Kobe Bryant used to be one of the most popular basketball players in the world. He has a great number of fans around the world because he was really good at playing basketball. But sadly, he died in a helicopter crash(直升机坠毁）with his daughter Gigi on 26th, January 2020.
Kobe once wrote a book—The Wizenard Series: Training Camping. The book is based on parts of Bryant's real-life experience(经历). Bryant said he didn't think he was going to be a writer. But that he often told stories to his daughters is one of the reasons why he wrote his own book. The book is about a youth basketball team and has five stories, with each focusing on the story of one character(主角). Rain, Twig, Cash, Peno and Lab. All of the young kids on the team come from a poor neighborhood. No one thinks they can succeed. But things change after a new coach(教练) joins the team.
During Bryant's life, he won many honors and he was the king of NBA. He had two different numbers on his sports shirts: 8 and 24 during his career(职业生涯). The number 24 means you need to work hard 24 hours a day to succeed. He was such a great player, as well as a very funny man. His good friend Michael Jordan said with tears, "When Kobe died, a part of my body died."
