SOURCE SPORTS: [WATCH] NBA HOFer and Former Laker Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Speaks on the Death Of Kobe Bryant

The entire country and the sports world, in particular, are still in shock at the sudden deaths of Kobe Bryant and his daughter yesterday in a helicopter crash in Calabasas, CA that claimed the lives of four other people.

As one of the most well-known Los Angeles Lakers and also a friend to Kobe Bryant’s father Joe, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar offered up a few heartfelt words about the late All-Star Laker, who Jabbar said that he met when the young Kobe was only 11 years old.