The 41-year-old basketball legend and his 13-year-old daughter shared a love of basketball
, Vanessa Bryant: Natalia, 17, Gianna, 13, Bianka, 3, and Capri, born last June.
His daughter, Gianna, who also went by Gigi, had dreams of joining the WNBA and following in her father’s footsteps. The former Lakers player even coached her team at the Mamba Sports Academy, a training center that he opened. Bryant and his daughter were on their way to the training center when their helicopter crashed, killing the nine people onboard.
It is no secret that Bryant was proud of all of his daughters. His Instagram had become an account for sharing videos of both Gianna and his eldest, Natalia, playing sports. Gianna, though, truly shared her dad’sin July 2017, “[Gianna]’s pretty fierce. She loves playing, she loves shooting. She came to me last summer and asked if I would teach her the game a little bit, so she really just started playing, but she picked up things innately.
Bryant said that she was quick to remind people of her plan: “[Gianna] will be standing next to me, and [fans] will be like, ‘You gotta have a boy. You and [wife Vanessa] gotta have a boy, you gotta have somebody carry on the tradition, the legacy.’ And she’s like, ‘Oh! I got this. Don’t need no boy for that! I got this.’ ”
The pair had a particularly special bond. Tethered by not just blood, but a love of the game, Gianna accompanied Bryant to games, even going viral after being caught on camera getting some advice from her father at a game between the Atlanta Hawks and the Brooklyn Nets.
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