Kobe Bryant's high school basketball coach said he lost a hero when the for...
- Kobe Bryant’s high school basketball coach said he lost a hero when the former NBA superstar was killed in a helicopter crash, one of the tributes that continued to pour in on Tuesday while investigators sifted through the wreckage looking for clues.
Downer, who remained close to Bryant and his family until the star’s death, remembered meeting Bryant as a skinny 14-year-old. Even then, he recalled, Bryant was an intense player whose competitive nature inspired teammates and coaches. He retired after the 2015-16 season as the third leading scorer in NBA history. He was passed on the scoring list the night before his death by LeBron James, another prodigy who was drafted straight out of high school and went on to succeed Bryant as the game’s dominant star.
Debris is seen as the site of the helicopter crash that killed Kobe Bryant and eight others in a screen grab taken in Calabasas, California, U.S. January 27, 2020 and released by the National Transportation Safety Board. NTSB/Handout via REUTERSBryant spent several years of his youth in Italy, where the charismatic athlete who spoke Italian was widely revered.
Bryant was known since his playing days to travel frequently by helicopter to avoid the Los Angeles area’s glacial traffic.
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