Analysis: Kobe's presence remains strong, legacy growing

[ASFN Admin]

Kobe Bryant wasn’t in the bubble with the Los Angeles Lakers last fall when they won the NBA championship. Bryant, his daughter Gianna and the other seven people who climbed aboard that helicopter on a Sunday morning in Southern California have been gone for exactly one year now — Tuesday marks the grim anniversary of the crash that took their lives. “God rest his soul, God rest the soul of Gigi and the seven others that perished,” said Miami assistant coach and former NBA player Caron Butler, who was close with Bryant for years.

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