Vinyl forward Dearica Hamby (5) goes to the basket as Laces guard Tiffany Hayes, right, defends during last Friday's Unrivaled 3-on-3 basketball game in Medley, Fla. Phantom forward Satou Sabally (0) drives to the basket as Mist forward Aaliyah Edwards (3) defends during last Friday's Unrivaled 3-on-3 basketball game in Medley,

Five years after NBA great Kobe Bryant, 13-year-old daughter Gianna and seven others were killed in a helicopter crash in California, several women's basketball players reflected on what he meant to their game and how he championed it.

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Unrivaled’s historic opening weekend came to an end Monday night with two more games. The Phantom faced the Vinyl, while the Mist played the Laces.

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Dearica Hamby still smiles at the memory of Kobe Bryant sitting courtside at WNBA games. She had met him years ago. He came to see her old team, the Las Vegas Aces, play all the time. “I think one of the first things he told me was that I could play defence,

After his 20-year playing career ended, Bryant turned his focus to the next generation, mentoring some of women’s basketball’s biggest stars, from WNBA champion and Olympic gold medalist Diana Taurasi to former Oregon star Sabrina Ionescu.

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