*We’ve just learned that Kobe Bryant was in the process of setting up trademarking and branding plans for his daughter Gianna (GiGi) to follow in his footsteps with her very own nickname.
Kobe filed paperwork for “Mambacita” on Dec. 30, 2019. The name is obviously both a tip of the hat to GiGi’s father — the Black Mamba — and also to her own growing prowess on the hardcourt.
Here more via TMZ Sports:
According to the docs … the plan was to put “Mambacita” on all sorts of sportswear — shirts, shorts, hats, jerseys, sweatpants, sweatshirts and hoodies.
Kobe had started referring to his 13-year-old daughter by that handle on social media. In fact, one such post, back in November, is eerily poignant today. Kobe praised GiGi’s offense, and also the defense of Alyssa Altobelli.
Alyssa, her mother and father — Keri and John Altobelli — all perished on the chopper Sunday. Alyssa, like GiGi, was a star player at Kobe’s Mamba Academy.
Kobe ended the post by shouting out the “familiar fade” shot by his beloved daughter … “#Mambacita.”
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