A statue of late Lakers legend Kobe Bryant will be unveiled outside Crypto.com Arena on Feb. 8, 2024, the team announced today, which is Mamba Day.
The Lakers posted the announcement at 8:24 a.m. on Aug. 24, which has become known as Mamba Day as a nod to Bryant’s jersey numbers.Kobe Bryant would have been 45 on Wednesday. Lakers fans and others are celebrating the late NBA legend on his birthday and Thursday, which is Kobe Bryant Day.
The team hired Julie Rotblatt Amrany, the sculptor of each of the other Lakers monuments outside the arena, to create the Bryant statue. “Kobe’s transcendent spirit is always and forever in our hearts — inspiring us every day,” Bryant’s former agent and current Lakers general managersaid in a statement. “And now, with the unveiling of this powerful and beautiful statue, he will have a physical presence, too. A place on the hallowed ground Kobe created, where we can all gather and pay honor to a mighty and great man.”
The Lakers will host Denver on Feb. 8 when they unveil the statue, the first “in a series of physical tributes,” the team said. “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
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