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Kobe BryantтАШs family is honouring his legacy.
On Friday,┬аVanessa Bryant┬аand her daughters, Bianka and Capri, toured the late Los Angeles LakerтАЩs Hall of Fame exhibit. Vanessa posted a handful of photos from the exhibit, including one of her and her late husbandтАЩs 4-year-old daughter posing in front of KobeтАЩs jerseys. She is also seen wearing her Mambacita sweatsuit.
тАЬBianka at DaddyтАЩs Hall Of Fame exhibit. тЭдя╕П,тАЭ Vanessa captioned the adorable shot.
Kobe will be┬аinducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame┬аthis coming weekend, with basketball legend┬аMichael Jordan honouring the former Laker as he presents him for the next class of hall of famers.
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She also posted one of little Capri┬аin front of a black-and-white wall-size photo of Kobe, captioning it, тАЬCapri at DaddyтАЩs Hall of Fame exhibit. тЭдя╕ПтАЭ
The family also held hands and watched a snippet of KobeтАЩs Oscar-winning animated short,┬аDear Basketball.
тАЬDear Kobe, I love you. тЭдя╕П #HallofFame #dearbasketballтЭдя╕П,тАЭ she wrote.
ItтАЩs been more than a year since KobeтАЩs tragic death in a helicopter crash alongside his 13-year-old daughter, Gianna, and seven others. The Bryant family made the decision to have Jordan present him for one of basketballтАЩs highest honors.
тАЬMembers of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2020 were asked to select previous inductees to accompany and present them to their peers. The choice is solely the decision of the incoming Hall of Famers, or their family members if recognized posthumously,тАЭ the statement read.
In February┬а2020, Jordan tearfully┬аpaid tribute to Bryant at his memorial┬аat the Staples Center in Los Angeles. He spoke about his relationship with him, noting that┬аBryant was like a little brother to him and that Kobe would text him at sometimes odd hours in the night about basketball.
тАЬMaybe it surprises people that Kobe and I were close friends, but we were very close friends,тАЭ he continued. тАЬKobe was my dear friend. He was like a little brother. Everyone always wanted to talk about the comparisons between he and I, but I just wanted to talk about Kobe.тАЭ
The 58-year-old former Chicago Bulls star recently revealed what┬аhis final text conversation with Kobe┬аwas in an┬аinterview with ESPN┬аahead of the Hall of Fame ceremony. Referencing JordanтАЩs tequila brand, Cincoro Tequila, Kobe wrote, тАЬThis tequila is awesome,тАЭ after Jordan sent him a bottle for the launch.
тАЬThank you, my brother,тАЭ Jordan responded.
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