NEW YORK, NY - DECEMBER 21: Retired NBA star Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gigi, watch an NBA basketball game between the Brooklyn Nets and Atlanta Hawks on December 21, 2019 at Barclays Center in the Brooklyn borough of New York City.
Nets won 122-11 LOS ANGELES - May 1 marks what would have been rising basketball star Gianna “Gigi” Bryant’s fourteenth birthday.
The Mambacita and daughter of Los Angeles Lakers icon, Kobe Bryant, had a mission to carry on her father’s basketball legacy.
Her mother, Vanessa, paid tribute to her beautiful girl on Instagram Friday morning. Her caption said: "Happy 14th Birthday to my sweet baby girl, Gianna.