Vanessa Bryant and her daughter Natalia Bryant are commemorating what would have been Gianna “Gigi” Bryant’s special birthday.

Gigi had her 16th birthday on Sunday, May 1, 2006. Vanessa, 39, and Natalia, 19, each posted a tribute to the late basketball prodigy on Instagram to commemorate the event.

Vanessa posted tribute to her late daughter with a movie she narrated in the style of her late husband Kobe Bryant’s award-winning animated short Dear Basketball, which featured cartoon caricatures of her late daughter and her love for the sport her family loved.

“Dear Gianna, from the first time you imagined winning a WNBA championship, I knew one thing was real — you were special,”

Vanessa said, “You came from greatness, but it was never about what you inherited. It was about what you gave to others.”

Natalia Bryant posted the captions on Instagram, “happy sweet sixteen my dearest gigi♥️I love you to the moon and back 🌙forever & always.”

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