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- The friendship between Kobe Bryant and Sabrina Ionescu was born out of the dream they shared: to elevate women's basketball to the national level. Along the way, Ionescu became friends with Kobe's daughter Gianna "Gigi" Bryant, worked on her game with Kobe and rose to college basketball stardom at Oregon.
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Apr 17, 2020 · Along the way, Ionescu became friends with Kobe's daughter Gianna "Gigi" Bryant, worked on her game with Kobe and rose to college basketball stardom at Oregon. She would credit Kobe...
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Feb 24, 2020 · When Sabrina Ionescu found out about Kobe Bryant’s death last month, the Oregon basketball star wondered what she was going to do without the guidance of the man she considered a mentor.
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Feb 24, 2020 · Oregon basketball star Sabrina Ionescu spoke about Kobe and Gianna Bryant during their public memorial Monday at Staples Center.
Sabrina loved spending time with the Bryant family, as they became good friends. "He watched the whole game and came to talk to our team after in the locker room. That's when he exchanged...
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On Feb. 24, 2020, in the Ducks' 74-66 win at No. 4 Stanford, Ionescu became the first NCAA player ever (man or woman) to reach 2,000 points, 1,000 assists, and 1,000 rebounds in a career. Ionescu had previously passed the 2,000-point, 1,000-assist milestones, but entered the game nine rebounds short of 1,000. With 1:50 left in the third quarter, sh...
Ionescu's 2,000-1,000-1,000 mark may be her most notable recent highlight, but she has enjoyed plenty more over her four-year career in Eugene. The season before Ionescu arrived, the average home attendancefor the Ducks was 1,501. By her sophomore season, it had increased to more than 4,200; in her junior season, that average jumped to 7,148. Where...
Ionescu became the first player to reach the historic 2,000-1,000-1,000 mark on one of the most difficult days of her life — after speaking at Kobe Bryant's celebration of life earlier that morning. Bryant was invested in the future of women's basketball, and he and Ionescu bonded through their shared interest in the sport. Ionescu considered him a...
Ionescu grew up in Walnut Creek, Calif., 30 minutes from where the Warriors play in Oracle Arena. When Oregon played Cal in February, Steph Curry brought his daughters to see their first ever women's basketball game. Ionescu has attended Warriors games for years, and has become friends with Curry; while he doesn't know if his daughters will play ba...
Ionescu's name, which is Romanian, has caused some confusion as to its pronunciation. People won't be getting her last name wrong for much longer if her meteoric rise continues. Repeat after us: YO-ness-coo. It should be noted Ionescu is the daughter of Romanian immigrants. Her father, Dan Ionescu, left Romania during the 1989 revolution and sought...
Ionescu has a twin brother, Eddy, who also plays basketball at Oregon. They've jokingly comparedthemselves to "(Steph) Curry and Klay (Thompson)," with Ionescu being Curry. Ionescu is older by 18 minutes, and they have been very competitive since childhood. When she was younger, Ionescu played on a club team and filled in on Eddy’s all-male team wh...
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May 28, 2024 · During a trip to New York City, Vanessa Bryant took 7-year-old Bianka to spend time with WNBA star and family friend Sabrina Ionescu. Vanessa, 42, shared photos and videos from the girls'...
Aug 11, 2024 · Ionescu leaned down to give a big hug and kiss to Bianka Bryant, the daughter of the late, great Kobe Bryant, before hugging the Los Angeles Lakers legend's wife Vanessa Bryant, who was holding...
