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  • Jan 30, 2020
    Sixty 5

    this is just reaffirming the fact none of this bullshit in life matters

    careers
    school
    money
    popularity

    all that matters is your family and loved ones/friends.

    Not really true. We wouldn't know and love Kobe if he hadn't been obsessed with his career for 20 years.

  • Jan 30, 2020
    ARCADE GOON

    Dear 17-year-old self,

    When your Laker dream comes true tomorrow, you need to figure out a way to invest in the future of your family and friends. This sounds simple, and you may think it’s a no-brainer, but take some time to think on it further.

    I said INVEST.

    I did not say GIVE.

    Let me explain.

    Purely giving material things to your siblings and friends may appear to be the right decision. You love them, and they were always there for you growing up, so it’s only right that they should share in your success and all that comes with it. So you buy them a car, a big house, pay all of their bills. You want them to live a beautiful, comfortable life, right?

    But the day will come when you realize that as much as you believed you were doing the right thing, you were actually holding them back.

    You will come to understand that you were taking care of them because it made YOU feel good, it made YOU happy to see them smiling and without a care in the world — and that was extremely selfish of you. While you were feeling satisfied with yourself, you were slowly eating away at their own dreams and ambitions. You were adding material things to their lives, but subtracting the most precious gifts of all: independence and growth.

    Understand that you are about to be the leader of the family, and this involves making tough choices, even if your siblings and friends do not understand them at the time.

    Invest in their future, don’t just give.

    Use your success, wealth and influence to put them in the best position to realize their own dreams and find their true purpose. Put them through school, set them up with job interviews and help them become leaders in their own right. Hold them to the same level of hard work and dedication that it took for you to get to where you are now, and where you will eventually go.

    I’m writing you now so that you can begin this process immediately, and so that you don’t have to deal with the hurt and struggle of weaning them off of the addiction that you facilitated. That addiction only leads to anger, resentment and jealousy from everybody involved, including yourself.

    As time goes on, you will see them grow independently and have their own ambitions and their own lives, and your relationship with all of them will be much better as a result.

    There’s plenty more I could write to you, but at 17, I know you don’t have the attention span to sit through 2,000 words.

    The next time I write to you, I may touch on the challenges of mixing blood with business. The most important advice I can give to you is to make sure your parents remain PARENTS and not managers.

    Before you sign that first contract, figure out the right budget for your parents — one that will allow them to live beautifully while also growing your business and setting people up for long-term success. That way, your children’s kids and their kids will be able to invest in their own futures when the time comes.

    Your life is about to change, and things are about to come at you very fast. But just let this sink in a bit when you lay down at night after another nine-hour training day.

    Trust me, setting things up right from the beginning will avoid a ton of tears and heartache, some of which remains to this day.

    Much love,

    Kobe

  • Jan 31, 2020
    ARCADE GOON

    Dear 17-year-old self,

    When your Laker dream comes true tomorrow, you need to figure out a way to invest in the future of your family and friends. This sounds simple, and you may think it’s a no-brainer, but take some time to think on it further.

    I said INVEST.

    I did not say GIVE.

    Let me explain.

    Purely giving material things to your siblings and friends may appear to be the right decision. You love them, and they were always there for you growing up, so it’s only right that they should share in your success and all that comes with it. So you buy them a car, a big house, pay all of their bills. You want them to live a beautiful, comfortable life, right?

    But the day will come when you realize that as much as you believed you were doing the right thing, you were actually holding them back.

    You will come to understand that you were taking care of them because it made YOU feel good, it made YOU happy to see them smiling and without a care in the world — and that was extremely selfish of you. While you were feeling satisfied with yourself, you were slowly eating away at their own dreams and ambitions. You were adding material things to their lives, but subtracting the most precious gifts of all: independence and growth.

    Understand that you are about to be the leader of the family, and this involves making tough choices, even if your siblings and friends do not understand them at the time.

    Invest in their future, don’t just give.

    Use your success, wealth and influence to put them in the best position to realize their own dreams and find their true purpose. Put them through school, set them up with job interviews and help them become leaders in their own right. Hold them to the same level of hard work and dedication that it took for you to get to where you are now, and where you will eventually go.

    I’m writing you now so that you can begin this process immediately, and so that you don’t have to deal with the hurt and struggle of weaning them off of the addiction that you facilitated. That addiction only leads to anger, resentment and jealousy from everybody involved, including yourself.

    As time goes on, you will see them grow independently and have their own ambitions and their own lives, and your relationship with all of them will be much better as a result.

    There’s plenty more I could write to you, but at 17, I know you don’t have the attention span to sit through 2,000 words.

    The next time I write to you, I may touch on the challenges of mixing blood with business. The most important advice I can give to you is to make sure your parents remain PARENTS and not managers.

    Before you sign that first contract, figure out the right budget for your parents — one that will allow them to live beautifully while also growing your business and setting people up for long-term success. That way, your children’s kids and their kids will be able to invest in their own futures when the time comes.

    Your life is about to change, and things are about to come at you very fast. But just let this sink in a bit when you lay down at night after another nine-hour training day.

    Trust me, setting things up right from the beginning will avoid a ton of tears and heartache, some of which remains to this day.

    Much love,

    Kobe

  • Jan 31, 2020
    ARCADE GOON

    Dear 17-year-old self,

    When your Laker dream comes true tomorrow, you need to figure out a way to invest in the future of your family and friends. This sounds simple, and you may think it’s a no-brainer, but take some time to think on it further.

    I said INVEST.

    I did not say GIVE.

    Let me explain.

    Purely giving material things to your siblings and friends may appear to be the right decision. You love them, and they were always there for you growing up, so it’s only right that they should share in your success and all that comes with it. So you buy them a car, a big house, pay all of their bills. You want them to live a beautiful, comfortable life, right?

    But the day will come when you realize that as much as you believed you were doing the right thing, you were actually holding them back.

    You will come to understand that you were taking care of them because it made YOU feel good, it made YOU happy to see them smiling and without a care in the world — and that was extremely selfish of you. While you were feeling satisfied with yourself, you were slowly eating away at their own dreams and ambitions. You were adding material things to their lives, but subtracting the most precious gifts of all: independence and growth.

    Understand that you are about to be the leader of the family, and this involves making tough choices, even if your siblings and friends do not understand them at the time.

    Invest in their future, don’t just give.

    Use your success, wealth and influence to put them in the best position to realize their own dreams and find their true purpose. Put them through school, set them up with job interviews and help them become leaders in their own right. Hold them to the same level of hard work and dedication that it took for you to get to where you are now, and where you will eventually go.

    I’m writing you now so that you can begin this process immediately, and so that you don’t have to deal with the hurt and struggle of weaning them off of the addiction that you facilitated. That addiction only leads to anger, resentment and jealousy from everybody involved, including yourself.

    As time goes on, you will see them grow independently and have their own ambitions and their own lives, and your relationship with all of them will be much better as a result.

    There’s plenty more I could write to you, but at 17, I know you don’t have the attention span to sit through 2,000 words.

    The next time I write to you, I may touch on the challenges of mixing blood with business. The most important advice I can give to you is to make sure your parents remain PARENTS and not managers.

    Before you sign that first contract, figure out the right budget for your parents — one that will allow them to live beautifully while also growing your business and setting people up for long-term success. That way, your children’s kids and their kids will be able to invest in their own futures when the time comes.

    Your life is about to change, and things are about to come at you very fast. But just let this sink in a bit when you lay down at night after another nine-hour training day.

    Trust me, setting things up right from the beginning will avoid a ton of tears and heartache, some of which remains to this day.

    Much love,

    Kobe

  • Jan 31, 2020

    been bumping kobe bryant by weezy the past few days

    RIP

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    Ever since this happened, it pops up in my mind like 10-15 times throughout the day and I'm just like WTF. Such a surreal thing, it's like living out a bad dream.

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    Chuck McGill

    Ever since this happened, it pops up in my mind like 10-15 times throughout the day and I'm just like WTF. Such a surreal thing, it's like living out a bad dream.

    for real

    not even a huge basketball fan, it's just not a big thing in england but it was so upsetting & still doesn't feel real

    Kobe showed a lot of love to MJ throughout the years and I always admired and respected him for that and his work ethic

    it's so sad

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    KingOfPop

    for real

    not even a huge basketball fan, it's just not a big thing in england but it was so upsetting & still doesn't feel real

    Kobe showed a lot of love to MJ throughout the years and I always admired and respected him for that and his work ethic

    it's so sad

    MJ and KOBE, 2 GOATS. 2 LEGENDS.

    I would say Kobe's untimely passing is the most shocking since Michael.

    This some sad s***, but Legends of this caliber never really die.

  • Jan 31, 2020
    ARCADE GOON

    Dear 17-year-old self,

    When your Laker dream comes true tomorrow, you need to figure out a way to invest in the future of your family and friends. This sounds simple, and you may think it’s a no-brainer, but take some time to think on it further.

    I said INVEST.

    I did not say GIVE.

    Let me explain.

    Purely giving material things to your siblings and friends may appear to be the right decision. You love them, and they were always there for you growing up, so it’s only right that they should share in your success and all that comes with it. So you buy them a car, a big house, pay all of their bills. You want them to live a beautiful, comfortable life, right?

    But the day will come when you realize that as much as you believed you were doing the right thing, you were actually holding them back.

    You will come to understand that you were taking care of them because it made YOU feel good, it made YOU happy to see them smiling and without a care in the world — and that was extremely selfish of you. While you were feeling satisfied with yourself, you were slowly eating away at their own dreams and ambitions. You were adding material things to their lives, but subtracting the most precious gifts of all: independence and growth.

    Understand that you are about to be the leader of the family, and this involves making tough choices, even if your siblings and friends do not understand them at the time.

    Invest in their future, don’t just give.

    Use your success, wealth and influence to put them in the best position to realize their own dreams and find their true purpose. Put them through school, set them up with job interviews and help them become leaders in their own right. Hold them to the same level of hard work and dedication that it took for you to get to where you are now, and where you will eventually go.

    I’m writing you now so that you can begin this process immediately, and so that you don’t have to deal with the hurt and struggle of weaning them off of the addiction that you facilitated. That addiction only leads to anger, resentment and jealousy from everybody involved, including yourself.

    As time goes on, you will see them grow independently and have their own ambitions and their own lives, and your relationship with all of them will be much better as a result.

    There’s plenty more I could write to you, but at 17, I know you don’t have the attention span to sit through 2,000 words.

    The next time I write to you, I may touch on the challenges of mixing blood with business. The most important advice I can give to you is to make sure your parents remain PARENTS and not managers.

    Before you sign that first contract, figure out the right budget for your parents — one that will allow them to live beautifully while also growing your business and setting people up for long-term success. That way, your children’s kids and their kids will be able to invest in their own futures when the time comes.

    Your life is about to change, and things are about to come at you very fast. But just let this sink in a bit when you lay down at night after another nine-hour training day.

    Trust me, setting things up right from the beginning will avoid a ton of tears and heartache, some of which remains to this day.

    Much love,

    Kobe

  • Jan 31, 2020

    Bro... this really happened...

  • Feb 1, 2020

    i'm still shook. i feel robbed and cheated.

  • Feb 1, 2020

    Also f*** the media for saying Rick Fox was on board, then saying all of Kobe’s kids were, then retracting Rick Fox & the kids then confirming Gigi like holy f***. Ethics & morals out the window..

  • Jan 4, 2021

    Can’t believe it will be almost a year since his death

  • Jan 26, 2021

    RIP one year ago today

    The true goat

  • Aug 19, 2021
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    Still doesn’t sit right RIP

    It’s his birthday in a few days

  • Aug 20, 2021
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    Wildest celebrity/athlete death in my lifetime easily, s*** still crazy damn

  • Aug 20, 2021
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    Birdie

    Still doesn’t sit right RIP

    It’s his birthday in a few days

    Why you bump this

  • Aug 20, 2021
    Zach LaBeam

    Why you bump this

    I was thinking on it and realized his birthday was coming up

    Feels right saying RIP

  • Aug 20, 2021
    Zach LaBeam

    Why you bump this

    s*** hasnt been the same since kobe and gigi passed

    i still feel the initial shock man that s*** hurted

  • Aug 20, 2021
    Goldmenace

    Wildest celebrity/athlete death in my lifetime easily, s*** still crazy damn

    Chadwick f***ed me up ngl. Can't watch BP really

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    RIP Bean

    I feel so damn silly for hating on this man for 20 years as a Kings fan

    Solidified my love for the game, my team and my city tho

  • Aug 21, 2021

    World changed forever that day and it feels like it will never go back to normal

  • Aug 21, 2021

    Bro tell me why my heart stopped when I saw this even though I already know what happened

  • we are living in the worst possible timeline

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