Please read the OP. BombSquadSammy wrote 4 or 5 posts addressing the same issues and it's clear that the vast majority of users have their hearts in a good place. Unfortunately, a tiny minority is enough to destroy a whole topic and even lead otherwise good users to engage in poor discussions.
The following is an example of the spirit of this topic:
SOUL wrote:Saw a good post from Derrick Williams:
"He was the most misunderstood basketball player ever and it was because his tenacity, aggression, work ethic that ultimately made you uncomfortable. Who trains like this ? How ? Why would you do that? Ultimately you become better then your idols and that’s what he became to many people from LA. With that said , only two words could describe him , Black Mamba.
One story I want to share is when I go to workout with Kobe. I sent him a text and said Kobe can i get a workout in with you tomorrow? I want to be a better player. He responds “6:30AM Irvine Spectrum” I meet him there but he wasn’t sleepy eyed like I was so I was confused as hell. We lift for 1hr 15 mins , abs another 45 mins , then we hop on the court for an hour. “D Will we are going to work on go to moves , I’ma show you counters and everything and I’m going to rebound for you” for a hour he ran and chased makes and misses to see me get better. I asked him why aren’t you going to shoot ? He said “young fella I’ve been up since 4 , I already shot and ran on the track before I met you here” Thats when I knew I was working with a different animal. Thank you @kobebryant for the ever lasting memories and for what you have done for my generation of basketball players and inspiring athletes. Prayers to the Bryant family."
Please value posts like the one and others above and stop replying to obvious bad posts, especially engaging them in discussion --- i.e, you shouldn't be discussing what some twitter account is saying or if someone was suspended for tweets or something like that. There are some very obvious posts that are fishing for your reactions. Just report them.
I know the upbeat things are far far less interesting than the negative ones, but RealGM has never told any mods to generate more clicks and hits. So... if your heart is set on some battles, you should go find some other website where you can go discuss all that garbage that you can find on twitter threads or your favourite reddit subs.
If you don't respect Kobe and have a pressing need to trash him or trash a topic that is supposed to be about "honouring him", at least respect BombSquadSammy and other users who are still emotional are not on RealGM to have to deal with some of the divisive discussions they have to deal elsewhere.
Again, please read the OP.
My RealGM account is old enough to drink. 
