Kobe Bryant's wife Vanessa hypes 2025 as 'Year of the Mamba' with epic motivation commerical

Late Kobe Bryant's wife Vanessa Bryant hyped up the new year in her latest Instagram story. On Tuesday, the former Lakers superstar's wife shared a reel featuring a Kobe hype video on her Instagram story.

She accompanied her thoughts about the reel in the caption of her story.

"Year of the Mamba," the caption read.

Vanessa Bryant hypes up 2025 on her IG story. (Credits: @vanessabryant/Instagram)

The reel featured in Vanessa's story was posted on Tuesday to commemorate the will of the late Lakers legend. Bryant stood as an icon for more than just basketball. The five-time NBA Champion was an inspiration to millions around the world and the hype video tried to cover a fragment of it and display it to the millions on Instagram.

The reel featured mainly people of Asian ethnicity working out in different fields of athletics and sports. However, the one thing common in them was that when they came across adversity, they took Kobe's name to keep going.

It was a clever way to encapsulate what Kobe "the Black Mamba" Bryant stood for. The Lakers legend is known for his ferocious mentality that made him one of the greatest players to ever touch a basketball. It allowed him to win five championships and gain 18 All-Star nominations in addition to being named in debates for the Greatest of All Time alongside Michael Jordan and LeBron James.

The reel was also a warm wish to the Chinese community and celebrated 2025 as the Year of the Snake aka "The Year of the Mamba."

Kobe Bryant's wife Vanessa Bryant shares her New Year festivities with her fans

Kobe Bryant's wife, Vanessa, shared her New Year festivities with her 15.8 million fans on Instagram. On New Year's Eve, Vanessa shared a reel on her Instagram handle to show the activities she and her daughters indulged in to celebrate 2025.

The reel featured pictures and videos combined in a montage format to summarise their outing. The Bryant family went to the mountains to spend their last days of the previous year. One video showed Vanessa bowling with her daughters. Another segment showed Bryant's daughter skiing and enjoying their outing on a snowy mountain.

Kobe Bryant died in a helicopter crash on Jan. 26, 2020. The news shocked the world as they did not expect one of the biggest names in basketball to pass away so suddenly. However, Bryant still lives on a basketball fan's memory and the legacy he left behind.