Women's basketball player Sabrina Ionescu speaks during a February 24, 2020 memorial to celebrate the life of NBA legend Kobe Bryant and daughter Gianna Bryant at Staples Center in Los Angeles.

Five years after Kobe Bryant, 13-year-old daughter Gianna and seven others were killed in a helicopter crash in Calabasas, Calif., several women's basketball players reflected on what he meant to their game and how he championed it.