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Vanessa Bryant and daughter Natalia are presented with Kobe s Basketball Hall of Fame jacket ahead of the NBA legend s Saturday s induction
Natalia, 18, and mother Vanessa were given a ring and jacket in honor of Kobe Bryant at the Tip-Off Celebration and Awards Gala in Connecticut on Friday
Kobe Bryant is being inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Massachusetts on Saturday
He also got his own standalone tribute called Kobe: A Basketball Life which has not been done since Michael Jordan was inducted in 2009
This comes nearly a year and a half after Kobe and daughter Gianna tragically died in a helicopter accident along with seven others on January 26, 2020
Taking to her Instagram Story, Vanessa, 38, who tragically lost husband Kobe and daughter Gianna in a helicopter crash in 2020, posted a picture of the touching gifts.
Vanessa Bryant said losing Gianna and Kobe still doesn t feel real one year on
She shared on Instagram a letter written by her late daughter Gianna s friend
In her letter, friend Aubrey wrote about Vanessa as a mother, writing: You did it right Mrs. Bryant, and we are all eternally grateful to you
Kobe and Gianna were on their way to the Mamba Academy for basketball practice when their helicopter crashed on January 26, 2020
The seven other people on board were also tragically killed