Natalia Bryant attends the 2025 Vanity Fair Oscar Part following the 97th Academy Awards. / IMAGO / imageSPACE Kobe Bryant’s oldest daughter Natalia is carving her own path as a USC film student ...

As UConn celebrated winning the women’s NCAA basketball championship on Sunday, April 6, the loss of Kobe Bryant’s daughter, Gianna “Gigi” Bryant, was felt by members of the sports community.

Kobe Bryant left behind basketball memories and moments that people want to hold onto forever. That's why auctions keep setting new records every time something with his name hits the block.

Gianna Bryant was a basketball prodigy who was “hell-bent” on one day playing basketball at Connecticut. That’s what her father, Lakers legend Kobe Bryant, told The Times in 2019.