'Gigi Bryant was really turning into a special player'

Kobe Bryant's hoops-loving daughter listened to her father break down plays and watch every detail on the court, just as he did.

She had next.

Her name was Gianna Maria Onore Bryant. The world, now and forever, knows her as Gigi. Her dad, Kobe Bryant, called her Mambacita. He was Mamba, of course, and she was going to be basketball’s female version of him. She was going to play at Connecticut and head to the WNBA. That was the plan.