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Los Angeles radio stations held a moment of silence to honor Lakers legend Kobe Bryant at 12:00 PM Pacific Time on Monday.
Bryant and his daughter Gigi tragically passed away on Sunday during a helicopter crash:
Every LA radio station held a moment of silence for 1 min and 8 seconds to honor Kobe Bryant at 12:00PM PST. 🙏 pic.twitter.com/euTnxJjXnH
— ClutchPoints NBA (@ClutchPointsNBA) January 27, 2020
The NBA continued its Sunday schedule as planned with teams running 24 seconds off the clock on their first two possessions in tribute to Bryant. This week marked the 14-year anniversary of Bryant's 81-point game against the Toronto Raptors. LeBron James also passed Bryant on the all-time scoring list on Saturday night in the Lakers' game against the Philadelphia 76ers.
In 1,346 career games for the Lakers, Bryant cemented himself as the greatest Laker of all-time. He holds career averages of 25.0 points, 5.2 rebounds and 4.7 assists per game. The 6-foot-6 shooting guard was an 18-time All-Star, two-time scoring champion, 15-time All-NBA team member, two-time Finals MVP and five-time champion with the Purple and Gold.
Bryant is the fourth-leading scoring in NBA history. Some pundits point to his inefficient shooting numbers as to why Kobe is not higher on their all-time lists. At the end of the day, everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but players who played against Bryant know exactly what Kobe brought to the table every night, and many of them hold the Lakers legend up as the greatest player they ever played against.
The Lakers retired Bryant’s No. 8 and 24 jersey. He will be a first-ballot Hall of Famer one day and always be number one in the hearts of Lakers fans.
