Columnist dylanohernandez on Kobe Bryant: 'He was all Los Angeles.'
Kobe Bryant was our childhood hero, our adult icon. It seems impossible to believe he has died at age 41.He was a player who, as an 18-year-old rookie in 1997, had the audacity to fire four three-point attempts that became airballs down the stretch of a playoff elimination game loss to the Utah Jazz.The individuality and relentlessness he showed that day became his trademarks.
This city of transplants and immigrants related.Partnered with Shaquille O’Neal, he restored the pride of a city that hadn’t claimed a major championship since the Dodgers won the 1988 World Series.When Magic Johnson won championships with the Showtime Lakers, this was still a Dodgers town. Bryant changed that, enough to where the Dodgers couldn’t reclaim the city even as their recent resurgence coincided with one of the worst stretches in Lakers history.
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