Kobe Bryant’s daughter Natalia’s super sweet birthday posts with Pau Gasol’s son

Kobe Bryant’s bond with Pau Gasol was more than just teammates, they were brothers. Gasol is like an uncle to the Bryant family, making Kobe’s daughter Natalia Bryant a great aunt to Gasol’s children.

After the tragedy in 2020 and the loss of his former Los Angeles Lakers teammate and his daughter Gigi, Gasol has remained close to the Bryants.

Natalia is now 21 years old and a film student at USC and a model. She really looks like mom Vanessa and has come into its own sophisticated looks like her campus attireand beautiful fits like her small tank top she rocked during Thanksgiving break.

Pau Gasol and Vanessa Bryan

Pau Gasol (right) receives the 2023 Kobe & Gigi Bryant WNBA Advocacy Award from Vanessa Bryant (center) during the 2023 NBA All-Star Game at Vivint Arena. / Christopher Creveling-Imagn images

She also shared many sweet mother-daughter moments with Vanessa where the two were dressed up for a wedding and looking like twins And participated in a Los Angeles Dodgers playoff game together. When Natalia is not at school, she helps her mother raise her sisters Bianka (7) and Capri (4).

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Gasol and his wife Cat McDonnell also have two young children, a son named Max and a daughter named Elisabet Gianna. They are expecting their third child in the fall of 2024. Max just turned two, and Vanessa wished him a happy birthday followed by Natalia.

Natalia Bryant

Natalia Bryant/Instgram

Natalia Bryant

Natalia Bryant/Instagram

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How cute they are together!

Of course, Pau and Kobe won back-to-back championships in 2009-2010. Spaniard Gasol is now 44, where Kobe would have been 46 if he were alive today.

Kobe’s family continues the bond they built and these sweet birthday messages show just how close they still are.

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