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the Ex-President of the Russian Federation of basketball Sergey Chernov has commented on Moscow 24 the death of an American basketball player Kobe Bryant. On January 26, the athlete was the victim of a helicopter crash in the United States.
According to him, before Bryant had a lot of legendary basketball players, who stood out against the General background, and in the National basketball Association a priori “all the players are strong.”
“the NBA players have no zone defense, they almost all play one to one and almost all speak very good individual technique. There were many strong players of different generations – Jordan, LeBron, Larry bird, Russell, Chamberlain, and Bryant also stood out among the rest,” – said Chernov.
He is a legend for the National basketball Association (NBA). I saw him at the Olympics, he played superbly, but I didn’t know. He was the star of his League.br />Sergey Chernovets-President of the Russian basketball Federation
Previously the national team of Russia on football has expressed condolences in connection with death of five-time NBA champion Kobe Bryant. Along with the national team of Russia expressed condolences and other football teams. In particular, posts in social networks has made the Russian club “Lokomotiv”, the Spanish “Barcelona” and “real Madrid” and the French PSG, Lyon and Monaco, and also Italian “Milan” and “Roma”.
the Famous athlete was killed on January 26 in the crash of a private helicopter near Los Angeles, California. The accident killed nine people, among them was a basketball player with his 13 year old daughter. The probable cause of the crash could become a dense fog.
Kobe Bryant made his professional career in 2016. Played in the NBA, “Los Angeles Lakers” for 20 seasons, five-time champion of the League. In addition, Bryant was a two-time Olympic champion.
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