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00:00I'm Melissa Rowland with Sports Illustrated, and the WNBA is doing something very special
00:05to honor Gianna Bryant, Alyssa Althabeli, and Payne Chester, who were all killed in
00:10the January 26 helicopter crash that also killed Kobe Bryant.
00:14The WNBA is making them honorary draft picks.
00:18Gianna dreamed of playing in the WNBA, that was her ultimate goal.
00:22And when Kobe heard that, he took that responsibility very seriously.
00:25He called Michael Jordan and asked him what moves he was working on when he was 12 years
00:29old.
00:30He would take Gianna to NBA games, and the two of them would sit together courtside discussing
00:34strategy.
00:35He loved being her coach, and he relived his love for basketball through her eyes.
00:39Whenever they were out in public and people asked him, well, you only had four daughters,
00:44you didn't have a son, how is your legacy going to carry on?
00:47He laughed at them.
00:48He knew Gianna would do it.
00:49And now, in a sense, she can.