Lakers Announce Plans to Honor Kobe Bryant With Bronze Statue

Lakers Announce Plans to Honor Kobe Bryant With Bronze Statue
Kobe Bryant attends the 90th Annual Academy Awards Nominee Luncheon at The Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Feb. 5, 2018. Kevin Winter/Getty Images
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A bronze statue honoring late Los Angeles Lakers great Kobe Bryant will be unveiled outside the team’s arena in February, the NBA club announced on Thursday with his widow Vanessa.

The statue of the five-time NBA champion, who died aged 41 in a January 2020 helicopter crash that also killed his daughter Gianna and seven others, will be unveiled on Feb. 8 ahead of the Lakers’ home game versus the Denver Nuggets.