Eighty-one points in his prime and 60 on his way into retirement. Five NBA championships title with the 18 All-Star appearances representing them, 15 All-NBA honours, two jerseys hanging in the rafters - No. 8 and No. 24. And the number that will haunt Los Angeles and the world - only 41 years old.
A future Hall of Famer, an all-time great, the second-best shooting guard ever and the closest thing to people have seen, died Sunday morning, one of nine who perished in a helicopter crash in.
In the twilight of career with the, the 18-time All-Star shared a vision with billionaire: When his time in basketball ended, he would become an investor and turned out to be a brilliant businessman with success in US, Europe and China particularly in China.