'This was a guy who, every time you talked to him, he made you feel better. That’s a nice legacy for anybody,' author Wesley King tells PEOPLE
Known as the greatest of all Greek warriors, whose exploits were chronicled in Homer’s, the fearsome, seemingly invulnerable fighter was eventually killed after being shot in the heel with an arrow during the final days of the Trojan War.
“Kobe tore his own Achilles [ tendon in April 2013] and it was the beginning of his basketball death. Then it was one thing after another — there was a knee injury, there was a shoulder injury and he knew his body would never be the same again.” Drafted by the NBA at 17 in 1996, he spent his entire 20-year career with the Los Angeles Lakers where he led the team to five NBA championships and became the youngest player to score 30,000 points.
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