The WNBA celebrated Gianna Bryant and her teammates Alyssa Altobelli and Payton Chester with honorary draft picks

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• The WNBA honored Gianna Bryant, Alyssa Altobelli, and Payton Chester with post-humous draft picks.
• The three teenagers were teammates on the Mamba Sports Academy basketball team coached by Gianna's father, late NBA Hall of Famer Kobe Bryant.
• Kobe, Gianna, Altobelli, and Chester were among nine people killed in a helicopter crash outside of Los Angeles on January 26.
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The WNBA memorialized Gianna Bryant, Payton Chester, and Alyssa Altobelli with honorary draft picks during the 2020 WNBA Draft on April 17. The three teenage basketball players were among nine people who died in a helicopter crash on January 26, which also claimed the life of Gianna's father, NBA Hall of Famer Kobe Bryant.

Bryant, Altobelli, and Chester were teammates on the Mamba Sports Academy team coached by Kobe, and all four were en route to a game when the helicopter crashed. Altobelli's parents, John and Keri, and Chester's mother Sarah also died in the crash, which was attributed to foggy conditions that may have affected visibility.See the rest of the story at Business Insider

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