Both Los Angeles Lakers big man Pau Gasol and Vanessa Bryant paid tribute to WNBA star Sabrina Ionescu after the New York Liberty guard established a new league benchmark on Saturday. View this post on Instagram A post shared by WNBA (@wnba) Ionescu’s achievement wasn’t a total surprise, since she was the top overall pick of the 2020 WNBA Draft after a standout collegiate career at the University of Oregon. The relationship between Ionescu and the Bryant family began in January 2019, when Lakers legend Kobe Bryant attended Ionescu’s game in Los Angeles against the University of Southern California. Kobe…