The wedding of Liberty star Sabrina Ionescu and Raiders center Hroniss Grasu featured a star-studded crew on the dance floor in Laguna Beach, Calif. over the the weekend.
Vanessa Bryant and her daughter Natalia, NBA Hall-of-Famer Pau Gasol and his wife Cat, Lakers GM Rob Pelinka and his wife Kristin, and former NBA coach Steve Nash were among those in attendance.
Vanessa, Natalia, Gasol and Nash were seen dancing with Ionescu at a wedding reception in a video on social media.
At one point, Gasol and Vanessa — the widow of the late Kobe Bryant, who was Gasol’s longtime Lakers teammate — started banging a hand drum as Nash pumped his arm in the air while on the dance floor.
Taking to her Instagram, Vanessa shared a number of selfies with her oldest daughter and Ionescu, who is a close friend of the Bryant family.
“Congratulations to @sabrina_i and @h_grasu!!!,” the 41-year-old Vanessa wrote. “Such a beautiful couple. Wishing you both the very best, always!!! Xo.”
Satou Sabally also shared a photo of her and Ionescu, former teammates at Oregon, at the reception.
The WNBA stars posed while making an “O” symbol with their hands, commemorating their alma mater.
“To an everlasting bond of love what an amazing wedding of two very special people, a weekend full of two very special people, a weekend full of smiles and happy tears,” Sabally captioned her post.
Ionescu was also seen holding hands with the Oregon Duck mascot in another photo from the celebrations.
The reception featured stunning center pieces with white roses and florals hanging from the ceiling — and the dance floor had the couple’s initials, “S | H,” spotlighted in gold with their wedding date: March 10, 2024.
The nuptials came two months after Ionescu celebrated her bridal shower in January.
A year prior, Ionescu and Grasu got engaged when he popped the question during candlelit rooftop proposal in January 2023.
Ionescu announced the news on Instagram at the time.
“It’s always us ???? here’s to forever with you – 1.20.23 #finally,” she wrote.
The two-time WNBA All-Star shared in a TikTok video that Grasu orchestrated the surprise proposal with her agents by telling her she was doing a photoshoot with GQ magazine.
“I was completely shocked and caught off guard because he played it off so well and I literally had no idea,” Ionescu said. “We were supposed to go to dinner on our own after [the engagement] to find out that our entire families and some of our friends had taken a party bus to surprise us and meet us out in the city.
“… And maybe some people had a little too much tequila… I couldn’t stop taking pictures with my ring because this night was just so special.”