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Vanessa Bryant gave a moving tribute to her late husband Kobe Bryant earlier this afternoon, as he joined the ranks of elite basketball greats with enshrinement into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame (the more formal name for the NBA Hall of Fame) Saturday at a ceremony held near Hartford, Connecticut.
Earlier today, I covered some of the highlights of his career — in the man’s own words — in my piece, and our Ship’s piece covered a great moment from the beginnings of Kobe’s rise to legendary status in the NBA.