Rick Fox Discusses How Sunday’s Inaccurate Reports Affected His Family | NBA on TNT 

People were calling and texting Rick Fox to see if he was alive. That makes me wonder how many people tried to contact Kobe, hoping he would still be alive to answer.

Kudos to Ernie, and Kenny for pointing out flaws of the media. Thankful Rick Fox is alive. Sad story regardless.

Glad to see Rick Fox

All the so called reporters who lied and said Rick Fox was on that helicopter need to be fired

Denzel Washington checked a reporter about the media wanting to be first instead of checking facts

When Kenny broke down 😥😥. That hit me hard 💔💔💔

Some dummies online were saying all his children were on board too. All this misinformation really ticked me off!

Kenny's reaction at 4:10 broke my heart. 😢💔

Seeing Rick alive and well is just a blessing. First time I've been able to smile in days. For several hours during this ordeal, I also thought he was gone, as well.

Never thought these dudes would make me cry. Love You Kobe.

I hate the fact that the news was broken before the family was notified about what happened

Ernie, Chuck, Rick, and Kenny keeping it real with their responses tonight. Good for them.

This entire series is a beautiful way to honor Kobe. Thank all of you for sharing these moments. What a class group of friends. May you Gentlemen eventually find peace.

people like to overlook Kenny Smith, because he wasnt Barkley or Shaq, but after watching this you cant say that Kenny Smith isn't a real dude! Props to #30

Thankful you’re still alive, Rick.

RIP to Kobe and his beautiful daughter Gigi. My heart hurts.

Kenny’s reaction killed me 💔

I was never a huge Rick Fox fan, but I am very happy to see his face in this video.

Kenny just broke my heart

Bro i really thought Rick Fox died too.. happy to see him here 🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿 RIP to the victims and prayers for their loved ones #MambaForever

“Irresponsible” to say the LEAST... in many regards, an understatement 😔

Sometime people don't understand how sensitive a situation like this is . This guys don't see each others as friends, they see each other as family members.

Crazy what media done to Rick Fox, all these call to know if he is still alive must be hard to live, and for his family...And the loss of Kobe. Must be a hard moment for him too... Kobe had so much impact in a lot of people lives, that what we call a legend! RIP Kobe

Kenny's reaction

Never been so Happy to see Rick Fox

I don’t like how TMZ reports less than an hour after so his family found out on social media and not from officials or loved ones

The race to be first in telling a story ugh Kenny so right a world in mourning

My heart broke for Kenny when he started crying. I couldn't imagine being in his shoes when he finds out Kobe is gone and that Rick, his good friend, may have been on the helicopter as well. And the guilt he must've felt when he was so happy he knew Rick was okay, yet knowing Kobe was still gone. The media should be ashamed of themselves with the way they handled the information about this tragedy. They owe the Fox family a major and sincere apology.

Fox's earpiece went out 3 times, one for each time he won a ring with Kobe.

How sad it was to hear the news about KOBE. His NBA. Stardom will forever be remembered.

God Bless you Rick Fox 🙏.

RIP KOBE AND EVERYONE WHO DIED ON THE HELICOPTER 😪

Someone deserves to be sued. I didn’t see initial stories that Rick was on the flight, but I did see clarification in later articles that the rumors weren’t true. Sunday was just too much.

That earpiece falling off is just Kobe messing with his friend.

"The race to be first, you dont know what it does to people'' in a time of such sorrow to put out misinformation is disgusting and will leave lasting scars on people!

Kenny had me bawling like a new born toddler

Words cannot express our gratitude to you legends for airing yourselves during this dark time. You're helping us all heal more than you know. Deepest condolences to everybody...

Kobe's death effected me big time. We share the same birthday of August 23 1978. He was born at 5pm, I was born at 5:15 pm. This was really hard for me to watch. Still can't believe he's gone

This is too much. RIP to All those involved. Kobe my second favorite player ever. LEGENDARY.

I'm literally still in disbelief like dawg, Kobe really gone 😞

This is so real man! Thanks TnT!

4:09 same Kenny same

We see these guys on NBA TV, espn, and other shows and forget how human they are. To the CREW, I wish I could give each of you a hug right now. I love everything you guys have done for game of basketball. The countless hours you guys have spent on the court, in the gym, at home, in the office and in front of the camera giving us, the fan, insight into the game of basketball, Thank You. Your grateful and appreciative fan, Tou Hue Xiong.

I have unimaginable respect for these men right now.....

This bond can never be broken.

I would like to know where this story came from. I spent about the first hour thinking Kobe and Rick Fox were both dead.

watching all of the these Kobe videos will have you crying all night

Got a lot of respect for Rick Fox, both for his NBA career, his media career and his involvement with e-sports/LoL - super awesome guy. Really rough time for him and his family.

The times we live in. FIRST for this FIRST for that. Sometimes it's best to be LAST

This was so powerful and painful, these guys are amazing.

Such a sad situation yet so good to see men willing to share their emotions...especially former athletes who are known for toughness.

Have to review this occasionally to remember. And to remember to not take your loved ones for granted.

Still very heavy - thanks for the memories Mamba. Rick, Bless up..

Thx! Kobe for being a great inspiration for all age groups. U are the Goat in my age bracket. My condolence goes out to your family and everyone else that was on the helicopter. Kobe is legendary forever. R.I.P.

This is still so hard to process...wow! 💔

I was just watching OZ. Glad to see Rick alive and well hope he can heal from this pain one day

Just imagine all the text messages kobe had that were left unread ....

So sad to see misinformation spread online. It sounds like it really affected Rick in a situation that was hard enough for him already losing a friend. We all must work to double check information that we re-post online!

There was so much inaccurate reporting that the emotional rollercoaster attached kept many people from being able to properly grieve the enormity of the actual tragedy. My prayers go out to the families of all 9 souls lost in that tragic accident and I hope that those who were erroneously added have received some sort of apology so they can go through the necessary mourning process without distraction. This has put some important things into perspective for me. It’s much more beneficial to hold a conversation than it is to hold a grudge. RIP Mamba, Mambacita, Altobelli Family, Christina Mauser, Sarah & Payton Chester, and Ara Zobayan... 🙏🏾

Don't really want to comment but it's nice seeing the actual love people have for each other.

Relieved to see Rick is alive and somewhat well!

I can only imagine the roller coaster of emotions Kenny have been feeling. Thankfully Rick Fox is ok

Man this right here...my God

Rick got a look into what it would be like AFTER a tragedy happens...he experienced ppls reaction...its so deep....I'm sure he is TRAUMATIZED

Rick Fox People will never take life for granted again, ever!

I just cried my heart out

This TNT special destroyed me. Seeing so many legends in the basketball community and my heroes holding back tears was too much

Shaq and Ernie turning in disbelief when Rick Fox said Kenny raised him

REST IN PEACE KOBE BRYANT 🐍 👑👑 👑🇧🇿🇧🇿

Thank god he didn't die. Not only was he integral to the championship run. He's a pioneer to the E-Sports industry. RIP Kobe and Gigi.

Rick Fox was always my favorite player.

I heard someone on the bus having a phone conversation saying this ... I refused to look at my phone ....this is crazy 😢💔

Wow! Broken heart.

Love you all

I never saw or heard about Rick Fox being on the helicopter but I did see some dumb news station report that all of Kobe's daughter were on the helicopter.

Rick was once married to his own Vanessa( Williams) himself :(..hearing youre deceased on social media has gotta be one of the roughest things ever

I’ve always loved TNT NBA

Still cannot believe he’s gone. Still feel that he is young and shining like a super star, still think of he would come out say something.

Where can I watch the entire episode?

" the race to be first" god it so true its disgusting.

Rip kobe we love you so much

I was at Taco Bell getting Nacho Boxes when I got the alert on my cell. I freaked out at the counter, along with everyone there, we all seemed to get alerts, or texts all at the same time.

And this is why Kenny Smith is my favorite out of the three of them. (Ernie fills a different roll, so I excluded him)

Does anyone know how Rick Fox’s name even came up in the rumors?

Great Scott! Is that doc brown or Rick Fox?

I LIVE IN TAMPA FLORIDA AND HEARD RICK FOX WAS ON THE PLANE TOO....

Prayers to Kobe Bryant family till this day very sad to

Just want to throw my personal experience out there. I worked at a grocery store when I was like 15, the typical little cart 🛒 collector position that has you in the parking lot pretty much the entire shift. Chick-fil-A shares the parking lot with the grocery store so I would see Kenny coming and going all the time. Picking up food before going to the ymca or running quick errands with his kids. That man was the exact same every time I saw him. If you ever saw him at the ymca he would play ball with whoever. There was like 2 or 3 straight summers that Kenny Smith, Cynthia cooper from the WNBA Comets and Master P would be at that ymca hooping. This was back in the day during the Master P No Limit period when they were huge And master P had finished playing in the nba. All of them were so laid back. Amazing people and something I’ll remember for ever

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Chilling

I still can’t figure how Rick fox even entered the story. When I heard Kobe was gone and there were four others I hoped none of his family were with him. When the police came out and said the number was 9 I knew without knowing we probably lost another member of the Bryant family. It just made sense that his kids or his wife would be with him. I just never understood how they got Rick fox involved in all this.

TNT does it right bro

Social media twists up EVERYTHING😑

Fox looks like a musical composer

Ernie at the center, being the rock for them all as always.

Agreed, the media calls it a "get". The proper officials should be the ones to make sure the family members have been notified first, and they should do it before any news goes public.

I had heard that Rick and all of kobes daughters were on the copter.....SMH!!!

My God 💔💔💔😪😪😪

The problem with media outlets when a tragedy first happens, they're all in competition to get the news out first, so they report what they're told by someone rather than checking it out first. These days you never get a straight story until the day after something big happens.

There's a footballer called Ian wright who meets his teacher that he was told was dead years before, Its a crazy moment if anyone wants to see it