{"id":457507,"date":"2020-01-30T16:25:45","date_gmt":"2020-01-30T17:25:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=457507"},"modified":"2025-07-17T03:13:29","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T03:13:29","slug":"did-young-fan-take-last-picture-of-kobe-bryant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=457507","title":{"rendered":"Did young fan take last picture of Kobe Bryant?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img alt=\"Basketball fan Brady Smigiel took this selfie with Kobe Bryant a day before he died in a helicopter crash.\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" data-license-id=\"682674\" data-portal-copyright=\"Brady Smigiel\" src=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/bryant-selfie-e1580403969601-1.jpg\" title=\"Basketball fan Brady Smigiel took this selfie with Kobe Bryant a day before he died in a helicopter crash.\" \/><\/p>\n<p> A young basketball fan may have snapped what might be the last photograph of Kobe Bryant. <\/p>\n<p> On Saturday, 13-year-old Brady Smigiel attended\u00a0the Mamba Sports Academy in Thousand Oaks, Calif., where the NBA legend was coaching his daughter Gianna in a tournament. <\/p>\n<p> After the first game for Bryant\u2019s team ended, Smigiel asked for a selfie with the basketball star. <\/p>\n<p> \u201cKobe gave him knuckles, and Brady said \u2018he wasn\u2019t in the mood to talk because they lost,&#8217;\u201d Brady\u2019s mother <\/p>\n<p>                        <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2020\/01\/30\/young-fans-selfie-captures-what-may-be-the-last-picture-of-kobe-bryant\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Dionne Smigiel told the New York Post<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                        . <\/p>\n<p> But Brady was able to snap a quick selfie as Bryant passed by, getting a profile shot of the retired Los Angeles Laker. <\/p>\n<p> Not content with the hasty selfie, Brady waited until Bryant\u2019s second game was finished to ask for a better photo. <\/p>\n<p> \u201cHe kind of stopped Kobe on his way out the door, and just said: \u2018Can I get a picture with you now?&#8217;\u201d Dionne said. <\/p>\n<p> \u201cKobe said, \u2018Are you playing in the tournament?\u2019 Brady said, \u2018Yeah.\u2019 He said, \u2018I\u2019ll get you a pic tomorrow.&#8217;\u201d <\/p>\n<p> Brady then snapped a second, blurry picture of Bryant while they were talking. <\/p>\n<p> Nine people, including Bryant and his daughter Gianna, <\/p>\n<p>                        <a href=\"https:\/\/canoe.com\/news\/world\/nba-legend-kobe-bryant-daughter-killed-in-california-helicopter-crash\/wcm\/384d43ae-6e98-4aae-8d8b-307e290987a6\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">died in a helicopter crash<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                         Sunday morning in Calabasas, Calif. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>A young basketball fan may have snapped what might be the last photograph of Kobe Bryant. On Saturday, 13-year-old Brady Smigiel attended\u00a0the Mamba Sports Academy <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=457507\" title=\"Did young fan take last picture of Kobe Bryant?\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":457509,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/457507"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=457507"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/457507\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":457512,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/457507\/revisions\/457512"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/457509"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=457507"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=457507"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=457507"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}