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Natalia Bryant threw out the first pitch on Friday night before the Los Angeles Dodgers hosted the Atlanta Braves as the Lakers NBA franchise for which her father Kobe starred was honoured.

UPDATE: Austin Reaves is returning to the Los Angeles Lakers. Reaves, a restricted free agent, agreed to a four-year, $56 million Early Bird maximum contract. He proved himself this season, averaging 16.9 points, 4.4 rebounds and 4.6 assists for the Lakers in 16 playoff games.

The Los Angeles Lakers have been making a lot of noise this off-season. The Lakers started off the summer in hot pursuit of all-star point guard and 1x NBA champion Kyrie Irving as well as giving LeBron James a two-year contract extension. But how do you go from attempting to bring in Kyrie Irving to trading for Patrick Beverley? Beverley is a good player for what he brings to a team.

Vanessa Bryant was overcome with emotion during a testimony on Thursday, tearfully exiting the courtroom where her trial against Los Angeles County is currently underway. Kobe Bryant's widow is suing over graphic photos taken and allegedly shared by Sheriff's Department officials from the helicopter crash site where Kobe and the couple's 13-year-old daughter, Gianna Bryant, were killed in January 2020. According to multiple reports, bartender Victor Gutierrez was describing in his testimony what he had seen in photos presented to him by Deputy Joey Cruz while working at Baja California Bar & Grill in Norco, California.Asked whether any of the images appeared to be of the late NBA great, Gutierrez said, «I don’t know.

Vanessa Bryant congratulated the Los Angeles Lakers on winning the 2020 NBA Finals against the Miami Heat nearly nine months after the tragic deaths of her husband, Kobe Bryant, and their daughter Gianna.“Congratulations Uncle P!” the former model, 38, wrote on her Instagram Story on Sunday, October 11, alongside a throwback photo of Kobe and Lakers general manager Rob Pelinka.

Vanessa Bryant is celebrating the Los Angeles Lakers on their big win!

Vanessa Bryant is celebrating the Lakers' championship victory, and remembering her late husband, Kobe Bryant.

On Monday, the sports world paid tribute to Kobe and Gianna Bryant as part of a public memorial service at Staples Center. 

Alicia Keys performed a heartfelt rendition of Beethoven's "Moonlight Sonata" for Kobe and Gianna Bryant's Celebration of Life ceremony at the NBA legend's old stomping grounds at Los Angeles' Staples Center on Monday (Feb. 24).

Kobe Bryant's last text message conversation moments before he died was to one of his best friends, Lakers general manager Rob Pelinka.

Up until his passing, Kobe Bryant was doing good for others. During Monday's celebration of life for the NBA player and his daughter Gianna Bryant, Los Angeles Lakers general manager Rob Pelinka took to the stage to share his fondest memories of his close friend.

The deaths of Kobe Bryant and his 13-year-old daughter, Gianna, have hit Rob Pelinka hard.