She gave the best hugs and the best kisses. She had so much swag and rhythm ever since she was a baby. She was a nice person, a leader, a teacher, wearing a white tee, black leggings, a denim jacket, white high-top Converse and a flannel tied around her waist with straight hair was a go-to style. Gianna made us all proud, and she still does. I’m so happy she was given the opportunity to know she was accepted to the same high school. She was looking forward to graduating eighth grade and moving on to high school with her big sister, Natalia. She was president of school spirit, on student council, she was director’s assistant for her school play, just like her big sister. She had great grades and kept them up – all while becoming an incredible basketball player. She knew how to read, speak and write Mandarin. She was very much in tune with our feelings and wanted the best for us. Family movie night and game night on vacations were important to her. She was very much like her daddy, in that they both liked helping people learn new things and help them master them. At school, she offered the boys basketball coaches to give the boys some pointers, like the triangle offense.

She loved helping and teaching other people things. Gigi was confident, but not in an arrogant way. She loved to swim, dance, do cartwheels and jump into our swimming pool, and Gigi loved her TikTok dances. She was great at gymnastics, soccer, softball, dance and basketball. She had Kobe’s ability to listen to a song and have all the lyrics memorized after listening to the song a couple of times. Kobe and Gianna naturally gravitated towards each other. She had my fire, my personality and sarcasm. Her smile took up her entire face, like mine. Gigi was very competitive like her daddy, but Gianna had a sweet grace about her. She also loved watching Disney movies with her sisters. She loved watching cooking shows and 'Cupcake Wars' with me, and she loved watching 'Survivor' and NBA games on TV with her daddy. She made the best chocolate chip cookies. Kobe’s birthday cake looked like it was professionally decorated. It had fondant and looked like it had blue crystals. Last August, she made a beautiful birthday cake for her daddy. She loved putting a smile on everyone’s face. She was daddy’s girl, but I know she loved her mama, as she would always tell me and show me how much she loved me. She knew how much her morning and evening kisses meant to me, as she was so thoughtful to remember to kiss me every day. I’d text and say, 'No kiss?' And Gianna would reply with, 'Mama, I kissed you, but you were asleep, and I didn’t want to wake you.' He paid tribute to Bron on Instagram - his last post - by saying, 'On to #2 Keep growing the game and charting the path for the next.There were a few occasions when I was absolutely tired from being up with Bianka and Capri, and I thought she had left for school without saying good bye. On Saturday, LeBron James passed Kobe as third on the all-time NBA scoring list. Kobe also dabbled in music - he rapped for a number of years on and off. The champ also put out a book called, 'The Mamba Mentality: How I Play' in 2018. Kobe also started Kobe Inc., and invested in sports drinks, among other things. He was a bit of a business mogul too, starting a venture capital firm with his biz partner, Jeff Stibel. He also partnered with China to help launch the Soon Ching Ling Foundation - an org that earmarked funds for education and health programs. He was also involved in a handful of charitable efforts - including being an ambassador for the After-School All-Stars, which provides after-school programs to kids across the U.S. He won an Oscar for his short film, 'Dear Basketball,' in 2018. Kobe's accomplishments stand far outside of the basketball world.

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