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 Kobe  and  Gianna Bryant ’s legacy is reaching new heights. The WNBA immortalized the father-daughter pair along with fellow helicopter crash victims Alyssa Altobelli and Payton Chester on Friday, April 17. During the WNBA’s draft “The Kobe & Gigi Bryant Advocacy Award” was announced, along with Gigi being named an “honorary draft pick.” Mom and wife  Vanessa Bryant  dedicated several heartfelt posts to the moving tribute on social media, including an emotional video message.

Kobe and Gianna Bryant are being immortalized by the WNBA in a big way.

Vanessa Bryant is thanking the WNBA for honouring her late daughter, Gianna Bryant, and two other young female victims from the tragic January helicopter crash that took their lives and the life of Kobe Bryant.

Gianna Bryant, the 13-year-old daughter of Kobe Bryant, who perished alongside her father in a helicopter crash in January, has been made an honorary pick for the WNBA draft.

Vanessa Bryant is thanking the WNBA for honoring her late daughter, Gianna Bryant, and two other young female victims from the tragic January helicopter crash that took their lives and the life of Kobe Bryant.

Gianna Bryant, Alyssa Altobelli and Peyton Chester are being honored alongside the class of 2024 during the WNBA draft. On Friday afternoon, the WNBA recognized the players in a virtually hosted draft for the class of 2024. WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert started the night with a speech honoring Kobe Bryant, Gianna and others.

Tonight the 2020 WNBA Draft will be going down on ESPN, and as you may know, the special event will take place virtually due to the current pandemic that we are facing. Nonetheless, it looks like a special tribute will still take place in honor of three special rising stars in women’s basketball.

Vanessa Bryant says the WNBA is honoring her late daughter, Gianna Bryant, and two other young female victims from the tragic January helicopter crash that took their lives and the life of Kobe Bryant. With the WNBA draft set to take place on Friday, Vanessa noted that her daughter, who died at the age of 13, and two other victims, Alyssa Altobelli and Payton Chester, will be honored during the draft. 

Kanye West‘s friendship with Kobe Bryant impacted him in a massive way. The 42-year-old rapper covers the May issue of GQ magazineand opens up about how he plans to live his life like the late basketball star.

Kanye West's friendship with Kobe Bryant impacted him in a massive way. The 42-year-old rapper covers the May issue of magazineand opens up about how he plans to live his life like the late basketball star.

The basketball world celebrated Mamba Day on Monday, April 13 — a tribute to the late Kobe Bryant on the anniversary of his final game in the NBA now four years ago.

Vanessa Bryant is remembering Kobe Bryant and their daughter Gianna.  On Monday, she paid tribute to the fallen basketball legend and their 13-year-old athlete in a moving post to commemorate Mamba Day, which honors Kobe's final NBA game before retiring in 2016.

Saturday was a bittersweet day for Vanessa Bryant and her daughters: It was announced that her late husband Kobe Bryant will be posthumously inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.

Though it’s almost hard to remember what normal life was like just two weeks ago before we were all self-quarantining, it’s already been two months since the sudden passing of Kobe Bryant.

Thinking about her angels. Vanessa Bryant shared a touching video of Kobe Bryant and Gianna Bryant two months after they lost their lives in a fatal helicopter crash.

It looks like Drake will be fine-tuning his jump shot until the coronavirus calms down. On Monday (March 16), Drake showed off his indoor basketball court and his latest toy: his basketball shooting machine.

Kobe Bryant and 13-year-old Gianna Bryant will forever live in the hearts of their surviving family members.

Vanessa Bryant is honoring her late husband and 13-year-old daughter in a special way. On Sunday, the 37-year-old star took to Instagram to share a heartfelt picture of her 17-year-old daughter, Natalia Diamante Bryant.

Off the bat, we’d like to note the (above) image from the crash site has NOTHING to do with the photos in question. It is a screenshot straight from National Transportation Safety Board footage, as they were authorized to film the scene. This footage has been widely shared on TV, print, and online.

It has been one week since Vanessa Bryant gave her heartbreaking speech for her 13-year-old daughter Gianna, and her late husband Kobe Bryant, at their celebration of life at the Staples Center after their tragic deaths in a helicopter crash in January of 2020.

Kobe Bryant's widow Vanessa Bryant is "absolutely devastated" by a report that said Los Angeles authorities shared photos from the scene of the helicopter crash that killed the NBA icon, their 13-year-old daughter Gianna Bryant and seven other people in January. The Los Angeles Times said on Thursday that Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies shared graphic pictures of the accident site, a hillside in Calabasas, California.

Vanessa Bryant‘s legal team is speaking out about the horrible allegation that gruesome photographs were taken at the crash site where her husband and daughter, Kobe and Gianna Bryant, were killed along with seven others.

Vanessa Bryant is speaking out about a painful ongoing investigation.

Vanessa Bryant is requesting an internal affairs investigation after reports emerged that Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies and Los Angeles County Fire Department authorities allegedly shared photos of the helicopter crash that killed Kobe Bryant, Gianna Bryant and seven others.

Roommates, some of the Deputies of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s department are reportedly under investigation for allegedly sharing photos of the scene whereKobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna Bryant tragically lost their lives.

Our hearts are breaking all over again.

Vanessa Bryant's latest tribute to Kobe Bryant and Gianna Bryant will bring tears to your eyes. The wife of the late Lakers legend took to Instagram on Thursday to share some family footage.

This tribute is nothing short of a slam dunk. Just days after remembering her late husband Kobe Bryant and daughter Gianna Bryant at their celebration of life, Vanessa Bryant is acknowledging a very special tattoo.

Kobe Bryant‘s sister, Sharia Washington, has come into the spotlight after revealing a beautiful tribute she made to her late brother and her niece, Gianna Bryant, in the weeks after their tragic deaths. Though Kobe was not close with their parents after a falling out in 2013, the Los Angeles Lakers icon absolutely adored Sharia and their sister, Shaya Tabb.

Kobe Bryant‘s older sister is paying tribute to the life and memory of her late brother and niece Gianna Bryant exactly one month after the father-daughter duo tragically passed away in the tragic helicopter crash.

This has only happened a few times in the past four decades: the 1984 Olympics, 9/11, and Monday, Feb. 24 – when the memorial service for Kobe and Gianna Bryant brought the city of Los Angeles to a virtual standstill in a transformative moment of friendly unity.

One month after the tragic deaths of Kobe Bryant and his daughter, Gianna Bryant, the basketball legend’s older sister, Sharia Washington, debuted a new tattoo in memory of the pair. The ink, which was done by Peter Barrios, is on Sharia’s shoulder.

Vanessa Bryant is still mourning the loss of her husband and daughter. A source close to the family tells ET that Vanessa found Monday's memorial for Kobe and Gianna Bryant to be healing.

The world is still reeling from the tragic passing of Kobe Bryant, his daughter Gianna and the seven other aboard the helicopter that crashed in the hills of Calabasas, California, on Sunday, January 26. Fans, friends and fellow athletes have being coming to terms with the passing of one of the most revered NBA players of all time — namely famed NFL quarterback and husband to Gisele Bündchen, Tom Brady.

In mourning. The tragic loss of Kobe Bryant and his teen daughter, Gianna Bryant, has taken a toll on wife and mother Vanessa Bryant.

“One thing I can come out of it saying is how strong and how bold and how powerful Vanessa [Bryant] is,” LeBron James said at the Los Angeles Lakers’ shootaround on Tuesday (Feb. 25), according to Sports Illustrated.