A grief-stricken Kobe Bryant fan Monday said they were so torn up over the NBA legend’s recent death that they were unable to serve on Michael Avenatti’s impending Nike extortion trial.

“I personally met and have a great deal of respect for Laker legend Kobi [sic] Bryant who recently died in the helicopter crash in California,” according to a juror questionnaire filled out by the anonymous panelist.

The 41-year-old former Nike pitchman and his 13-year-old daughter Gianna were among the nine killed Sunday when the helicopter carrying them — and bearing a Nike swoosh — crashed in Southern California. 

“The possibility [that] Mr. Avenatti could have [extorted] money and [blackmailed] Nike for alleged payment to highly ranked high school basketball prospects is very bothersome to me,” the person wrote.

Manhattan federal court judge Paul Gardephe dismissed the juror, without objection from defense attorneys or prosecutors.

Nike has long endorsed Bryant, and on Sunday released a tribute referring to the former Los Angeles Lakers hoopster as a “beloved member of the Nike family.”

Avenatti is accused of attempting to blackmail the sportswear giant out of more than $20 million dollars in 2019 by threatening to go public with accusations of company corruption unless they paid him to conduct an internal investigation.

Opening arguments could begin as early as Tuesday.