‘Dear Kobe, Thank You’: Lakers Legend Bryant Enshrined in Hall of Fame

Musician Ne-Yo performs as the late professional basketball player and Class of 2020 inductee Kobe Bryant is honored during the 2021 Basketball Hall of Fame Enshrinement Ceremony at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn., on May 15, 2021. Maddie Meyer/Getty Images

Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant was inducted posthumously to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame on Saturday, as the class of 2020 was enshrined after months of delay due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The five-time NBA champion died last year aged 41 in a helicopter crash alongside his daughter and seven others, shocking the world of professional sport and sending his legions of fans into mourning.