The Brooklyn Nets will honor Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna on Wednesday against the Detroit Pistons.

According to Anthony Puccio of Nets Daily, the team will leave the seats which Kobe and Gianna sat in during a game they attended in December unoccupied.

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Nets star Kyrie Irving has yet to comment on the passing of Bryant, which is understandable given how close Irving was to the Lakers icon. When Kyrie won the 2016 championship with the Cleveland Cavaliers, he FaceTimed Bryant from his locker.

Nets guard Spencer Dinwiddie has officially changed his number from No. 8 to No. 26 to honor Kobe Bryant. Dinwiddie is a native of Los Angeles and has been public in expressing how much the former Lakers superstar meant to him. The NBA typically forces players to wait until the offseason to change their jersey numbers, but they granted Dinwiddie’s request in this instance.

In 1,346 career games for the Lakers, Bryant cemented himself as an all-time great. Coming straight to the NBA from high school is no easy move, but Bryant finished his illustrious NBA career with averages of 25.0 points, 5.2 rebounds and 4.7 assists per game. He was an 18-time All-Star, two-time scoring champion, 15-time All-NBA team member, two-time Finals MVP and five-time champion.