KOBE AND GIANNA

KOBE & GIANNA

HOLLYWOOD WEEKLY MAGAZINE SALUTES AND CONGRATULATES THE NBA ON THEIR PHENOMENAL "WIN" FOR KOBE AND GIANNA

This has been a difficult year, no doubt. Perhaps the worst many of us have seen in our lifetime. You'd have to read history (which you should do anyway) to find a year as painful as this one has been. But an amazing thing happened. In the midst of racial conflicts and disease and raw emotions, the NBA decided to take a stand and "listen to their Players." They heard what they were saying. They heard what they were feeling. And, in some ways, they "felt" what the Players were feeling.

Their have been many critics of the NBA for taking "listening to their Players" and taking action to "show the Players" that they really were listening. Our country is divided. We know that. Most of it is just misinformation -- which is the basis for racism, sexism and bigotry. Misinformation. Because of the NBA deciding to "respect their Players" there has been some fallout. COVID-19, f course, rating have dropped, but critics want to falsely lay all the blame on the NBA's decision to "BE HUMAN."

Hollywood Weekly Magazine commends the NBA for being "Human and showing real compassion." They stood behind their Players in the "Eye of The Storm." They held on together...

The Lakers, in addition to the social climate bearing down on them, had a hole in their heart. The loss of Kobe and Gianna Bryant was so incredibly sad it passed into the realm of "surreal." Tell me you didn't walk around in a COMPLETE DAZE after hearing the news that Kobe and Gianna had died. This is not the same world, I'm sorry to say that. As LeBron James said "We'll never get over this." He's right. This is something we must live with, not something we get over. That's how much Kobe and Gianna meant to this world.

We should never question whether the NBA cares about their Players -- they do. And received sufficient backlash for doing that. But at the end of the day we prevailed. The Lakers WON!! The NBA showed fans around the world that Basketball Players are Human Beings with feelings and thoughts and emotions and when you hire a Player you get all that along with their athletic talent.

Lebron James is the MVP for the FOURTH time in his career. The Lakers are Champions, as they ALWAYS truly are. Kobe and Gianna Bryant are looking down on all of us right now with their Halos.

Hollywood Weekly salutes Lakers Owners: Jeanie Buss, Johnny Buss, Jim Buss, Janie Buss, Jesse Buss, Edward P. Roski, Philip Anschutz, Patrick Soon-Shiong and the Buss Family Trusts.

Hollywood Weekly salutes Lakers Head Coach Frank Vogel and his Top Assistant Coaches Lionel Hollins and Jason Kidd.