Kobe Bryant’s Got Jokes As Wife Vanessa Debuts ‘Baby Mamba’ At The ESPY Awards
Kobe Bryant and his wife Vanessa appeared at the 2016 ESPY Awards and it looks like the Bryant’s are expecting another baby. The happy parents are expecting a baby girl, the third girl for the Bryants’ which means Kobe will continue to be outnumbered in his household, according to People. The good news was previously announced on Instagram Tuesday with a picture of a “Baby Mamba” onesie, a glittery red bow and a pair of teensy Nike Kobe sneakers.
“Black Mamba” and his 34-year-old wife Vanessa already have two children, 13-year-old Natalia, and 10-year-old Gianna. Retirement seems to agree with the 37-year-old retired Los Angeles Laker; he was all smiles about becoming a father again and showing off the evidence with his wife of 15-yeas at the awards ceremony. Vanessa Bryant was stunning and noticeably pregnant in a red wrap gown and she was beaming.
WATCH: “I thought a 17-65 season, would be a bold statement to wrap up my career.” – @kobebryant jokes on final year https://t.co/0TzvlgM3z6
— Good Morning America (@GMA) July 14, 2016
While Peyton Manning retired from the Denver Broncos with a Super Bowl win, and Abby Wambach left Women’s Soccer with a World Cup, Bryant ended the 2015-2016 NBA season with an abysmal 17-65 with the Los Angeles Lakers, which he joked about during award acceptance speech.
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Now that the 2016 ESPY Awards are over, there is talk about who should join Kobe Bryant and former San Antonio Spurs star Tim Duncan — obvious shoo-ins — as inductees into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. While neither has yet to be inducted, there doesn’t seem to be anyone that believes they won’t be, and both Duncan’s and Bryant’s retirement dates make them eligible for the 2021 inductions, but there is at least one sports enthusiast that believes that they are so special they should be on the red carpet alone. An author at Sporting News says that while it is traditional to include other players, coaches, and other contributors and pioneers; the hall should break tradition and let Bryant and Duncan have it all to themselves based on their stellar resumes, championships, and MVPs.
“As their sparkling resumes, with a combined 10 championships, five Finals MVPs and three regular-season MVPs, clearly show, they’re in, no questions asked. They’re not just locks for Springfield. For some fans, they played their way onto the All-Immortals Team over the past 20 years.”
The feeling is that Bryant’s and Duncan’s career performances are worthy of special treatment, and when putting them side-by-side, it is hard to see who has the best legacy, as ESPN tried to do. The Sporting News report states that the upcoming Basketball Hall of Fame ceremonies on September 8-9 will feature Shaquille O’Neal and Allen Iverson, who will have to share the spotlight with Michigan State coach Tom Izzo, former WNBA star Sheryl Swoopes, and former Rockets center Yao Ming. There will also be a few posthumous inductees; Bulls owner Jerry Reinsdorf, NBA referee Darrell Garretson, coach John McLendon, Zelmo Beaty, and Cumberland Posey.
The author doesn’t want such clutter when it’s Tim Duncan and Kobe Bryant’s turn because they are not your typical Hall of Famers and they need to bask in the glow of their achievements alone.
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