# @thehoopbus on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CoV8-pBpnCM
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/14217457-thehoopbus-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/thumbnails/6ee5a7aeee.jpg
- **Posted:** 2023-02-07T01:38:08.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Hoop Bus (@thehoopbus) — https://gondola.cc/thehoopbus

## Caption

We built the bus in late 2019, a few month later the great Kobe left us. We unanimously decided to dedicate the bus to his legacy. We wanted to inspire the NBA to change the logo, ruthlesscreationz striped the bus purple and painted the mural on the roof. We spent the week riding around staples center and hanging purple and gold nets at courts across the city. 

The response was incredible, and with an upcoming trip to CHI for All Star Weekend we realized there was no better way to honor Kobe’s legacy then a Kobe pilgrimage across America.

We had no clue if the bus could make it. It had literally been sitting in the desert for 10 years before that. There wasn’t any of the modern comforts of the current builds, no insulation in the walls driving through 15 degree middle America. 

The crew had faith even though after 3 days of nonstop travel they were cold and more than tired. voiceofvenicebeach and therealsikwitit monopolized the heater the whole way. There was blizzard advisories and snow falling half the drive. The bus was passing trucks that had skidded of the road. Slowly but surely, 10 miles per hour, on bucket at each stop, the bus rolled in to Chicago with a frozen net. Once we arrived it was time to celebrate Show Chi Love an historical weekend in the heart of Westside Chicago…

#showchilove #staytuned #hoopbus #mambaforever #showsaltlove

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showchilove, staytuned, showsaltlove, mambaforever, hoopbus

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