Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant is officially a member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, as his long-awaited enshrinement ceremony came to fruition Saturday evening.
Bryant’s wife, Vanessa, delivered an extremely powerful speech in honor of Kobe, with basketball legend Michael Jordan also in attendance as he presented the Laker great.
Fans from all across the sporting spectrum have anticipated this moment for a long time, but the coronavirus pandemic caused the ceremony to postpone for several months.
Nonetheless, Bryant is now certified in the books as one of the greatest ever to play the game of basketball.
Here are some of the best reactions to the ceremony: