Los Angeles Lakers Icon Kobe Bryant was on Saturday 15, May, posthumously inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame class of 2020.
The five-time NBA champion died, aged 41, in a helicopter crash in January 2020 alongside his 13-year-old daughter Gianna and seven others.
The All time Lakers great Kobe Bryant retired in back in 2016.He was the NBA Most Valuable Player in 2008, was Finals MVP twice and earned 18 All-Star selections.He was in the United States team that won Olympic gold in 2008 and 2012.
The 2020 Hall of Fame enshrinement ceremony was delayed by a year because of the coronavirus pandemic that hit the sporting world all over.
Tim Duncan, a five-time NBA champion with the San Antonio Spurs, and Kevin Garnett, who helped the Boston Celtics win the championship in 2008, were among the other inductees.
Each inductee is given 10 minutes for their acceptance speech, but the clock was turned off for the widow Vanessa Bryant, who was later joined on stage by her youngest daughters Capri and Bianca to pay tribute to her late husband.
Vanessa Brayant accepted the induction of her late husband on his behalf alongside Basketball legend Michael Jordan.In her speech Vanessa narrated that she was proud of Kobe Brayant for everything he did for the growth of the game of Basketball.