Clippers' Kawhi Leonard says Kobe Bryant's death 'doesn't seem real'
LOS ANGELES - Fans grieving Kobe Bryant's death in a helicopter crash turned the plaza around Staples Center into an impromptu memorial this week.
To the arena where the banners from Bryant's five Lakers championships hang, they came carrying his jerseys, shoes, flowers and basketballs. They wrote their memories of Bryant and his daughter, Gianna, who were among nine who died in the crash Sunday in Calabasas, on paper murals the height of a house's walls.
Some sang. Others cried. But everyone mourned - and that included Clippers star Kawhi Leonard, who watched as the crowds grew from his penthouse high above L.A. Live.
"To see the gathering, the candles, the flowers, kids, grown-ups, dogs, all different type of
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