pic.twitter.com/nwjeH3ePnK— Becca Laurie (@imbeccable) January 26, 2020
― Clay, Monday, 27 January 2020 00:10 (four years ago) link
just when lebron thought he was getting out from under kobes shadow
― micah, Monday, 27 January 2020 00:26 (four years ago) link
I just read that he, his daughter, AND wife all passed, leaving behind two other children and just...this whole thing can’t possibly be any worse. https://t.co/ZGluqnhDle— 🌻 (@_MissRandi) January 27, 2020
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Monday, 27 January 2020 00:28 (four years ago) link
I can understand people not liking Kobe. I can't understand anyone not respecting him. And yeah he seemed to be a better person now than in the past. His love for his daughters and goal of raising "strong independent women" was admirable and touching. RIP to a motherfucking real one.
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Monday, 27 January 2020 01:57 (four years ago) link
he was a blast to root against. we all loved debating his place in the league and the all-time nba. he was a complicated and hugely flawed person who i think had a pretty interesting second act in him, and it's a shame we'll miss it. it's unspeakable for all the families involved. idk. it just feels wrong.
― call all destroyer, Monday, 27 January 2020 02:04 (four years ago) link
some people don’t respect him because he probably sexually assaulted somebody. It’s really hard for a lot of people to get past. Sorry.
― brimstead, Monday, 27 January 2020 02:23 (four years ago) link
not trying to bring “real talk” to the thread just responding to gd’s post and I already regret it
seems to be one of those cases that has benefited from happening at the time it did. I've been surprised it never became a common talking point over the past few years with #metoo.
― akm, Monday, 27 January 2020 02:31 (four years ago) link
I think he finally transcended that, which is hard to do, and like cad said, he was heading in a good direction. i think he wore his crown well and was a model superstar toward the end
― I wanna publish memes and rage against machimes (rip van wanko), Monday, 27 January 2020 02:38 (four years ago) link
kobe so obvs a psycho egomaniac narcissist who made us live through years or winning at all costs a-dog bs cultural pollution and if u think he changed i dare you to watch the childrens show about how to win he made like a year ago
― lag∞n, Monday, 27 January 2020 02:59 (four years ago) link
still tragic tho rip
link it if you want... i'm searching out of curiosity
― I wanna publish memes and rage against machimes (rip van wanko), Monday, 27 January 2020 03:15 (four years ago) link
things kobe said after a screening of his animated short at tribecca film festival
― lag∞n, Monday, 27 January 2020 03:17 (four years ago) link
that thread title/poll is a better memorial than anything i could post
― ciderpress, Monday, 27 January 2020 03:18 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ab7znwmU5LQ
― Clay, Monday, 27 January 2020 03:20 (four years ago) link
this title is really good too
Why Kobe must strike other players in face?
― lag∞n, Monday, 27 January 2020 03:21 (four years ago) link
that kobe quotes thread is prob my fave contribution to ilx despite having < 100 posts rip kobe
― Clay, Monday, 27 January 2020 03:21 (four years ago) link
the musecage is so fucking psycho my god
― lag∞n, Monday, 27 January 2020 03:26 (four years ago) link
theres a good david roth piece on it iirc
https://setmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Kobe-Bryant-Musecage.jpg
― Clay, Monday, 27 January 2020 03:28 (four years ago) link
i missed this but kobe is really one of the all time GOAT insane people, i love him to death
― J0rdan S., Monday, May 8, 2017 8:03 PM (two years ago) bookmarkflaglink
― Clay, Monday, 27 January 2020 03:30 (four years ago) link
Meanwhile my feed is blowing up over the anchor who had a tongue slip and said Nakers and everyone else is saying she said the n-word
― ... that's Traore! (Neanderthal), Monday, 27 January 2020 03:31 (four years ago) link
oh, kobe. i hope you are with us forever.
― Clay, Monday, September 4, 2017 2:15 AM (two years ago) bookmarkflaglink
― lag∞n, Monday, 27 January 2020 03:31 (four years ago) link
oh no :(
― Clay, Monday, 27 January 2020 03:33 (four years ago) link
thanks thread for reminding me why i have felt devastated and shocked about the whole thing but v ambivalent abt kobe himself
― majority whip, majority nae nae (m bison), Monday, 27 January 2020 03:34 (four years ago) link
musecage is really one of the most hilarious and perfect concepts anyone has ever presented
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, May 9, 2017 12:15 AM (two years ago) bookmarkflaglink
otm lol
― I wanna publish memes and rage against machimes (rip van wanko), Monday, 27 January 2020 03:36 (four years ago) link
― majority whip, majority nae nae (m bison), Sunday, January 26, 2020 10:34 PM (fifty-four seconds ago) bookmarkflaglink
yeah, that's pretty much it in summation
― call all destroyer, Monday, 27 January 2020 03:37 (four years ago) link
Kobe for MVP daaaaaang― m bison, Friday, March 23, 2007 1:24 AM (twelve years ago) bookmarkflaglink
― lag∞n, Monday, 27 January 2020 03:42 (four years ago) link
he was good that year
― majority whip, majority nae nae (m bison), Monday, 27 January 2020 03:43 (four years ago) link
https://media.giphy.com/media/UK5AQccKV9OMg/giphy.gif
― lag∞n, Monday, 27 January 2020 03:45 (four years ago) link
not morally, but at basketball
― majority whip, majority nae nae (m bison), Monday, 27 January 2020 03:46 (four years ago) link
also that was almost 13 years ago holy shit ive been on the internet too long
― majority whip, majority nae nae (m bison), Monday, 27 January 2020 03:47 (four years ago) link
we all have my man, we all have
― call all destroyer, Monday, 27 January 2020 03:50 (four years ago) link
we've all done a lot of posts its true
― Clay, Monday, 27 January 2020 03:53 (four years ago) link
wow and posting up is so outdated in the Modern Data-Driven NBA
― majority whip, majority nae nae (m bison), Monday, 27 January 2020 03:54 (four years ago) link
lol, good lead in. i was gonna post this anyway--i keep seeing stuff like this on twitter. as bizarre as his public presentation was he seems to have developed quite a good one-on-one touch with all kinds of people
Kobe & Gigi sat with us at a UConn game in March. He somehow talked to our kids as his basketball equals. Told our 10yo, “Keep getting after it, Thomas.” To our tall daughter: “Posting up is the BEST.” He was a Dad with his lovely daughter on a day out. We’re heartsick tonight. pic.twitter.com/oxvi82LRaX— Steve Rushin (@SteveRushin) January 27, 2020
― call all destroyer, Monday, 27 January 2020 03:56 (four years ago) link
No regrets!! #MambaMentalitySeriously that's valid for you to bring up. I should've specified I meant respect as a basketball player.
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Monday, 27 January 2020 04:01 (four years ago) link
dame 50-6-13, 1 TO. 158 points in his last three games.
― Clay, Monday, 27 January 2020 04:21 (four years ago) link
is that good
― lag∞n, Monday, 27 January 2020 04:22 (four years ago) link
its a lot of hoop
― majority whip, majority nae nae (m bison), Monday, 27 January 2020 04:22 (four years ago) link
meant that for the stats thread but whatever
― Clay, Monday, 27 January 2020 04:23 (four years ago) link
all sports are #stats now
― majority whip, majority nae nae (m bison), Monday, 27 January 2020 04:24 (four years ago) link
kobe was the last great stats dont matter guy
― lag∞n, Monday, 27 January 2020 04:26 (four years ago) link
the amazing thing isn't so much Dame's numbers as the fact that opposing teams are basically free right now to concentrate the entire focus of their defense on him and he still puts those numbers up.
― A is for (Aimless), Monday, 27 January 2020 04:28 (four years ago) link
its wild how much better all the greats are than kobe at the advanced stats but he had like 15 all-nba selections, a whole mess of all-defense selections, 5 rings, 2 fmvp, 1 real mvp. kobe's career is a study in contrasts.
xp
― majority whip, majority nae nae (m bison), Monday, 27 January 2020 04:28 (four years ago) link
yeah his best argument is longevity which certainly isnt nothin
― lag∞n, Monday, 27 January 2020 04:29 (four years ago) link
I never really hated Kobe even as a non-Lakers fan not while Derek Fisher was sticking around at least. At the end Kobe was becoming more likable. His final game was hilarious of course.
― omar little, Monday, 27 January 2020 04:32 (four years ago) link
Second best argument was “I’m not fish“
― omar little, Monday, 27 January 2020 04:33 (four years ago) link
i think i placed kobe as one of the villains of much of my adult life and i kinda feel like batman w/o the joker rn
― Clay, Monday, 27 January 2020 04:33 (four years ago) link
kobe meticulously planned then executed becoming more likable i mean cmon ppl right
― lag∞n, Monday, 27 January 2020 04:34 (four years ago) link