Lakers legend Kobe Bryant, who died in a January 2020 helicopter crash, will be memorialized with a bronze statue outside of Crypto.com Arena on Feb. 8, 2024.
at the age of 41, with a statue during a ceremony before their game against the Denver Nuggets on Feb. 8, 2024. The date of the statue unveiling ceremony — 2/8/24 — is a composite of the jersey numbers worn by Bryant and his teenage daughter Gianna, who also died in the crash.
Bryant’s statue will join similar monuments to Los Angeles sporting greats outside the downtown Crypto.com Arena, including tributes to Johnson, O’Neal, Jerry West, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Elgin Baylor and Lakers broadcasting legend Chick Hearn.“Kobe Bryant was one of the most extraordinary athletes of all time, and one of the most iconic individuals in the history of Los Angeles,” Lakers owner Jeanie Buss said in a statement.
Lakers General Manager Rob Pelinka, Bryant’s longtime agent, said that the statue will ensure that Bryant has a “physical presence … on the hallowed ground Kobe created, where we can all gather and pay honor to a mighty and great man.”The Lakers said in a joint statement with Vanessa Bryant, Bryant’s widow, that the bronze statue, which was created by sculptor Julie Rotblatt Amrany, will be “the first in a series of physical tributes” to Bryant’s legacy.
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