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Remembering Kobe and Gigi

ESPN Daily

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4.63.9K Ratings

🗓️ 24 February 2020

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

Today, mourners gather at Staples Center in Los Angeles to honor Kobe and Gigi Bryant. The Lakers legend, 41, died in a helicopter crash last month, along with his 13-year-old daughter and seven others. ESPN's Ramona Shelburne covered Kobe for almost all of his 20 years with the team. She shares what it's been like inside the Lakers organization since his death, with stories from longtime friends like general manager Rob Pelinka, and those more newly close to the Bryants, like LeBron James. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

I just dream. When we're born into this world, we actually wind up going backwards.

0:06.0

And it seems like the more we mature, the more responsible our dreams become.

0:12.6

And the more governors we put on ourselves and our ability to dream.

0:16.3

And it's always a fight to make sure that your dreams always stay pure.

0:20.7

And so it's not a matter of pushing beyond the limitations or expectations.

0:25.6

It's really a matter of protecting your dreams, protecting your imagination.

0:30.6

That's really the key.

0:31.6

And when you do that, then the world just seems limitless.

0:35.6

Today, the sports world will stop just seems limitless.

0:44.6

Today, the sports world will stop to pay their respects to the man you just heard,

0:45.9

Kobe Bryant.

0:51.0

The NBA legend is being celebrated in a memorial at the Staple Center,

0:54.9

along with the eight others who died with him in a helicopter crash in Southern California.

0:57.0

One month has passed since that fateful day, and ESPN's Ramona Shelburne tells us what it's

1:02.8

been like inside the Lakers organization, then explains how his legacy will shape this NBA season.

1:11.1

I'm Minaakim's.

1:12.4

It's Monday, February 24th.

1:15.0

This is ESPN Daily, presented by ADT.

1:22.3

Ramona, the last time we talked was the night that Kobe Bryant died.

1:31.6

I know, it just still kind of feels astonishing.

1:35.6

Didn't it feel like the whole world was in this grief bubble?

1:39.1

Ramona Shelburne has covered Kobe Bryant for most of his 20 years with the Lakers.

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