Did young fan take last picture of Kobe Bryant?

Basketball fan Brady Smigiel took this selfie with Kobe Bryant a day before he died in a helicopter crash.

A young basketball fan may have snapped what might be the last photograph of Kobe Bryant.

On Saturday, 13-year-old Brady Smigiel attended the Mamba Sports Academy in Thousand Oaks, Calif., where the NBA legend was coaching his daughter Gianna in a tournament.

After the first game for Bryant’s team ended, Smigiel asked for a selfie with the basketball star.

“Kobe gave him knuckles, and Brady said ‘he wasn’t in the mood to talk because they lost,’” Brady’s mother

Dionne Smigiel told the New York Post

.

But Brady was able to snap a quick selfie as Bryant passed by, getting a profile shot of the retired Los Angeles Laker.

Not content with the hasty selfie, Brady waited until Bryant’s second game was finished to ask for a better photo.

“He kind of stopped Kobe on his way out the door, and just said: ‘Can I get a picture with you now?’” Dionne said.

“Kobe said, ‘Are you playing in the tournament?’ Brady said, ‘Yeah.’ He said, ‘I’ll get you a pic tomorrow.’”

Brady then snapped a second, blurry picture of Bryant while they were talking.

Nine people, including Bryant and his daughter Gianna,

died in a helicopter crash

Sunday morning in Calabasas, Calif.

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