\u2019s all-time superstars<\/strong>\u00a0and went on to become an Oscar-winning producer<\/strong>, died this morning in a private helicoper crash in Calabasas, Calif<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Bryant was traveling with others, and authorities said 5 people are confirmed dead. Bryant\u2019s wife, Vanessa, was not among the passengers.<\/p>\n Bryant was an American former professional basketball\u00a0player. He played his entire 20-year career with the\u00a0Los Angeles Lakers\u00a0of the\u00a0NBA<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Bryant is an 18-time\u00a0All-Star<\/strong>, 15-time member of the\u00a0All-NBA Team<\/strong>,\u00a0 and was the\u00a0NBA’s Most Valuable Player\u00a0(MVP) in 2008.<\/strong><\/p>\n Widely regarded as one of the greatest basketball players of all time,<\/sup><\/sup><\/sup><\/sup>\u00a0he\u00a0led the NBA in scoring\u00a0during two seasons, ranks fourth on the league’s\u00a0all-time regular season scoring\u00a0and fourth on the\u00a0all-time postseason scoring\u00a0list.<\/p>\n Dear Basketball,<\/p>\n From the moment I fell in love with you.<\/p>\n A love so deep I gave you my all \u2014 As a six-year-old boy And so I ran. I played through the sweat and hurt You gave a six-year-old boy his Laker dream And that\u2019s OK. And we both know, no matter what I do next Love you always, Kobe Bryant, the Los Angeles Laker who became one of the NBA\u2019s all-time superstars\u00a0and went on to become an Oscar-winning producer, died this morning in a private helicoper crash in Calabasas, Calif. Bryant was traveling with others, and authorities said 5 people are confirmed dead. Bryant\u2019s wife, Vanessa, was not among the passengers. Bryant was […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18920,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2499,8247,8234],"tags":[8281,8280,627,8279],"class_list":{"0":"post-18917","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entrepreneur","8":"category-socal-news","9":"category-west-coast","10":"tag-catastrophe","11":"tag-helicopter-crash","12":"tag-kobe-bryant","13":"tag-rip-kobe"},"yoast_head":"\n<\/p>\n
Maybe best remembered from his retirement poem, posted below:<\/p>\n
\nI started rolling my dad\u2019s tube socks
\nAnd shooting imaginary
\nGame-winning shots
\nIn the Great Western Forum
\nI knew one thing was real:<\/p>\n
\nFrom my mind & body
\nTo my spirit & soul.<\/p>\n
\nDeeply in love with you
\nI never saw the end of the tunnel.
\nI only saw myself
\nRunning out of one.<\/p>\n
\nI ran up and down every court
\nAfter every loose ball for you.
\nYou asked for my hustle
\nI gave you my heart
\nBecause it came with so much more.<\/p>\n
\nNot because challenge called me
\nBut because YOU called me.
\nI did everything for YOU
\nBecause that\u2019s what you do
\nWhen someone makes you feel as
\nAlive as you\u2019ve made me feel.<\/p>\n
\nAnd I\u2019ll always love you for it.
\nBut I can\u2019t love you obsessively for much longer.
\nThis season is all I have left to give.
\nMy heart can take the pounding
\nMy mind can handle the grind
\nBut my body knows it\u2019s time to say goodbye.<\/p>\n
\nI\u2019m ready to let you go.
\nI want you to know now
\nSo we both can savor every moment we have left together.
\nThe good and the bad.
\nWe have given each other
\nAll that we have.<\/p>\n
\nI\u2019ll always be that kid
\nWith the rolled up socks
\nGarbage can in the corner
\n:05 seconds on the clock
\nBall in my hands.
\n5 \u2026 4 \u2026 3 \u2026 2 \u2026 1<\/p>\n
\nKobe<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"