Kobe Bryant saw daughter Gianna as his legacy and knew she was 'destined for greatness'

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Kobe Bryant believed his daughter Gianna was "destined for greatness" and thought she would be the one to carry on his legacy.

The basketball legend was tragically killed in a helicopter crash with eight other people at the weekend, including 13-year-old Gianna.

Gianna played in an Amateur Athletic Union basketball team coached by her father, playing alongside Alyssa Altobelli and Payton Chester, who both died in the crash with them.

She had attended many games with her dad and he even enlisted the help of his old coach God Shammgod to train Gianna and her teammates in dribbling a ball last February.


Shammgod told The New York Times: "When I say that’s all he wanted to do is dribbling, that’s all he wanted to do.

"From 10 to 12 in the morning, then from 2 to 4. These girls were dribbling four hours straight without shooting the basketball."

He then started doing one-on-one training with Gianna, with Shammgod saying: "Her mind-set was just like his mind-set."