

Arriving on her 17th birthday, the design's colourway nods to her. The Kobe 4 Protro 'Mambacita' honours Gianna 'Gigi' Bryant, and celebrates her competitive, joyful and curious gameplay. This is only a smaller version of the life-size sculpture that Medina is working on, as he confesses that he would like to be allowed to place it in a downtown Los Angeles location. PLAY GIGI'S WAY by remembering, just like Gigi did, never to take an opportunity given to you for granted. Kobe and Gigi were ready to pull out of the VIP garage at Barclays Center when a New Jersey boys’ high-school basketball team shouted: Yo It’s St. That was all I was looking for, I did want to get it out there but I was already resolute knowing that as long as I can touch the individual that makes it worthy," Medina said.

"I told my wife I would have been happy just to share a moment with close friends and fans. The Southern California artist decided to share his tribute to Kobe and his daughter, even though he would initially only show it to his family and friends. In the hours following the helicopter crash, it was confirmed that among the 9 passengers who lost their lives was the famous athlete’s 13-year-old daughter Gianna Gigi Bryant. The statue, which at its base bears the inscription "heroes come and go but legends are forever," along with the names of the other crash victims, was made by Dan Medina. Kobe and Gianna Bryant statue placed at crash site on two years anniversary of helicopter crash AP Kobe Bryant, his daughter Gianna, and seven others who died after their helicopter crashed into a mountainside in Calabasas, California, on January 26 sustained immediate fatal injuries in the accident, autopsies have revealed.
