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Members of the Warriors will attend Kobe and Gianna Bryant’s memorial service in Los Angeles

Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson, Draymond Green and Bob Myers will represent the Golden State Warriors at Kobe and Gianna Bryant’s memorial service.

The impact of Kobe Bryant’s tragic passing is still making waves through the NBA. Players from across the league have poured emotional tributes on the court and through social media in Bryant’s honor.

Members of the Golden State Warriors, including Stephen Curry and Draymond Green, have used social media to share their feelings on Bryant’s loss.

In their first home game since his passing, the Warriors paid respect to the fallen Lakers legend. During the game, Curry wore a Bryant jersey on the sideline.

The Staples Center will host a memorial service for Bryant and his daughter Gianna on Monday in Los Angeles.

After Golden State’s loss to the New Orleans Pelicans on Sunday night, Steve Kerr spoke to reporters about Bryant’s upcoming memorial.

Via Lets Go Warriors:

Steph and Draymond will go down to LA for the service with Bob. And the rest of the staff and team will stay here and practice tomorrow. It’ll be a tough day for the NBA, and it’s been a tough few weeks for everybody, and it doesn’t seem real; it really doesn’t. It’s just a constant reminder when you hear his name, when you see him on TV — see images. It’s just a constant reminder of what happened and how tragic it was and how tragic it is for his family. We will all be thinking of Vanessa [Bryant] and the family, and the Lakers. And then the service tomorrow, like I said; Draymond, Steph and Bob will represent us there.

Along with Curry, Thompson and Bob Myers, Klay Thompson is expected to attend the service, according to Conor Letourneau of the San Francisco Chronicle.

The Warriors will travel to Bryant’s home arena as a full team on April 7 in their final game against the Los Angeles Lakers for the 2019-20 season.

Notre Dame’s Braden Lenzy Remembers Kobe Bryant

The news of Kobe Bryant’s death is shocking.  It’s awful, no words do the moment or the news justice.

If you haven’t already heard, this is one of those moments that just shock you.  Some people you grow up watching play a sport, invent the next great thing or do something heroic.  These people seem like real-life action heroes in that they’re just not susceptible to something awful happening.

Kobe Bryant was one of those people or players, who was nothing short of an NBA legend.

Unfortunately that was not the case today as the shocking news of Bryant’s untimely death has shaken not only the sports world but really the entire world.

I was never a Lakers fan by any means and I didn’t necessarily root for Kobe but I sure as heck enjoyed watching him.  I rooted against his Lakers squads for years (2000 NBA Finals still sting) but he was also the first athlete I remember specifically forking over a pretty penny of my hard-earned money to watch in person once I’d gotten a full-time job.

The news of Kobe Bryant’s death is shocking.  It’s awful, no words do the moment or the news justice.  If you’re the praying type I’m sure those close to him and the other victims could use some about now.

In the meantime, Notre Dame speedster Braden Lenzy took to Twitter shortly after the news broke to share memories of Kobe Bryant. I thought I’d share it because it’s a lot deeper and more personal than just “I loved watching him ball” or anything like that.

Again, I’m at a loss for words so won’t even try to do it justice.

Unreal and awfull