Kobe Bryant killed in a helicopter crash

[John Kelly]

Lillard channeled "Black Mamba" last night.

He dropped 48 on the Lakers.

LeBron was not as close to Kobe as it seems.

I've heard Carmelo was much closer to Kobe than LeBron was.

Caremelo missed last night's game due to grief.

 

[Heim]

I think it's time to drop the question mark in this thread title.




P.S I was surprised to learn Kobe only won one MVP award in 2008. I thought he had a least 2.

 

[John Kelly]

I think it's time to drop the question mark in this thread title.




P.S I was surprised to learn Kobe only won one MVP award in 2008. I thought he had a least 2.

I edited the thread title.

 

[railbird]

I never pay attention to Laker games,but had a long drive last night down 101 from Central CA. so I tuned in to John Ireland and Mychal Thompson. My takeaways....
1. Those were mountains I drove by at Las Virgenes-or really big hills unlike any others near a freeway in SoCal. 2. LeBron had a crappy game 3. The media missed the real story that Kobe and Dame Lillard were very close.

AKA the Santa Monica Mountains.

 

[railbird]

7 of the 9 of the victims were Huntington Beach residents. Christina was a star guard at Edison hs. class of 99, husband Matt class of 97 went to Edison and Cal Poly, now a Frank Sinatra impersonator

 

[railbird]

Christina a 13 yr Huntington Beach lifeguard

 

[Viejo Dinosaur]

Christina a 13 yr Huntington Beach lifeguard

You must be a least 15 years old to be a Huntington Beach lifeguard....Rail obviously meant a Junior lifeguard where you can be one at eight years old....more in Railbird’s range....just like little league...

 

[John Kelly]

7 of the 9 of the victims were Huntington Beach residents. Christina was a star guard at Edison hs. class of 99, husband Matt class of 97 went to Edison and Cal Poly, now a Frank Sinatra impersonator

Did Christina Mauser play college basketball?

 

[Viejo Dinosaur]

Sorry Rail....my bad....Mauser was a lifeguard....confused her with the young daughter of Altobelli....

 

[IWishIWasAPro]

 

[railbird]

Did Christina Mauser play college basketball?

Christina and her husband Matt were both Huntington Beach lifeguards. both played water polo. I think she coould have, but chose academics. Here is an article from her HS days. https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-apr-24-sp-30598-story.html

 

[common guy]

cool Article. Didn't realize Dave was her coach, thought he had just concentrated on football by then. She was his kind of player. Defense wins.

 

[MrTop]

tmz - no engine failure

 

[mr merlin]

tmz - no engine failure

Of course not, what are the odds of flying into some fog, and having the engines fail at the same time?

 

[MrTop]

Of course not, what are the odds of flying into some fog, and having the engines fail at the same time?

all pilot error and force to fly cause of the boss had to be somewhere

 

[jimmythegreek]

Gayle King feeling some much needed heat in her interview with Lisa Leslie. She slams the network even after her question about the 2003 rape allegations.

 

[John Kelly]

Saw a report today that said Kobe's helicopter was only 100 feet from clear skies.

Heartbreaking.

 

[railbird]

Saw a report today that said Kobe's helicopter was only 100 feet from clear skies.

Heartbreaking.

I heard 30 feet

 

[railbird]

Altobelli service at Angel Stadium Feb 10
Mauser service at Edison high gym Feb 16
Kobe service at Staples Center Feb 24

 

[John Kelly]

I heard 30 feet

Terribly sad.

 

[John Kelly]

Altobelli service at Angel Stadium Feb 10
Mauser service at Edison high gym Feb 16
Kobe service at Staples Center Feb 24

Kobe's service set for 2/24.

Gigi's number was 2 and Kobe's number was 24.

 

[mr merlin]

I heard 30 feet

I heard 18 inches.

 

[John Kelly]

MR MERLIN is a funny guy.

 

[KevinStott11]

By all means , Feel sorry for yourself. By all means make excuses. By all means feel discouraged. By all means don't play like this game is the most important thing to you. By all means entertain yourself with other s--- because the game of baseball will be here forever and you will have infinite opportunities to play this game. You will have infinite opportunities to put on your gear, feel the glove, the ball, etc. The game of baseball will wait for you. Life will wait for you. Its not as life can be taken away from you at any moment. Nooo that would be crazy, that would be cruel. Right? So by all means play the game as if will have all the swings you can dream of and when the day comes when you realize baseball, that life doesn't work that way, you will understand that the best way to play is by ANY MEANS necessary. By any means. No excuses. No waiting. F--- patience. F--- injuries and f--- THEM. PLAY as if every at bat may be ur last because it very f---ing well could be. So let's make every single f---ing one count. Lets go get these f---ers!

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id...-john-altobelli-collector-lost-baseball-souls

"He was a collector," Tyler Parker, a family friend, likes to say, "of lost baseball souls."

 

[John Kelly]

Thanks for sharing, Kev.

Inspirational.

 

[Juan Marichal]

Any chance the helicopter could have survived an ocean landing?

And what about parachutes to abort the flight?

Not sure about the physics or logistics to either question.

Que?

 

[Juan Marichal]

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By that logic, Brock will be a great man.

 

[Juan Marichal]

Better info here...

http://forum.thegamblingforum.com/index.php?/topic/57246-kobe/page-5

 

[Juan Marichal]

That's a huge bird in that tree at bottom right.

 

[MrTop]

Vanessa Bryant sues helicopter company for deaths

 

[John Kelly]

The memorial service just ended at Staples Center.

So well done.

Uplifting.

 

[John Kelly]

I especially enjoyed the speeches of Rob Pelinka and Gino Auriemma.

Crying Michael Jordan, not so much.

 

[Viejo Dinosaur]

Didn’t take long for the Bryant family to file a wrongful death suit....the lawyers want to get paid....

 

[waco]

Lawsuit has nothing to do with Vanessa wanting money. She and the kids will never spend what Kobe is worth. She doesn't ever want this happening again to anyone else.

 

[John Kelly]

Vanessa's speech was moving.

Despite losing her husband and daughter, she said she still plays on the best team.

 

[John Kelly]

Vanessa's speech was moving.

Despite losing her husband and daughter, she said she still plays on the best team.

During her tribute speech, Vanessa said to Kobe: You got Gigi and I got the other three girls..."We're still the best team."

 

[railbird]

I think it's time to drop the question mark in this thread title.




P.S I was surprised to learn Kobe only won one MVP award in 2008. I thought he had a least 2.

east coast bias

 

[trytrytry]

so the crash photos were leaked somehow? is that what Im reading online.