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Genero36
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Thunder guard Chris Paul will miss his first game of season, mourning loss of Kobe Bryant
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"I've had several conversations with him," Thunder coach Billy Donovan said. "I'd like to keep our conversations private. That's kind of between Chris and I, but he's doing fine. It's a personal day for him."
Paul and Bryant grew close while playing on two Olympic teams together, as well as connecting as fathers playing in the NBA. At Bryant's final All-Star Game in 2016, Paul, along with friends Carmelo Anthony and Dwyane Wade, hosted a celebratory dinner for Bryant. They presented Bryant retirement gifts such as a subscription to Netflix, underwear and reading glasses, with Paul giving him a cane.
Bryant and Paul nearly became teammates in 2011, when the then-New Orleans Hornets agreed to a three-team trade with the Lakers and Rockets that would've sent Paul to Los Angeles. The trade was vetoed by Commissioner David Stern for "basketball reasons," as the league owned the Hornets at the time during an ownership transition. |
https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/28578809/thunder-guard-chris-paul-miss-first-game-season-mourning-loss-kobe-bryant
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| Posted: 01/27/20 11:03 pm ::: |
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Nonsense.
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| Posted: 01/28/20 6:55 am ::: |
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Nonsense. |
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| Posted: 01/28/20 8:36 am ::: |
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Me too.
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“Thank you for showing the fellas that you've got more balls than them,” Haley said, to cheers from the crowd.
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| Posted: 01/28/20 8:46 am ::: |
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| Posted: 01/28/20 8:50 am ::: |
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| Just seen the pictures of heartbroken Joe Bryant who (along with his wife and Kobe's mother, Pam) weren't on speaking terms with Kobe for years. GOD be with them and guide them to healing.
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| Posted: 01/28/20 9:00 am ::: |
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Flight tracking. I'm guessing the slow speed in the middle is where they were in that holding pattern for other air traffic to clear.
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N72EX/history/20200126/1708Z
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“Thank you for showing the fellas that you've got more balls than them,” Haley said, to cheers from the crowd.
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| Posted: 01/28/20 9:06 am ::: |
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Kobe Bryant apparently was mending rift with dad Joe ‘Jellybean’ Bryant before death
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Wayne Slappy, one of the NBA legend’s ex-coaches and a good friend of his dad, Joe “Jellybean” Bryant, told the Daily Mail that he’d seen Kobe recently hug his father at a basketball camp in California.
“I just remember being with him up at his camp in Santa Barbara and seeing him hug his dad. You know how they loved each other from how they looked at each other, how they smiled,” Slappy said of the two men.
Kobe publicly fell out with his parents, Joe and Pam Bryant, in 2013 when they tried to peddle some of his memorabilia, including two high school uniforms and a pair of Los Angeles Lakers championship rings from 2000, without his knowledge.
Kobe told ESPN in 2016, “Our relationship is s–t. I say, ‘I’m going to buy you a very nice home,’ and the response is, ‘That’s not good enough?’ Then you’re selling my s–t?” |
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“Can you imagine a black hole? It’s empty, how do you fill it? They’re a close-knit family. He was 41 years old, and then his daughter dies in an accident with him, too. His family are going to miss him more than you can begin to imagine,” Slappy said.
Slappy said he learned of Kobe’s death in a text message Sunday and “I just sat in the parking lot at Costco crying for an hour.” |
https://nypost.com/2020/01/27/kobe-bryant-apparently-was-mending-rift-with-dad-joe-jellybean-bryant-before-death/
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| Posted: 01/28/20 9:09 am ::: |
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Kobe Bryant’s helicopter was like ‘a limousine,’ had strong safety record: former pilot
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Kurt Deetz — who flew Bryant, 41, between 2014 and 2016 — told The Los Angeles Times it’s more likely the crash was caused by bad weather than engine or mechanical issues.
“The likelihood of a catastrophic twin engine failure on that aircraft — it just doesn’t happen,” said Deetz, who logged more than 1,000 hours with the Sikorsky S-76B.
Deetz, a former pilot for Island Express Helicopters, said the chopper was in “fantastic” condition and compared it to “a Cadillac, a limousine — it’s limo-esque.” |
https://nypost.com/2020/01/27/kobe-bryants-helicopter-was-like-a-limousine-had-strong-safety-record-former-pilot/
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| Posted: 01/28/20 9:57 am ::: |
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| Posted: 01/28/20 10:58 am ::: |
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Genero, not to take away from the tragedy of the crash and the deaths of Kobe and his daughter (and the other seven killed in the crash), but didn't Joe and Pam Bryant have a falling with Kobe relating to Vanessa? I remember reading quite a bit about a rift, though admittedly it was years ago.
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| Posted: 01/28/20 11:24 am ::: |
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| Genero, not to take away from the tragedy of the crash and the deaths of Kobe and his daughter (and the other seven killed in the crash), but didn't Joe and Pam Bryant have a falling with Kobe relating to Vanessa? I remember reading quite a bit about a rift, though admittedly it was years ago. |
Cam, Kobe said it was related to Vanessa but Joe would deny it and say that he (Joe) and Vanessa were fine. He'd said his issue is with Kobe and he (Kobe) knows what it is.
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Coach K on Kobe: ‘He was always in pursuit of special and the next moment’
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| “I’m heartbroken,” Krzyzewski said Monday on the ACC coaches teleconference. “Just heartbroken about it.” |
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| “Well it’s a tragic, shocking day for all those families. And for us — Kobe was part of our family, the USA basketball family,” Krzyzewski began on Monday. “He was one of our leaders. He helped create the culture that we were able to build in that 11-year period. And he was very close to my family. We shared two loves: love of the game, and we both had daughters. Behind the scenes, he was amazing with my grandkids in Beijing and also in London, and they idolized him. You know, one of my grandsons, his nickname is Mamba because he got to meet (Kobe) in Beijing and fell in love with him.” |
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| “If you look, really the most important relationship in my 11 years was the relationship that Kobe and LeBron had,” Coach K said. “And my heart goes out to LeBron, because I know how … I mean, you’re talking about two one-of-a-kinds who gave each other, and their team, their best, and created an environment for others to learn from that friendship, and from that knowledge that (comes from) two brilliant minds and two amazing competitors.” |
https://theathletic.com/1564846/2020/01/27/coach-k-on-kobe-he-was-always-in-pursuit-of-special-and-the-next-moment/
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| Posted: 01/28/20 12:51 pm ::: |
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| Just seen the pictures of heartbroken Joe Bryant who (along with his wife and Kobe's mother, Pam) weren't on speaking terms with Kobe for years. GOD be with them and guide them to healing. |
Heartbreaking. Joe Bryant was one of the best people I met during the time I was covering the Sparks.
I want everyone here to know I cried pretty much all day Sunday. (Or all of you who remember my thoughts and feelings on Kobe.)
Wasn’t their falling out over him getting married to Vanessa, G?
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| Posted: 01/28/20 1:18 pm ::: |
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Heartbreaking. Joe Bryant was one of the best people I met during the time I was covering the Sparks.
I want everyone here to know I cried pretty much all day Sunday. (Or all of you who remember my thoughts and feelings on Kobe.)
Wasn’t their falling out over him getting married to Vanessa, G?
Never mind. Not my business. |
What's the energy in LA right now?
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| Posted: 01/28/20 1:36 pm ::: |
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