I had to have a few weeks to process this. Kobe Bryant was my favorite Laker player. I still have several Kobe jerseys hanging in my closet. That was the saddest day in laker history however, I would like to add, 8 other lost their lives. Gigi Kobe's daughter, three other girls, the women's coach, and the head baseball coach at OCC. This is indeed a trajedy and the bad news is apparently helicopters don't need to have a black box, like an airplane. Kobe did many things behind the scenes, away from the camera, with Make a Wish Foundation. He was a true philanthropist and he loved his daughters. Outside of Michael Jordan, Kobe is the greatest pure 2 guard who ever played the game. However, it was not a lock with Kobe. If you remember the first few years he struggled and he had to develope his outside shooting game. Once he did that he became unstoppable. However, he was not the best teammate, when Smush Parker said, "What is your favorite football team," Kobe replied, "You are not even on my level." In 2000, he made a European player cry, look at the roster it is not hard to figure it out. He said, "I don't think basketball is in your future." He also said, "Dennis Rodman was the best teammate because he never said a word to him." So Kobe also had his flaws we can't just ignore that but outside of Jodan, if I wanted a 2 guard, Kobe. He had a killer instinct and Kobe wanted to rip your heart out and make the game winning shot.