{"id":14885,"date":"2025-01-23T05:15:37","date_gmt":"2025-01-23T04:15:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/?p=14885"},"modified":"2025-01-23T05:15:39","modified_gmt":"2025-01-23T04:15:39","slug":"vanessa-bryant-announces-mural-book-mamba-and-mambacita-forever-ahead-of-kobe-and-daughter-giannas-fifth-death-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/vanessa-bryant-announces-mural-book-mamba-and-mambacita-forever-ahead-of-kobe-and-daughter-giannas-fifth-death-anniversary\/","title":{"rendered":"Vanessa Bryant announces mural book \u2018Mamba and Mambacita Forever\u2019 ahead of Kobe and daughter Gianna\u2019s fifth death anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Los Angeles Lakers icon Kobe Bryant and his 13-year-old daughter were among nine people who lost their lives during the 2020 Calabasas helicopter crash. Bryant, an NBA legend, won five <a href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/nba\/\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>N<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/nba\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>BA<\/a> championships during his 20-year-long glorious career with the LA Lakers, and is still counted as one of the greatest players to have played the game.&nbsp;<\/p><p>Kobe&rsquo;s sudden and tragic death on January 26, 2020, sent shockwaves among sports lovers across the globe. The &lsquo;Black Mamba&rsquo; as he is fondly called is still remembered five years after his death. Ahead of the fifth death anniversary of Kobe and Gianna, the late player&rsquo;s wife Vanessa Bryant announced the release date of a book which will honor their legacies.&nbsp;<\/p><p>Vanessa, on Wednesday, announced, via her Instagram, that the book titled &ldquo;Mamba and Mambacita Forever&rdquo; will be released on August 19, 2025, during Mamba week. Notably, Mamba Week is a week-long celebration dedicated to Kobe Bryant. The week also includes Kobe Bryant Day (August 24) as well as his birthday (August 23).&nbsp;<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DFIbe0Xv8Mt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>Vanessa, on her Instagram<\/a>, wrote, &ldquo;Kobe and Gianna Mural book highlighting a selection of murals in their honor coming 8\/19\/25.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p><p>&ldquo;Taken together, what emerges is the story of a man who became even more than he himself could have imagined, an avatar of determination, discipline and competitiveness,&rdquo; the release read.&nbsp;<\/p><p><strong>Also Read: <\/strong><\/p><ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/miami-heat-to-suspend-jimmy-butler-again-after-missing-flight-for-road-trip\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>Miami Heat to suspend Jimmy Butler again after missing flight for road trip<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/nba-paris-games-2025-schedule-start-time-live-streaming-details-and-more\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>NBA Paris Games 2025: Schedule, start time, live streaming details and more<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/what-is-nba-rivals-week-which-are-the-historic-rival-teams-in-nba\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>What is NBA Rivals Week? Which are the historic rival teams in NBA?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><p>The book will highlight more than 100 pieces of art from around the world, as per People.&nbsp;<\/p><p>Kobe played a total of 1346 games for the Lakers (highest for the franchise) and scored 33643 points with 6306 assists and 1944 steals.&nbsp;<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">19 years ago today, Kobe Bryant scored 81 points in a win against the Raptors! (w\/ postgame interview) (2006) <br><br>81 PTS<br>6 REB<br>2 AST<br>3 STL<br>1 BLK<br>61% FG (28\/46)<br>90% FT (18\/20) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BJSq6CwaTF\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>pic.twitter.com\/BJSq6CwaTF<\/a><\/p>&mdash; ThrowbackHoops (@ThrowbackHoops) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ThrowbackHoops\/status\/1882050696176128416?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>January 22, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>About &ldquo;Mamba &amp; Mambacita Forever&rdquo;<\/strong><\/h2><p>The photos inside the book were taken by Andy Bernstein, who worked with Kobe during his 2018 autobiographical book &ldquo;The Mamba Mentality: How I Play.&rdquo;<\/p><p>The title of the mural book was inspired by the family&rsquo;s nonprofit organization founded by Kobe Bryant, Mamba &amp; Mambacita Sports Foundation. The release of the book will come a year after the Los Angeles Lakers unveiled a bronze statue of Kobe and Gianna outside the Crypto.com Arena.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mm-layout mm-layout-type-post mm-layout-slot4\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kobe and Gianna were among nine people who lost their lives in 2020 Calabasas helicopter crash.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":14891,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_mux_skip_reasons":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[2937,422,2936],"class_list":["post-14885","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","tag-gianna-bryant","tag-kobe-bryant","tag-vanessa-bryant"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Vanessa Bryant announces mural book &lsquo;Mamba and Mambacita Forever&rsquo; ahead of Kobe and daughter Gianna&rsquo;s fifth death anniversary - 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