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Kobe Bryant is in the Hall now, along with contemporaries Tim Duncan and Kevin Garnett, headliners of a group of nine who got their delayed and long-awaited enshrinement on Saturday night, more than a year after being announced as the Hall’s Class of 2020.
“Right now, I’m sure he’s laughing in heaven, because I’m about to praise him in public,” Vanessa Bryant said.
And she did, her purple dress matching the traditional Los Angeles Lakers color, capping the night by giving the speech that her husband was not here to deliver.
“There will never be anyone like Kobe,” Vanessa Bryant said. “Kobe was one of a kind. He was special. He was humble off the court but bigger than life.”
Kobe, Duncan, Garnett among 9 enshrined in Hall of Fame
Kobe Bryant, Tim Duncan and Kevin Garnett take their places among the legends.
Tim Reynolds | Associated Press
May 16, 2021 12:22 AM
UNCASVILLE, Conn. (AP) Vanessa Bryant took Michael Jordan’s hand and walked down from the stage, a familiar chant breaking out throughout the arena as she made her way back to her seat.
“Kobe! Kobe! Kobe!” the crowd shouted.
With that, he was officially, finally a member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
Kobe Bryant is in the Hall now, along with contemporaries Tim Duncan and Kevin Garnett, headliners of a group of nine who got their delayed and long-awaited enshrinement on Saturday night, more than a year after being announced as the Hall’s Class of 2020.
Kobe Bryant remembered in emotional Hall of Fame inductions
Field Level Media
16 May 2021, 11:40 GMT+10
Vanessa Bryant stood at the podium on Saturday evening as her late husband Kobe was being formally inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball of Fame, and she noted that she always avoided praising the former Los Angeles Lakers star in public.
You see, Vanessa Bryant regularly heard thousandsof fans and other people heaping praise on the five-time NBA champion, 18-time NBA All-Star and 2007-08 MVP. Someone had to bring him back to reality, Vanessa Bryant said. Right now, I m sure he s laughing in heaven because I m about to praise him in public for his accomplishments on one of the most public stages.