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Natalia Bryant threw out the first pitch on Friday night before the Los Angeles Dodgers hosted the Atlanta Braves as the Lakers NBA franchise for which her father Kobe starred was honoured.

UPDATE: Austin Reaves is returning to the Los Angeles Lakers. Reaves, a restricted free agent, agreed to a four-year, $56 million Early Bird maximum contract. He proved himself this season, averaging 16.9 points, 4.4 rebounds and 4.6 assists for the Lakers in 16 playoff games.

The Los Angeles Lakers have been making a lot of noise this off-season. The Lakers started off the summer in hot pursuit of all-star point guard and 1x NBA champion Kyrie Irving as well as giving LeBron James a two-year contract extension. But how do you go from attempting to bring in Kyrie Irving to trading for Patrick Beverley? Beverley is a good player for what he brings to a team.

Vanessa Bryant was overcome with emotion during a testimony on Thursday, tearfully exiting the courtroom where her trial against Los Angeles County is currently underway. Kobe Bryant's widow is suing over graphic photos taken and allegedly shared by Sheriff's Department officials from the helicopter crash site where Kobe and the couple's 13-year-old daughter, Gianna Bryant, were killed in January 2020. According to multiple reports, bartender Victor Gutierrez was describing in his testimony what he had seen in photos presented to him by Deputy Joey Cruz while working at Baja California Bar & Grill in Norco, California.Asked whether any of the images appeared to be of the late NBA great, Gutierrez said, «I don’t know.

Vanessa Bryant treated her daughters to another trip to the happiest place on Earth.Only this time the Bryant ladies made their way to Disneyland in Anaheim with some friends, which included Kristin Schwarz Pelinka, who's the wife of Los Angeles Lakers general manager,Rob Pelinka.Over the years, Disneyland has been one of the family's favorite places to go and have fun and spend quality time together.Scroll down to video Happiest place on Earth: Vanessa Bryant, 39, treated her daughters to another trip to Disneyland, which also included a quick nap for two-year-old CapriDisneyland actually has a special place in Vanessa's heart, considering it's where she first met her late husband, Kobe Bryant, back in 1999, when Kobe was 20-years-old and Vanessa 17.That meeting was documented with a photo of the two locked in an embrace at the amusement park. The couple would start dating soon afterwards, and within six months of that fateful day they were engaged to be married.

Vanessa Bryant is celebrating the Los Angeles Lakers on their big win!

Vanessa Bryant is celebrating the Lakers' championship victory, and remembering her late husband, Kobe Bryant. After  the Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Miami Heat 106 to 90 on Sunday, she took to her Instagram story to commemorate the win.«Go Lakers!» Bryant wrote, alongside an old photo of Kobe and and Lakers General Manager Rob Pelinka standing courtside.«Congratulations Uncle P! Congratulations @Lakers! Kobe was right RP, 'Stay the course- block out the noise' — @kobebryant,» Vanessa wrote over the pic.Vanessa added, «Wish Kobe and Gigi were here to see this,» along with a heart emoji.On Sunday, LeBron James and Anthony Davis led the Lakers to victory over the Miami Heat in Game 6 of the NBA finals.