Since Kobe Bryant in Sunday perished in a tragic helikopterulykke, have lots of american NBA players told how the Los Angeles Lakers-legend in his time gave them the desire to play basketball.
For the former Danish basketprofil Chris Christoffersen was Kobe Bryant also something very special. Although they played on different levels, let Christoffersen inspired by basketikonet. the
Chris Christoffersen was very inspired by Kobe Bryant. Photo: Casper Holmenlund Christensen
- In my while maintaining a basketball career, he has always been in the back of the head. He was born a year before me. He played in high school, when I was in high school in California, and played for the Lakers, when I still lived in California.
- So he has always been a player I have followed, says Chris Christoffersen.
in the 2.18 meters high Christoffersen was 20 centimeters higher than Bryant, and played in a different position. But the work ethic infected.
When he had won a championship, he was back in the hall after one or two weeks and made ready for the next season. There was nothing to take a month free.
- He should always be the first in the hall, the first who saw the video of the opponent, and he mastered the really game. Not only on the field, but also all the small thing by the side of. The dedication I have been trying to deal with, says the former basketball player, who stopped his career in 2019.
Everywhere commemorate the star. Photo: Apu Gomes/Ritzau Scanpix
Kobe Bryant died at the age of 41 years, when a helicopter on Sunday crashed in the in the city of Calabasas, west of Los Angeles.
on board the helicopter was in addition to Bryant, his 13-year-old daughter, Gianna Bryant, and seven other persons.
u.s. authorities have opened a criminal investigation of the crash. the
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