{"id":72580,"date":"2024-04-11T10:17:21","date_gmt":"2024-04-11T14:17:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/?p=72580"},"modified":"2024-04-11T10:17:21","modified_gmt":"2024-04-11T14:17:21","slug":"kobe-bryant-statue-gets-addressed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/04\/11\/kobe-bryant-statue-gets-addressed\/","title":{"rendered":"Kobe Bryant Statue Gets Addressed"},"content":{"rendered":"

In February outside of Crypto.com Arena\u201a formerly Staples Center\u201a several errors on the newly unveiled\u00a0Kobe Bryant<\/a>\u00a0statue were noticed. The Los Angeles Lakers were able to identify the errors and make the necessary corrections.<\/p>\n

Kobe Bryant Statue Gets Addressed<\/h2>\n

Keeping Up With The Facts<\/h3>\n

The corrections were resolved in time for the Los Angeles Lakers 2023-2024 regular-season finale against Golden State Warriors. They lost 120-134 to the Warriors\u201a at the Tuesday Night\u201a in a star-studded event. The statue was originally unveiled<\/a> in early February. The towering 19-foot-grandeur statue is made of bronze metal and is a truly awe-inspiring photo spot for NBA and Lakers fans worldwide. A homage to the greatest players of all time\u201a who famously was nicknamed “The Black Mamba.”<\/p>\n

The errors corrected were the misspelled names of former NBA players\u00a0Jose Calderon<\/a> and Von Wafer<\/a>. It occurred on the rendered box score base from Bryant’s iconic 81-point game in Jan 2006 against the Toronto Raptors. The other error also addressed was a misspelling of the phrase “coach decision” with other minor formatting issues. The name of the statue’s artist, Julie Rotblatt Amrany, was also added to the base to highlight his contribution. Overall these were much-needed corrections to properly honor one of the greatest players of all time.<\/p>\n

The Debut No. 8 Jersey<\/h3>\n

Bryant’s facsimile signature has been revised and changed to read “Kobe” wearing the number 24\u201a from earlier engraved wording on the iconic statue. The statue of Kobe shows his icon No.8 jersey\u201a worn in the first half of his career when he entered the NBA. Because of the jersey, he was assigned to at Adidas ABCD camp for the up-and-coming high school stars, which was 143, he added and came up with number 8 as his jersey choice<\/a> for his rookie year.<\/p>\n

Reflecting Back To The 2020 Helicopter Accident<\/h3>\n

The first of three<\/a> monumental statues is planned to honor and celebrate the Los Angeles Lakers icon. The set location and the unveiling date for the other two statues\u201a one of Kobe Bryant in his famous No.24 jersey\u201a and the other with his also departed daughter Gianna Bryant. The father and daughter died in the 2020\u201a ill-fated helicopter crash\u201a on their flight to the Mamba Sports Academy in Thousand Oaks. The pilot tragically lost control of the helicopter due to thick fog and bad weather. The anticipated statues are still yet to be communicated to and unveiled, according to a Lakers team concerned spokesperson.<\/p>\n

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In February outside of Crypto.com Arena\u201a formerly Staples Center\u201a several errors on the newly unveiled\u00a0Kobe Bryant\u00a0statue were noticed. The Los Angeles Lakers were able to identify the errors and make the necessary corrections. Kobe Bryant Statue Gets Addressed Keeping Up With The Facts The corrections were resolved in time for the Los Angeles Lakers 2023-2024 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4816,"featured_media":72830,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"1","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[26,1608,62],"tags":[551],"class_list":["post-72580","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lakers","category-basketball","category-nba","tag-kobe-bryant"],"modified_by":"Eamon Cassels, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72580","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4816"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72580"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72580\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72830"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72580"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72580"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}