It’s an particularly touching second given how passionate Bianka’s late father was in regards to the WNBA. A dad to 4 daughters, Kobe acknowledged that his legacy would dwell on within the girls’s league.
“We within the WNBA really feel like Kobe was the person who uplifted our league,” Parker told TNT in February. Bryant’s daughter Gianna was particularly obsessed with basketball, however sadly died alongside her father earlier than her dream of taking part in professionally might come true.
That 12 months, she, alongside along with her teammates Alyssa Altobelli and Payton Chester, who additionally died within the crash, have been chosen as honorary WNBA draftees.
All of this to say, seeing Candace Parker and Bianka Bryant on the court docket…it is cool if you’ll want to cry for a sec.
