{"id":154848,"date":"2025-09-19T17:50:14","date_gmt":"2025-09-19T17:50:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/154848\/"},"modified":"2025-09-19T17:50:14","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T17:50:14","slug":"vanessa-bryant-goes-down-memory-lane-in-a-heartfelt-gesture-for-her-husband-kobe-bryants-los-angeles-lakers-days-nba-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/154848\/","title":{"rendered":"Vanessa Bryant goes down memory lane in a heartfelt gesture for her husband Kobe Bryant&#8217;s Los Angeles Lakers days | NBA News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/kobe-bryant-and-vanessa-bryant.jpg\" alt=\"Vanessa Bryant goes down memory lane in a heartfelt gesture for her husband Kobe Bryant's Los Angeles Lakers days\" title=\"Kobe Bryant and Vanessa Bryant  (Image via Getty Images)\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/>Kobe Bryant and Vanessa Bryant  (Image via Getty Images) Even years after NBA legend <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/kobe-bryant\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kobe Bryant<\/a>\u2019s passing away, Vanessa Bryant never fails to celebrate him. Whether it&#8217;s about going over his championship titles or talking about the Los Angeles Lakers\u2019 star, Vanessa Bryant loves walking down memory lane with the memories of Kobe Bryant. Recently, Bryant gave a heartfelt tribute to the <a href=\"http:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/nba\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NBA<\/a> legend with a clip on <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/instagram\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Vanessa Bryant shares how Kobe Bryant maintained consistency over 20 years in the NBA<\/p>\n<p>Vanessa Bryant likes walking down memory lane with the Los Angeles Lakers\u2019 star Kobe Bryant. The 43-year-old philanthropist proves she is the biggest cheerleader of her late husband, Kobe Bryant. Recently, Vanessa gave a heart-touching tribute to the NBA icon on Instagram. The clip mentioned, a reporter asking Kobe Bryant,<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Vanessa Bryant's Instagram story\" msid=\"124003080\" width=\"\" title=\"Vanessa Bryant's Instagram story\" placeholdersrc=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/83033472.cms\" imgsize=\"23456\" resizemode=\"4\" offsetvertical=\"0\" placeholdermsid=\"\" type=\"thumb\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/vanessa-bryants-instagram-story.jpg\" data-api-prerender=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Vanessa Bryant&#8217;s Instagram story<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen you walk on this court, taking off this uniform for the last time, what would you have left out here on the court?\u201dTo which Kobe replied, &#8220;My heart and soul. I gave everything I could possibly give to the game today. That\u2019s why I\u2019m so comfortable walking away from it. I bared my soul to this game. I mean, there&#8217;s nothing; there is no stone unturned, and so you know I left it all here. When I go to sleep tonight, I\u2019m just gonna thank God for this beautiful opportunity, continue to thank my family, and just spend as much time as I can with them and enjoy the future.\u201dAccording to a clip shared by Vanessa Bryant on her Instagram story, Kobe mentioned how earnestly he has given his heart and soul to every game he has played in his NBA career. His statement clearly gave Mamba Mentality vibes. <\/p>\n<p>Vanessa Bryant walks down memory lane on Kobe Bryant\u2019s birthday with a heart-touching post<\/p>\n<p>Vanessa Bryant never misses a chance when it comes to talking about her late husband, Kobe Bryant. On August 23, Vanessa Bryant shared a heartwarming birthday wish for the legendary NBA star. The post mentioned, &#8220;We love and miss you and Gigi so much. Sending our love to you. Happy birthday, baby.&#8221;Over five years after the tragic helicopter crash that claimed the life of NBA legend Kobe Bryant, his 13-year-old daughter Gigi, and seven others, Vanessa Bryant honored their memory on what would have been Kobe\u2019s 47th birthday.Also Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/nba\/top-stories\/i-just-try-to-make-her-smile-nba-icon-shaquille-oneal-reveals-checking-up-on-his-former-teammate-kobe-bryants-mother-and-sisters\/articleshow\/123854487.cms\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cI just try to make her smile\u201d- NBA icon Shaquille O\u2019 Neal reveals checking up on his former teammate Kobe Bryant\u2019s mother and sisters<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kobe Bryant and Vanessa Bryant (Image via Getty Images) Even years after NBA legend Kobe Bryant\u2019s passing away,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":154849,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[557],"tags":[64,63,103420,1202,13800,103422,103423,7232,103419,590,103421,85,68617],"class_list":["post-154848","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-gigi-bryant","tag-instagram","tag-kobe-bryant","tag-kobe-bryant-birthday","tag-kobe-bryant-family","tag-los-angeles-lakers","tag-mamba-mentality","tag-nba","tag-nba-legend","tag-sports","tag-vanessa-bryant"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154848","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=154848"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154848\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/154849"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=154848"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=154848"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=154848"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}