Bryant was 41.The crash also killed Gianna Bryant, 13, the second oldest of Kobe Bryant ’s four daughters with his wife, Vanessa. But West left the workout early, declaring that he had seen enough. “He’s better than anybody on our team right now,” West famously told his fellow Lakers staffers of Bryant’s performance.As West envisioned, Bryant indeed helped restore the Lakers to glory — albeit with no shortage of turmoil along the way. Veterans on that Lakers team tried in vain to keep Bryant’s rookie ambitions modest — with O’Neal particularly determined to make it clear that he was the team’s true alpha.But Bryant could not be harnessed. Prosecutors eventually dropped the case when the woman told them she was unwilling to testify.

Source: Economic Times January 27, 2020 18:00 UTC