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Was never a big fan of Kobe for a myriad of reasons but you have to admit he was an icon, certainly the most prominent player of his era. Not surprising in the least that his death has been given this kind of treatment. Regardless I tend to think he was overrated and his metrics seem to support that. Outside of Jordan and Westbrook he had the highest usage of any player EVER but his shooting percentage was below league average but the NBA needed a poster boy and no one else had his combination of charisma and domination and as a result the propaganda machine starts and he becomes a poster boy and his impact is global. And there is the fact that he maybe sorta raped someone, even though its a little insensitive to bring it up at this point... Even given all that his idol worship is understandable. I think his legacy is that even though he wasnt Jordan he could work harder than Jordan and even have more points than him in the end and thats a big deal.

Still sad and shocking. Given all the admissible details of the accident I`ve found this a little hard to process.