Новости за 29.01.2020

Few, if any, in sports history both embodied and embraced the mythology surrounding them quite like five-time NBA champion Kobe Bryant did.

Each week, HoopsHype’s staff gives the Top 10 candidates for this year’s Most Valuable Player award. This list highlights stars who are in the mix for the 2019-20 MVP award due to their impressive play.

Few writers know more about Kobe Bryant than Roland Lazenby, who wrote the 2016 biography “Showboat: The Life of Kobe Bryant.” Lazenby witnessed many of Bryant’s milestones in-person, from his first NBA field goal in 1996 to his first championship in 2000. In addition to interviewing a ton of people in Bryant’s life for his book, he developed a unique bond of his own with Kobe.

SOLEMN THOUGHTS: For the first time since the tragic accident that took Kobe Bryant’s life, along with those of eight other people, it was a Tuesday night, meaning it was time for the NBA on TNT, one of the most important basketball shows in the history of the sport. And, as only they could, they paid their respects to the fallen star with beautiful words and thoughtful anecdotes.