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The American basketball league WNBA pays great tribute to the daughter of Kobe Bryant.
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Gigi and two teammates who died in the tragic helicopter crash on January 26 are drafted into the WNBA.
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For this purpose, the league names an award after Kobe and Gianna Bryant.
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Kobe Bryant was on the way to his daughter’s basketball tournament with seven other people when the tragic accident happened.
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It was the big dream of 13-year-old Gianna “Gigi” Bryant. Like her father Kobe († 41), she wanted to be one of the best basketball players in the world. On January 26, however, the tragic event intervened, which shook the sports world. Gianna and Kobe Bryant and seven other people were killed in a helicopter crash near Los Angeles.
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Now the WNBA pays great tribute to Kobe Bryant’s daughter. At the draft on Friday, Gigi and her teammates Alyssa Altobelli and Payton Chester, who also died in the accident, are posthumously included in the women’s basketball league.
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Kobe’s widow Vanessa Bryant is touched about the award in an Instagram video: “A dream would have come true for her, for which she worked hard every day.” Like her father, she wanted to be one of the greatest athletes in history, she says with tears.
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There is also an honor for the Bryants: The WNBA names the new “Kobe & Gigi Bryant WNBA Advocacy Award” after Kobe and his daughter. The aim of this award is to honor those people who make a major contribution to the development of girls’ and women’s basketball. “The recipient of Kobe & Gigi Bryant’s WNBA Advocacy Award will be a tireless advocate of women’s basketball and promote the highest levels of leadership,” wrote the WNBA in a statement. Bryant’s wife Vanessa will also be involved in the selection of the award winners.
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Sabrina Ionescu of the New York Liberty was selected first in the WNBA draft on Friday. The German national team player Satou Saballay resulted in a second pick – she is writing basketball history in her country. No German before her was pulled that early.
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