man, we really grew up yelling “KOBE!” when we put up jump shots. As the news of Bryant’s death in a helicopter crash on Sunday spread, Twitter users and Times readers from all over shared memories of their “Kobe!” shots: jump shots, trick shots and three-point attempts. Spent so many days shooting hoops growing up yelling “Kobe!” and pretending I was taking the last-second shot like him. My whole middle school revolved around the “Kobe” shot and how fun it made class. Every time I hooped, no matter where, without fail somebody would shoot and yell “Kobe!” It’s these memories along with all of his incredible performances that make his passing hurt even worse.

Source: Los Angeles Times January 27, 2020 21:07 UTC