<p>Kobe Bryant's NBA contemporaries and other people from around the game of basketball took to Twitter to react to the sudden death of the former Lakers superstar on Sunday, Jan. 26, 2020.</p>

Kobe Bryant's NBA contemporaries and other people from around the game of basketball took to Twitter to react to the sudden death of the former Lakers superstar on Sunday, Jan. 26, 2020.

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