She added, “I couldn’t see him as a celebrity, nor just an incredible basketball player.
He was my sweet husband and the beautiful father of our children.
He was my he was my everything.”
She added, “She was daddy’s girl but I know she loved her mama.
She was one of my very best friends.”
Her heartbreak was clear as she imagined what Gianna’s wedding day would have been like.
“Kobe was helping with that because he saw it in her.
Just like he saw it in me.”
Ionescu also talked about the impact Kobe had on women’s basketball.
Ionescu added that she still texts Kobe sometimes.
“The texts go through, but no response,” she said.
“Sometimes I find myself still waiting.”
