While police have not released the names of the nine people who died in the helicopter crash that killed basketball legend Kobe Bryant, family members of some victims have confirmed their loved ones' deaths.
Nine people died in the helicopter crash that killed basketball legend Kobe Bryant -- including his daughter, Gianna, and her basketball teammate.
The group was flying to Thousand Oaks, California, Sunday for a basketball game, where Gianna was expected to play and Bryant was expected to coach. The helicopter crashed in Calabasas, about 30 miles northwest of downtown Los Angeles.While police have not released the names of the people on board, family members of some victims have confirmed their loved ones' deaths.
— ESPN December 22, 2019 The NBA icon leaves behind his daughters, Natalia, Bianka and Capri, who was born in June, and his wife, Vanessa.Bryant joined the NBA right out of high school, becoming the league's youngest player in history and spent the next 20 seasons of his professional career with the Los Angeles Lakers.He held the position of the third-highest scorer in NBA history until he was surpassed by LeBron James Saturday night."Continuing to move the game forward @KingJames.
— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar January 26, 2020 NBA teams -- including the Charlotte Hornets who drafted Bryant in 1996 before trading him to the Lakers -- also paid tribute."Kobe's toughness on the basketball court was second to none," Charlotte Hornets General Manager Mitch Kupchak said on Twitter."He played through injuries and sickness, oftentimes defying doctors' and ownership's recommendations to not play, in an effort to never miss a game.
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