Kobe Bryant death: Lakers coach says team wants to ‘represent what Kobe was about’

On Wednesday, the Los Angeles Lakers coach Frank Vogel spoke to media for the first time since Kobe Bryant’s death, saying that Bryant’s influence as an NBA player was “league-wide” and that his team wants to “represent what Kobe was about” and “make him proud” moving forward. Bryant played for the Los Angeles Lakers for the entire duration of his NBA career.