RIP Black Mamba: Kobe Bryant dead in helicopter crash CONFIRMED

[Funk Doctor Spock 12182]

7 minutes ago, aggie08 said:

Truth. He was way more than just a basketball player. 

He was a highly intelligent man. Always positive, and easy to listen to. 

[LoneStarBiker 145]

Absolutely terrible, RIP to the Mamba

[mdmost 43001]

 

[Coelenterate Fuccboi 13091]

3 minutes ago, PilotsError said:

 

You're so above it all man!!  Congratulations.  

Just being honest, not bragging.

[Don Johnson 4752]

 

[Carl Spackler 3479]

28 minutes ago, Continental Op said:

Kobe hadn't been torched like this since Mother's Day 2011.

Must be your day to be a douchebag, eh?

[Goo Punch 4275]

11 minutes ago, aggie08 said:

Truth. He was way more than just a basketball player. 

So intelligent, so curious, so thirsty for knowledge. For those who didn't catch this (and it happened just a week or two ago), Kobe introduced himself to Luka Doncic in a classically Kobe manner. Doncic was playing in a game, about to take the ball for an inbounds pass, when he heard someone speaking Slovenian to him from the stands. He turned around and it was Kobe Bryant.

Love him or hate him, he was one of a kind, and those knew him will remember him as so much more than just a basketball player. He was a genuinely special person, flaws, mistakes and all. RIP Kobe.

Edited January 26, 2020 by Goo Punch

[Pasken 1309]

1 minute ago, mdmost said:

 

The report on the radio I heard was all 4 daughters so that's at least better for his family. Terrible for the other families involved. 

[whoopspat 1]

 

Edited January 26, 2020 by whoopspat

[mdmost 43001]

The Sheriff's Department in the area of the crash will have a press conference in about an hour with more details. 

[Sgt Hulk 13713]

Local news is saying another parent and kid on plane 😭

[ChiTownDoc 21144]

2 minutes ago, whoopspat said:

 

Wish your user name wasn’t whoops but here we are. 

[Doc Reeves 6434]

Crazy 

[NowThis 931]

so the crash was about 11.30am pacific time?

[aggie08 21492]

1 minute ago, Carl Spackler said:

Must be your day to be a douchebag, eh?

 

1 minute ago, Goo Punch said:

So intelligent, so curious, so thirsty for knowledge. For those who didn't catch this (and it happened just a week or two ago), Kobe introduces himself to Luka Doncic is a classically Kobe manner. Doncic was playing in a game, about to take the ball for an inbounds pass, when he heard someone speaking Slovenian to him from the stands. He turned around and it was Kobe Bryant. Love him or hate him, he was one of a kind, and those knew him will remember him as so much more than just a basketball player. He was a genuinely special person. RIP Kobe.

He famously never really fit in in an NBA locker room. Phil Jackson wrote in his book that he had to basically force Kobe to talk about girls and cars to relate to his teammates, when all he wanted to talk about was art, history, philosophy, etc.

[Rockethorn1978 6072]

Thank God it wasn’t all his daughters. If I was his wife I wouldn’t want to go on living if that happened.

[elfenix 34227]

damn.  rip to one of the greatest to ever play the game. 

[Michael Knight 12977]

ESPN confirming his daughter was on the helicopter

[Sgt Hulk 13713]

Local news is saying another parent and kid on helo 😭

Edited January 26, 2020 by Sgt Hulk

[NowThis 931]

first learned of it when logging onto Surly about 20 mins ago with the red banner.

 

So sad he won't be able to give a HOF speech.

 

Lakers next game is at home vs. the Clippers, on TNT.  Pregame is a must see. 

Edited January 26, 2020 by NowThis

[Sgt Hulk 13713]

8 minutes ago, whoopspat said:

 

I rode my bike down to check the surf today you could barely see the ocean and waves super foggy it still is overcast and foggy 

[pops 6981]

8 minutes ago, whoopspat said:

 

There was some thick ass junk up there. Looks like the pilot was going VFR and had no clue where he was at. 

[taybo20 2825]

2 minutes ago, Sgt Hulk said:

Local news is saying another parent and kid on plane 😭

Helicopter damn it 

[MNLonghornFUKM 8817]

10 minutes ago, whoopspat said:

 

that tailspin is insane. fuck.......

[LonghornSean 3989]

Spurs-Raptors with a cool tribute at the start of their game

 

[NAVY 6740]

Fuuuuuuuuccccckkkkk!!! Way too soon man. Much love Kobe 

Edited January 26, 2020 by NAVY

[Cajun 11705]

8 minutes ago, Rockethorn1978 said:

Thank God it wasn’t all his daughters. If I was his wife I wouldn’t want to go on living if that happened.

Edited January 26, 2020 by Cajun

[GreenspointTexas 9598]

Just now, NAVY said:

Fuuuuuuuuccccckkkkk!!! Way to soon man. Much love Kobe 

Every death under the age 76 is too soon

[Beau Vine 54209]

Rick Fox is not dead. The Ex-Laker was not on board the helicopter that killed Kobe Bryant in Calabasas, California, on January 26.

Fox’s daughter confirmed to WEEI’s Courtney Fallon that the Canadian-born former NBA star was alive. NBA TV’s Jared Greenberg also tweeted that he had communicated with Fox via text in the aftermath of the crash that killed Kobe.

[Ichabod 184]

 

[Deej 76756]

3 minutes ago, pops said:

There was some thick ass junk up there. Looks like the pilot was going VFR and had no clue where he was at. 

Bad visibility and helicopters are a bad mix. 

[Sbbruin 21830]

22 minutes ago, immamac said:

It seems as if Gianna has been confirmed on the helicopter at minimum. They were headed to Mamba academy for practice 

My best friend works there and has for a few years.  The President of the company may have been on board.  

[Eastwood 4394]

14 minutes ago, whoopspat said:

 

Looks like they went straight into the mountain. Hope it was over in an instant and they had no idea what happened.

[UDontKnow 10442]

7 minutes ago, NowThis said:

first learned of it when logging onto Surly about 20 mins ago with the red banner.

 

So sad he won't be able to give a HOF speech.

 

Lakers next game is at home vs. the Clippers, on TNT.  Pregame is a must see. 

He'll be inducted at the very next opportunity - sucks that it will be posthumously.

[Sbbruin 21830]

Spurs and Raptors both taking 24 second violations in honor of Kobe.  Looks like Pop initiated it.  Fucking class, Pop.  

[taybo20 2825]

3 minutes ago, MNLonghornFUKM said:

that tailspin is insane. fuck.......

That’s not a tail spin. What that tweet is saying is that the helicopter was not flying on instruments and instead on visual. Basically they stopped because of weather and circled waiting for it to pass. Once the pilot felt comfortable they continued on, but then crashed.

[Knoxtnhorn 5971]

@Ichabod

Wow.  That was tough to watch.

[HenryJames 66038]

3 minutes ago, GreenspointTexas said:

Every death under the age 76 is too soon

Not Hitler’s.

[El Diablo 4232]

Pretty bizarre that Bron just passed Kobe on the all time scorer list and sports talk radio has been discussing Kobe's career more the last day or so than anytime I can recently remember. And then this. RIP Mamba.

[hacker 184]

 

[NAVY 6740]

1 minute ago, HenryJames said:

Not Hitler’s.

Same same 

[TonyTexas 10508]

 

[Deej 76756]

1 minute ago, hacker said:

 

Noso-damus

[UDontKnow 10442]

1 minute ago, hacker said:

 

Well goddamn.

[Bama Chick 28596]

Devastating

[NAVY 6740]

1 minute ago, hacker said:

 

The fuck?

[C-Man 27197]

8 minutes ago, MNLonghornFUKM said:

that tailspin is insane. fuck.......

Looks more like they had zero visibility and were trying to figure out where to go.

[Pasken 1309]

Why is the school district he attended in Philly 20 years ago holding a press conference? Does his kids go there now?

[NAVY 6740]

This just sucks. Bad 

[MNLonghornFUKM 8817]

5 minutes ago, taybo20 said:

That’s not a tail spin. What that tweet is saying is that the helicopter was not flying on instruments and instead on visual. Basically they stopped because of weather and circled waiting for it to pass. Once the pilot felt comfortable they continued on, but then crashed.

gotcha thanks.