Kia NBA All-Star Game MVP Award

CHICAGO: NBA commissioner Adam Silver announced Sunday that the Kia NBA All-Star Game MVP Award has been permanently named for the late Kobe Bryant, an 18-time All-Star who won a record-tying four All-Star Game MVP awards.

The NBA All-Star Game Kobe Bryant MVP Award was presented on Sunday to Kawhi Leonard of Team LeBron at the conclusion of the 2020 NBA All-Star Game here, where the league celebrated the lives of Bryant, his daughter Gianna and seven other people who tragically passed away in a helicopter crash on Jan. 26.