Gianna Bryant: Kobe's daughter shared his passion for basketball – The Guardian, Theguardian.com

The time spent on court with his daughter had revived his passion for the game, he told the BET network two weeks ago. “It was not me sitting there, you know as an athlete or a player or something like that, and you know it’s like about me, and I don’t like that. It was her, she was having such a good time, ”Bryant said.

Over the past few months the Father and daughter were often spotted courtside watching NBA games. Bryant also shared clips of the pair playing basketball on Instagram.

NBA commissioner Adam Silver said: “He was generous with the wisdom he acquired and saw it as his mission to share it with future generations of players, taking special delight in passing down his love of the game to Gianna. ” In an interview with Jimmy Kimmel , the star talked about Gianna’s passion for the sport “The best thing that happens” is when we go out and fans would come up to me and she’ll be standing next to me, ”Bryant said,“ and they’ll be like, ‘You’ve gotta have a boy, you and V gotta have a boy . You gotta have somebody to carry on your tradition, the legacy.

“She’s like, ‘I got this’, ”

Kobe Bryant said. “I’m like,‘ that’s right ’,” he went on. “Yes, you do, you got this.”(Read More)