Kobe 

Bryant, daughter Gianna among 9 
killed in Calif. copter crash
By Los Angeles Times, adapted by Newsela staff
Published:01/28/2020

This is a sad story about the tragic death of famous basketball player
Kobe Bryant. When covid was first discovered in Wuhan, China.On the
morning of January 26, the BBC made an official announcement that former
NBA player Kobe Bryant was killed with eight other members on his
personal helicopter. including his daughter, Gigi Bryant and two other
families. It was not only the great loss of professional basketball players but
also the pain of countless other athletes bearing the words "Kobe Mentality".
Is the inspiration for many young people walking on the path of basketball.
He played for the Los Angeles Lakers for 20 years. Kobe is one of the
youngest basketball players to join today's biggest basketball tournament, the
NBA at the age of 17. He has retired with a stellar record throughout his
career. In 2006, Bryant scored 81 points in a match. Only one other NBA
player in history has scored more points in a match. He was named the MVP
during the 2007-2008 season. He won a gold medal in basketball at the 2008
Olympics. Bryant is also the youngest player to score 27,000 points in his
career. Bryant retired from NBA in 2016. He changed his career and started
making movies. In 2018, Bryant won an Oscar. Award for a short animated
film titled "Dear Basketball." Meanwhile, he also opened a training center
aimed at training skills for the NBA players he trained and was invited to
participate. I'm a basketball player and I really admire being able to take his
image to motivate and be what I am. When I heard the news of Kobe's death,
I was shocked and cried early in the morning, who made so many
Vietnamese 'ballers' an example to be gone forever.