The team announced that on Feb 8, 2024, Bryant will become the seventh Laker to be commemorated with a statue.
Thursday that on Feb. 8, 2024, it will honor Bryant with a bronze statue at Star Plaza outside Crypto.com Arena before the Laker's home game that evening.
The unveiling date is a nod to Bryant and his daughter Gianna — Bryant wore number 8 and 24 jerseys as a Laker, and Gianna wore a number 2 jersey during her time playing youth basketball. Bryant, a five-time champion and career-long Lakers player, participated in the initial planning of the statue following his retirement, the team said. widow Vanessa Bryant
said in a video."Since arriving in this city and joining the Lakers organization, he felt at home here, playing in the City of Angels." "On behalf of the Lakers, my daughters, and me, I am so honored that, right in the center of Los Angeles, in front of the place known as the house that Kobe built, we are going to unveil his statue so that his legacy can be celebrated forever," she said. Damian Dovarganes / APBryant will be the seventh Laker commemorated with a statue, joining Elgin Baylor, Shaquille O'Neal, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Earvin"Magic" Johnson, Jerry West and Chick Hearn, the Lakers said.
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