“She was extraordinary,”Matt Mauser said of his bride, mom to kidsPenny, Tom, and Ivy, and an assistant coach on Kobe’s Mamba Academy team. “She was funny and witty like no one you’ve ever seen.
They are skilled enough on the court for a 18-time NBA All Star to notice them. Both Christina and Matt served as coaches at the Orange County, Calif. private school where Kobe’s daughters went. “He saw what an amazing mind [Christina] had for basketball and he brought her on,”Matt explained this during his Jan. 27, 2012, presentation Today appearance. “He asked her to teach the kids defense.”
Modified Mother of Defense is also known as MOD. “She was warm, she was incredibly bright, she was technologically incredibly savvy,” Matt continued. “She could figure out anything.” Now, he and his kids are trying to work out how to move forward while honoring her legacy. “I just try to live the life that Christina would want us to live,”He said Register of Orange County. “Life is for living, and life is beautiful despite all the stuff that we’ve been through and everybody has been through. You’re supposed to find joy in life.”