The basketball legend was also a superstar off the court, boasting the title of certified GirlDad and family man, Bryant cared deeply about the success and wellbeing of his daughters in whatever path of life they aimed for. He won five NBA championships, two NBA Finals MVPs and one league MVP before retiring from basketball in 2016. Known as one of the NBA’s all-time greats, Bryant made the NBA All-Star Game twice over the course of his 20 years in the league.
There were nine fatalities in total, according to AP. The pair was reportedly en route to Mamba Academy in Thousand Oaks, Calif., for one of Gigi’s travel basketball games, alongside another parent and child. Daughter Gianna “Gigi,” 13, was among those killed in the helicopter crash, according to officials. 26, 2020 in a helicopter crash at the age of 41. The basketball star died in a Calabasas, Calif., on Jan. When asked what were the challenges of coaching his daughter, he said, "Making sure she knows that I love her whether she plays well or plays like crap.Today marks the 2-year anniversary of Kobe Bryant’s death.
And so, I enjoy being around them." Gianna "Gigi" Bryant and her father, former NBA star Kobe Bryant, attend the WNBA All-Star Game 2019 on July 27, 2019, in Las Vegas, Nevada
I mean, she's really driven, very competitive… and we have a group of kids that love the game," he said. He was coaching Gigi's AAU basketball team out of his Mamba Sports Academy training facility in Thousand Oaks, California, for the past two years. It was her, she was having such a good time."īryant also spoke to CBS News' Dana Jacobson in October about his life after retiring from professional basketball.
You got this."īryant told the hosts, former NBA players Stephen Jackson and Matt Barnes, about his and Gigi's first experience together at a Los Angeles Lakers game, "We just had so much fun because it was the first time I was seeing the game through her eyes. "The best thing that happens is when we go out, and fans will come up to me, and she'll be standing next to me, and they will be like, 'You gotta have a boy, you and V gotta have a boy, man, to have somebody carry on the tradition, the legacy.' And is like, 'I got this!'" Bryant said. They were on their way to a tournament for the youth league where Bryant coached Gigi's team when the helicopter went down.īryant, known as a fierce competitor during his storied 20-year NBA career, told late night host Jimmy Kimmel in 2018 that Gigi, his second-oldest of four daughters, wanted to play in the WNBA. Gianna, known as Gigi, inherited her father's passion for the game. Not long before NBA legend Kobe Bryant and his 13-year-old daughter Gianna died in a tragic helicopter crash Sunday in Calabasas, California, Bryant reflected on their relationship and their mutual love for the game of basketball in several interviews.
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