The family, friendships, the first matches where he already dominated: “In Italy I learned the fundamentals”. Journey into his Italian childhood two years after his death
Two years after Kobe Bryant‘s death. Two years after a sudden and ferocious news, which shocked the world, not just sports. Our memory today is not about his NBA prowess, rather his years of growth in Italy. Personal and basketball. The opportunity, and the testimonies of those memories, is offered by Mike Sielski‘s book, The Rise. The rise of Kobe. In search of immortality, basketball, but not only. The chapter that interests us most is the fourth, make a note of it. The years in the beautiful country, so valued and appreciated at the time by the Bryant family. Joe, the father, having closed his NBA career – discreet, but unsatisfactory for dreams of glory and undoubted talent -, was able to build a second life in basketball in Europe. Taking with him his wife Pamela and three children: that promising boy and his sisters Sharia and Shaya. Kobe was 6 years old then.
