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August 25, 2023 - 3:41pm | By James McCarty
(Los Angeles, CA) -- The Los Angeles Lakers are putting up a bronze statue of Kobe Bryant outside Crypto.com Arena.
The team plans to unveil the statue on February 8th ahead of their home game against the Denver Nuggets. The five-time NBA champion died in a helicopter crash in 2020 at age 41.
His widow Vanessa Bryant made the announcement Thursday and said the statue will be unveiled in front of "the house that Kobe built" so that "his legacy can be celebrated forever."
This article was written by Flag Family Media Intern Grant Hubbard
