Doc Rivers in tears after hearing about death of Kobe Bryant | NBA Sound

no, I don't know, you know, I just don't have much to say, the news is just devastating for everyone who knows, for a long time, and you know he even he means a lot to me, obviously, you know he was like that. a great opponent, you know, is what you run in sports, yes, that DNA that very few athletes can have. You know Tiger Woods and Michael Jordan. You know he's funny, yeah. He was getting to know more since he retired. You know, yeah, this. Is this a difficult question? Don't know. uh, you know, we have to go play.

I mean, the news is just devastating for Vanessa, him and his family, and there are so many people airbrushed, you know and you know, it's looking at my young players and seeing how excited they are, I know, you know, and that just tells you how far was its reach, and this is shocking news for all of us and I'm sorry, I don't have much to say, I just can't. I got to go talk to a team before again, that was cool. We had a show about three or four weeks ago and we said and talked for probably 45 minutes.

You know, we always like to reminisce, we always laughed at our versions of our losses. You know, when we beat him in 2008, he edits the version and when he doesn't make 10, I had my version and we were laughing at how different we saw in the games. You know, this is a big loss for the league and I thought he had a lot more to do, you know, and he was starting to do it. I've never seen him happier, so I don't know, I was lucky to have him, you know, I was lucky to be able to train and compete, you know, against him. and you know, and I'm sorry for so many people, I mean obviously his family, you know, I can't imagine Lou played with him, Tyloo, played with him, Cliff Coach with him, Kawhi was very, very close to him, so which was Paul George and he meant a lot of good for our league and especially for the competitive part of our lives, so you know, sometimes things don't make sense, you know and we, there are times when you have to feel like you know, just this feels like you know this is one of them and you know you have to get over it we all will we all will have to be strong you know we laugh and we joke about the mom mentality you know we're all going to need it right now you know and there's no one I think everyone right now is a Lakers fan.

You know, if maybe we're all Lakers today, you feel for that community, Virginia and everyone else. I think people think that sometimes you compete against people if you don't have a relationship with them and I don't like it and it's probably exactly the opposite. I think sometimes the more you compete, the more respect you have for the opponent. I would say that's how I felt about Kobe and that's all I didn't. Just no. I have a lot to say, thanks for watching ESPN on YouTube for highlights and analysis check out the ESPN app and for live streaming and premium content check out ESPN Plus.