What Kobe Bryants Tragic Death meant to the NBA World

Today, we will be talking about NBA star, Kobe Bryant’s Tragic Death and what it meant to the NBA World as well as other sports.

A Little Bit About Him

Kobe was a Shooting Guard for the Los Angeles Lakers, he played 20 seasons there and went to 15 playoffs. That is amazing! He won 5 Championships over his career and was the MVP of the series twice.  Kobe was voted on to 18 All-Star Teams, he also won the 2008 MVP award. He was selected to 15 All-NBA teams, and 12 All-Defensive Teams. He also once scored 81 points in 1 game, by the way, that season, he was averaging 35.4 points a game. That is crazy! As you can see, Kobe was an amazing player who never deserved to die.

What His Death Meant to the NBA

Kobe’s horrible death on January 26, 2020, meant a ton to the whole NBA world. Many teams in the NBA honored Kobe in many different ways but the team that did the most was, you guessed it, the Los Angeles Lakers. Many teams in the NBA, on their first game since his death, either ran out a 24-second shot clock or the 8-second shot clock. This was because his numbers were 8 and 24. But what the Lakers did was awesome, outside the stadium they had pictures of him up and fans would sign their name on the picture. Also, they had his jersey on every seat in the arena so any fan attending the game would have a Kobe jersey. Before the game, there was a memorial for Kobe and players like Lebron James talked about him. Plus the Lakers skipped 3 games in his honor. Another thing that happened was people just posting nice things about him on social media and being kind. This wasn’t just NBA players though. In the NFL All-Star game, there was a moment of silence before the game and throughout the game, players did Kobe celebrations in honor of him. As you can see Kobes death greatly impacted the sports world.

What Kobes Death Meant to Me

I’m not going to lie, I was never this huge Kobe fan. I always liked him but he wasn’t my favorite player. But even to me, his death meant a ton. I began watching more basketball for a bit and tuned in to all the stories about him. I know that his death meant a ton to any NBA fan even if they didn’t like him.

What do you think about Kobes death, were you impacted?