Today, January 26,  2023 marks three years since NBA legend Kobe Bryant’s passed away.

Bryant and his daughter Gianna Bryant were in a helicopter when suddenly the helicopter started descending at a rate of more than 4,000 feet per minute and slammed into the hillside and ignited into flames. The nine passengers died immediately on impact.

All NBA fans and players were truly saddend by this tragic news. The NBA honored Bryant in many different ways possible, such as wearing his jersey number during pregame, taking a 24 second shot clock violation to honor his number.

Bryant will always be remembered in our hearts as one of the best basketball players of all time. In his last game on April 13, 2016, Bryant put up 60 points on 50 shots taken from the field. After the game Kobe had an amazing speech for “Laker Nation” ending it with “Mamba Out.”