AS
AS SOON
AS SOON AS THE NEWS 4@BROKE. WHETHER KOBE PLAYED FOR THE TEAM OR NOT.
FANS IN COLUMBIA STATE THEY
STILL ADMIRED AND RESPECTED THE
GAME HE PLAY4@ED.
NEWS19 CHANDLER WALKED AROUND
TOWN TODAY TO GET A SENSE OF
HOW PEOPLE ARE FEELING.
CHANDLER WHAT DID THEY HAVE TO
SAY?4@
>> EVERYONE I SPOKE TO WER4@E
DEVASTATED OVER THE NEWS OF
KOBE BRYANT AND HIS DAUGHTER
GIANNA.
WHILE TALKING TO THESE 4@4@PEOP
THINGS SHIFTED FOR ME
CONDUCTING AN INTERVIEW TO ALL
OF US JUST HAVING A SIMPLE
CONVERSATION.
ABOUT THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF
KOBE BRYANT.4@
TOO MANY KOBE BRYANT WAS MORE
THAN JUST AN NBA PLAYER.
HE WAS A SYMBOL AND A ROLE
MODEL TO 4@EVERYONE TO WATCH HI
PLAY THE GAME OF 4@BASKETBALL.
THE MAN WHO GREW UP IN 4@
4@PHILADELPHIA.
4@
THE MAN WHO GREW UP IN 4@ 4@PHILADELPHIA. AND CAME INTO THE NBA IN
18-YEAR-OLD KIDS FRESH OUT OF
HIGH SCHOOL.
BECAME 18 TIME ALL-STAR.
A FIVE-TIME NBA CHAMPION.
AND A TWO-TIME 4@NBA FINALS MVP@
ALSO BECAME AN 4@INSPIRATION OF
GENERATI4@ONS.
4@>> IT WAS DEVASTATING.
PLAYING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE
GAME.
THE AMOUNT OF THE SPREAD
EVERYONE STOPPED AND REMINISCED
ABOUT KOBE.
HOW GOOD HE WAS FOR THE
COMMUNITY.
HE WAS A GREAT FAMILY 4@4@MAN.
ACADEMY AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR.
4@
HE WAS A GREAT FAMILY 4@4@MAN. ACADEMY AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR. A TRUE DEFINITION.
>> AFTER SPENDING 20 YEARS IN
THE NBA.
RETIRED FROM THE GAME IN 4@2016.
NOT BEFORE SCORING 60 POINTS
THIS FINAL CAREER GAME.
GIVING LAKER FANS AND 4@MBA AND
ONE LAST 4@4@GLIMPSE.
>> I WATCHED HIS RETIREMENT
GAME LIVE ON TV.
WATCHED HIM DROP 4@60.
HIS FINAL NBA GAME WAS
INCREDIBLE.
NOW I'M 4@IN.
OUR GENERATION GREW 4@UP WATCHI
KOBE 4@BRYANT.
HE'S PART OF HER 4@4@CHILDHOOD.
EVEN SADDER TO SEE HERE HIS
DAUGHTER PASSED WITH HIM.
IT IS JUST 4@THAT.
IT WAS SUCH AN ICONIC FIGURE.
SO MOTIVATIONAL.
RECENTLY SEEING HIM TAKE HIS
DAUGHTER TO NBA GAMES.
ON THE 4@FLOOR.
KIND OF SEEMED TEACHING HER THE
GAME.
PASSING DOWN THE 4@LEGACY.
WHAT KIND OF A BEAUTIFUL MOMENT
I THINK A LOT OF US WILL
REMEMBER.
>> HE PLAYED 20 CONSECUTIVE 4@
YEARS.
>> KOBE BRYANT.
BLESS YOUR FAMILY.
BLESS YOUR SOUL.
REST IN 4@PEACE.4@
4@
BLESS YOUR SOUL. REST IN 4@PEACE.4@ 4@4@
BLESS YOUR SOUL. REST IN 4@PEACE.4@ >> @
BLESS YOUR SOUL. REST IN 4@PEACE.4@ >> YEAH.
KOBE SCORED 32,000 POINTS IN
HIS CAREER.
RETIRED ALL-TIME ON THE
ALL-TIME NBA LEAD SCORES LIST.4@
LEBRON JAMES PASSED THEM ON
SATURDAY.
CHRIS MARTINEZ SAID 4@4@4@THAT.
EVERYONE IS DEVASTATED.
OVER THE NEWS.
OF KOBE BRYANT.
>> I REALLY LIKE HOW THAT YOUNG
MAN SAID WHEN I WAS LITTLE.
OR EVEN PROBABLY PEOPLE ALL
AGES DO IT.
WHEN THE PRETENDED TO PLAY 4@4@@
POSSIBLE.
SHOWS YOU WHAT ADMIRATION
PEOPLE OF ALL WALKS OF LIFE.
ALL DIFFERENT TEAMS.
REALLY THEY REALLY ADMIRED WHAT
HE DID.
>> SIGNIFICANT.
REALLY KEY.
THAT'S WHAT I LEARN.
NOT ONLY WAS 4@THE HE A GREAT
BASKETBALL PLAYER SO
ENTERTAINING TO WATCH.
4@JUST THE MAN HE WAS.
THE WAY HE APPROACHED 4@AGAIN.
PLAYED EVERY GAME LIKE IT WAS
HIS LAST.
I GREW UP A DIEHARD LAKER FAN.
A DIEHARD KOBE FAN.
THE REASON WHY I LOVE THE GAME
OF 4@BASKETBALL.
I'M TRYING TO THINK AS FAR AS
BIG-TIME SPORTS FIGURE PASSING
AWAY SO 4@SUDDENLY.
I THINK DALE EARNHARDT SENIOR
THE CLOSEST 4@THING.
TO THIS.
THIS IS REALLY 4@TOUGH.
>> I WOULD ASK MY PARENTS THE
SAME THING.
I'M SURE THOSE CONVERSATIONS
ARE HAPPENING AMONG MANY
FAMILIES TONIGHT.
AFTER THIS NEWS.
MY DAD A4@LSO MENTIONED.
IN THE 4@4@70S. BEING ALSO A VE
HUGE EVENT.
NOT JUST IN THE UNITED STATES