Kobe Bryant: Barcelona star Antoine Griezmann pays tribute to Basketball legend

Kobe Bryant: Barcelona star Antoine Griezmann pays tribute to Basketball legend

- Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna died in an helicopter crash near Los Angeles

- Barcelona striker Antoine Griemann paid a tribute to Kobe Bryant by wearing a jersey that has his name

- Griezmann wore the shirt before Barcelona's Copa Del Rey encounter against Leganes at the Nou Camp

France international Antoine Griezmann who plays for Barcelona on Thursday night, January 30, paid his own tribute to late basketball legend Kobe Bryant by wearing LA Lakers jersey.

The Los Angeles Lakers jersey Antoine Griezmann wore has the name of Kobe Bryant on the back, and the Frenchman showed this before the Copa Del Rey match against Leganes.

Millions of people in the world are still mourning the untimely death of Kobe Bryant who died in an helicopter crash together with his 13-year-old daughter Gianna..

Antoine Griezmann arrived Nou Camp with the jersey number 8 on the back in which fans applauded the Frenchman before the game kickoff.

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Lionel Messi aand Gerard Pique who also play for Barcelona took to social media to express how sad they are on the death of Kobe Bryant.

Kobe Bryant was very close with all these top players in the world before and after he retired from basketball four years ago.

He has visited the camp of many clubs in Spain and England as Kobe Bryant's love for football was superb when he was alive.

His daughter who also died in the helicopter crash had the dream of becoming a top star like her father, but the dream has now been destroyed.

Earlier, Legit.ng had reported how Kobe's wife Vanessa Bryant thanked everyone for showing her family support as they mourned the loss of her husband and daughter.

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She, however, asked for privacy as they navigate through the new reality of not having Kobe and Gigi with them.

According to the widow, she finds comfort in knowing that Kobe and their daughter died together knowing they were deeply loved.

Taking to her Instagram page, Vanessa Bryant thanked everyone for supporting her family noting that they were in pain and no words could express what they were going through.

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