(April 13th, 2017)
Dear Kobe,
Remember Biggie’s song Long Kiss Goodnight? One of BIG’s verses… “Be broke, girls won’t date you, that’s what I relate to.” Just like BIG could relate to once being broke and needing money to get girls, I could relate to your Mamba mentality in winning our offices spring annual wastebasket basketball championship.
It’s been a year since your final game, and we in the office still talk about it. I debate everyone that it’s the greatest final game of a legend ever!
One we’ll never forget. We can’t remember the Bird, Kareem, MJ, or Russell’s last game… but we all remember 60.
So yeah, my company hosts this wastebasket basketball championship every year during March madness. There’s this super Kobe fan in the office… we call her Mumba’s Munchkins cause she has your pictures and stuff up at her desk AND she’s won the championship three years in a row now.
Not this year.
I looked at her without flinching like you did against Matt Barnes that one time… and shot it without looking into the basket.
No lie! I did not look.
And when I did it… you know I had too… I yelled KOBE all the way!
You’ll be missed Mamba.
Respectfully,
One of your millions of fans
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