re: Anyone else surprised at how upset they are personally by this Kobe news?

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think we're arguing semantics a lot in here by saying more/less sad by Kobe vs a US Military guy. I'm equally saddened by both, but the Kobe one will stick with me more, and I'll think about it more for obvious reasons.

1 is a guy who I never heard of until you just said it. The other is a guy who plays the sport I love and has been a figure in the sports world for over half my life, and I've spent countless hours watching/discussing. It's human nature, there's just an emotional investment there for 1 that you don't get for the other.


But like I said, it really does come down to semantics. I wouldn't say I'm more sad about Kobe, but it absolutely does/will hit me harder for all the reasons above. Maybe that's contradictory and does mean I'm more sad, but if so, I'll fall back to saying that's just human nature, seems pretty rational IMO.

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Was gonna post something similar, but you pretty much nailed it, so I’ll just quote yours

Can we get a kobe poem?

I was never much of a Kobe fan when he played because I started getting into the Celtics and LeBron when I hit puberty and started to mature intellectually and generally classed him as 2nd banana to Shaq during the dynasty years. I generally always cheered for Boston in the Celtics-Lakers rivalry because I liked Bird more and thought they embodied team for both sides of the court to a greater degree than the Lakers historically. Any admiration I possessed for Kobe generally was from afar those years. I actually started getting into Kobe a couple of years ago when the Lakers retired his numbers and everyone reminisced on his legacy, that’s when I truly accepted and acknowledged how big a killer he was and how genuine his approach was. Since that time, I’ve been a retrospective fan I suppose and it thoroughly shocked me when I learned he died. Thought it was fake news at first.

Your whole post made zero sense.

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I am not upset about this at all, he was a sports figure and he past away.

Maybe this board can help me out, I have not seen anything posted about Antonio Moore dying on January 24th. Oh, that is Spc. Antonio Moore. I am more saddened by his death and all the other heirs out there fighting for sports figures to do what they do.

Just saying.......

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sweet virtue signaling

Why did you spit your water out? What makes Princess Diana any more than Kobe?

Unpopular opinion: I'm tired of hearing qbout Kobe. At least he's relegated this stinker of a Kansas-Okie State game to ESPN2

I am a Laker fan and was a fan when they drafted Kobe. But his death has zero affect on me or my life. Sure it's sad for his family and friends but I'm not one of those so no biggie.

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Sure it's sad for his family and friends but I'm not one of those so no biggie

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So you have zero semblance of empathy, cool brag.

I don’t get it TBH. I am more sad about the daughters life getting cut at such a young age with so much in front of her. It’s like the end of A Perfect Storm. The crew knew they weren’t getting out of that storm and right before they let go Whalbergs character wasn’t thinking of himself about to perish. He instead said “this is going to be hard on my boy”. It’s always about the children and as a dad I can’t imagine Kobe having to console his daughter in whatever moments they had until they crashed. And his surviving kids. Tragic.

However, I had turn off the radio in Atlanta today at about 2:00. I listen from 6AM all the way through 5 in my office. It was wall to wall coverage. They just kept playing the same snippets of audio reaction from players and coaches and random stories but none of the radio guys in Atlanta had ever even met the guy so they had nothing meaningful to add. Then they started playing the corniest cliché music (Greenday Time of your life) between segments, comparing it personal family deaths etc. it was just too much. I mean 12 hour coverage?