still fam thats his parents. they of all people deserve to say something,
I hope the reason being isnt over BS and that its just they werent in the mood to do it.
You gotta look at the format of the tribute. It wasn't just for Kobe. It was for Gianna as well. And they had 3 speakers talk about each of them. Diana Taurasi, the chick from Oregon, and Geno talked about Gianna. Rob, MJ, and Shaq talked about Kobe. Vanessa was the only one to talk about both. I'm sure if it was just a tribute to Kobe we would've seen his parents and more people from the NBA. I think the way they formatted it was to treat Kobe and Gianna equally. They had 3 people talking about Gianna's basketball prowess and then 3 people talking bout Kobe.