ONE System | 25/01/2021 19:00
Kobe Bryant (Reuters)
The anniversary of Kobe Bryant’s tragic death in a helicopter crash, along with his home Giana, will be celebrated tomorrow (Tuesday), when the NBA as well as around the world are preparing for the painful milestone and the legendary queen of the legendary former player has not yet recovered.
The Los Angeles Lakers, the club where Bryant has played throughout his career and with which he has won no less than five championships, will continue to pay homage to the late star as players continue to play with his signed shoes, LeBron James will wear a thimble with the number 24 on it. The nickname of the ‘Black Mamba’ whenever they end a timeout or gathering during the game.
James, Referring to the open wound that still refuses to heal: “It is said that time heals everything and how depressing, painful and tragic it was, and yet it is so for all of us involved in it, only time will do it. It takes time, everyone has a different mourning process. I try not to put myself back in this place because it was too gloomy, not just for me, but for this whole organization and everyone involved. There are many things that die in this world, but legends never die, and he is just like that. “
Anthony Davis He added: “As we approach the anniversary of Kobe’s death it still hurts our hearts to really come to the realization that he is no longer with us. I know I’m still dealing with it and I’m having trouble overcoming it, it’s just unbelievable. On this day whenever we gather as a team in a game we will shout ‘Mamba’ at the count of three because we still want to show that he is part of our organization, part of the Lakers. Since the tragedy, we have the perception that it is bigger than us. “
“Once the tragedy happened we were in a situation where we said‘ let’s do this, let’s take the championship for him ’and that is exactly what we did in the end throughout last season. We know we fought to the end to achieve this goal and it was not just for ourselves, it was also for the Bryant family and we were able to achieve that goal ”.
Mark Gasol, The younger brother of Pau Gasol, Bryant’s best friend, also referred to the anniversary and said: “I’m not comfortable talking about it. I’m sorry, even today, a year after that, I never really talked about it. “
