and Long Beach native Snoop Dogg paid homage to Bryant and the Lakers with a full forearm tattoo. Bryant was posthumously inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2021, with Vanessa delivering the acceptance speech on Bryant's behalf. See also Forbes' list of the world's highest-paid athletes List of National Basketball Association career playoff scoring leaders List of National Basketball Association career scoring leaders List of National Basketball Association seasons played leaders List of National Basketball Association single-game scoring leaders List of NBA players who have spent their entire career with one franchise List of Olympic medalists in basketball List of people from Philadelphia List of second-generation National Basketball Association players Notes References Further reading External links 1978 births 2020 deaths Accidental deaths in California African-American basketball players African-American Catholics American expatriate basketball people in Italy American men's basketball players American philanthropists American podcasters Basketball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Basketball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Basketball players from Los Angeles Basketball players from Philadelphia Burials at Pacific View Memorial Park Catholics from California Catholics from Pennsylvania Charlotte Hornets draft picks Deaths from fire in the United States Los Angeles Lakers players Lower Merion High School alumni McDonald's High School All-Americans Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame inductees National Basketball Association All-Stars National Basketball Association high school draftees National Basketball Association players with retired numbers Olympic gold medalists for the United States in basketball Parade High School All-Americans (boys' basketball) Philanthropists from California Philanthropists from Pennsylvania Producers who won the Best Animated Short Academy Award Shooting guards Sportspeople from Newport Beach, California United States men's national basketball team players Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in 2020 Victims of helicopter accidents or incidents in the United States