'Gigi was really turning into a special player,' Vanguard University women's basketball coach Russ Davis said. 'It's hard to predict her future, but with the way she was improving and the way she understood the game, she was going to have a bright one.'
Kobe and Vanessa Bryant had four daughters. Gigi was the baller of the group. She was going to. Few things in life made Bryant happier than that realization.
Bryant and Gigi went to a UConn home game against Houston last March. Bryant wore a UConn shirt – just like Gigi was – and told SNY television during an in-game interview that he was thrilled that one of his daughters wanted to follow in his sneakers and take up the family basketball business. Many of Gigi’s favorite players had UConn ties, like Katie Lou Samuelson – she had played for Davis, which led to the initial connection between him and Bryant – and Gabby Williams.Williams was floored when Gigi told her she was her favorite player. She would FaceTime with the Bryants before games, gave Gigi her Chicago Sky uniforms, even practiced with Gigi and her teammates and was blown away by how hard she had to play against them.
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