One of the people closest to Bryant and his partner in the three Lakers championships, tearfully said: "I couldn't believe what I was seeing, I threw the phone away." • Jerry West, one of the greatest basketball players of all time: "I don't want to appear on the logo anymore" Between Kobe and his wife Vanessa

• Shack and Kobe in the Lakers' sparkling days. The heart was torn

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About 60 hours after the tragic death of basketball legend Kobe Bryant and his 13-year-old daughter in a California helicopter crash along with seven other people, in the US and around the world, are not able to comfort themselves at all.

In the United States recently reported a chilling summary between Bryant and his wife Vanessa. "Kobe was an exemplary family man and this agreement just proves that," it said. It should be noted that the two agreed that they would never get on their private helicopter together. If one of them flies by helicopter, the other will always remain on the ground.

In a special program conducted by the TNT Network at Staples Center in memory of the Black Mamba, Shaquille O'Neal, Kobe's partner for the three Lakers championships, broke down in the former Chin's cry as he told extraordinary frankly about the moment he learned of the disaster. "I was playing my son and with one of my nephews, when suddenly another nephew showed me the news on his cellphone. I suddenly couldn't believe it, didn't want to believe it and threw the phone away."

Shaquille said he simply couldn't believe it: "I was upset with him, I told him to flip the laptop off my face. Everything could go through Photoshop today. I just couldn't believe what I was seeing. Only when I got the phones from Charles Barkley and Kenny Smith did we find it true."

"I have to say I haven't felt this pain in a long time. I'm 47. I've lost two grandmothers, a father, and now a little brother. Our names will always be connected together, because of what we did to the Lakers on the hardwood. We were two opinionated people, and we said certain things one On the other, but the honor will never go away. The fact that we can't laugh together at his show in the Hall of Fame, tell me there are five rings, and Kobe has only four. To say, 'If we stayed together, we would remember ten championships.' say".

"I haven't felt a pain that sharp in a while .. it definitely changes me." '@ SHAQ on the loss of his brother, Kobe. pic.twitter.com/dM5i0DDgGK

- NBA on TNT (@NBAonTNT) January 29, 2020

In the meantime, Jerry West, one of the greatest basketball players of all time, who appears on the famous NBC logo, referred to a petition calling to change the logo in Kobe's memory, to which more than a million and a half users have already signed: "I don't want to appear on the logo anymore Of the league. "

West also revealed that over the course of the career, Bryant considered defeating the Clippers, the hated urban opponent: "It's something I haven't revealed to anyone to date, but Kobe really intended to sign there. At least I remember telling him he couldn't play under Donald Sterling, which in my opinion was Not very successful. "

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❝ I got a call today from Joel. He explained to me how growing up in Africa, Kobe was a guy he looked up to as the star of American basketball at that time, and he is the player who made Joel want to play basketball. I shared with Joel that Kobe, in addition to doing all that scoring, was a 12-time All-Defensive player. I only made it 11 times, so there's a lot of defense that goes into that no. 24. I told Joel to play hard defense, because that's what the no. 24 represents in my mind. I thanked him for the call, and I'm glad he had the chance to talk. ❞ - Bobby Jones. (repost @sixers)

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And we'll end with Tracy McGrady, a former NBC player and longtime rival of the Black Mamba, who managed to leave quite a few people open-mouthed by saying, "It might sound crazy, but Kobe kept saying - 'I want to die young.' "I want my career to be better than Michael Jordan's and to die young," he would say. I thought he was crazy.