Former NBA participant Joe Bryant, the daddy of Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant, has died. He was 69.
La Salle head coach Fran Dunphy instructed The Philadelphia Inquirer on Tuesday that Bryant handed away after lately struggling an enormous stroke. His dying comes greater than 4 years after his son and granddaughter, Gigi, tragically died in a helicopter crash in Southern California on Jan. 26, 2020.
Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers hugs his dad Joe Bryant after their win towards the Utah Jazz in Game 3 of the Western Conference Semifinals on the EnergySolutions Arena on May 8, 2010, in Salt Lake City. (Andrew D. Bernstein/NBAE through Getty Images)
Seven different folks onboard additionally died in that crash.
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La Salle University, the place Joe Bryant performed and ultimately returned as an assistant coach in 1993, confirmed the information on social media.
Kobe Bryant of the Lakers poses for a photograph along with his father, Joe “Jellybean” Bryant, after profitable the NBA Championship on June 19, 2000, on the Staples Center in Los Angeles. (Andrew D. Bernstein/NBAE through Getty Images)
“We are saddened to announce the passing of La Salle basketball nice Joe Bryant,” the assertion posted to X learn. “Joe performed for the Explorers from 1973-75 and was a member of our teaching employees from 1993-96. He was a beloved member of the Explorer household and will probably be dearly missed.”
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Bryant was drafted by the Golden State Warriors with the 14th total decide within the 1975 NBA Draft. He performed eight seasons within the NBA with the Philadelphia 76ers, the San Diego Clippers and the Houston Rockets.
He averaged 8.7 factors, 4 rebounds and two assists a recreation within the NBA. He went on to have a major profession in basketball abroad, however would flip to teaching within the early ’90s.
Joe Bryant of the Philadelphia 76ers throughout a Washington Bullets recreation circa 1976 on the Capital Centre in Landover, Maryland. Bryant performed for the Sixers from 1975-79. (Focus on Sport/Getty Images)
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Byrant additionally served as a head coach in the WNBA, teaching the Los Angeles Sparks from 2005-2007.
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