{"id":2013025,"date":"2023-08-26T13:00:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-26T17:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lakers-announce-plans-to-honor-kobe-bryant-with-bronze-statue\/"},"modified":"2023-08-26T13:00:53","modified_gmt":"2023-08-26T17:00:53","slug":"lakers-announce-plans-to-honor-kobe-bryant-with-bronze-statue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lakers-announce-plans-to-honor-kobe-bryant-with-bronze-statue\/","title":{"rendered":"Lakers to honor Kobe Bryant with bronze statue."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Flakers-announce-plans-to-honor-kobe-bryant-with-bronze-statue%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2013025&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>A \u200cBronze Statue Honoring\u200c Kobe Bryant \u2062to be Unveiled Outside Lakers&#8217; Arena<\/h2>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cancel-mob-wins-theodore-roosevelt-statue-at-nyc-museum-heading-for-north-dakota\/\" title=\"Cancel Mob Wins: Theodore Roosevelt Statue at NYC Museum Heading for North Dakota\">bronze statue honoring<\/a> the late Los Angeles Lakers great Kobe Bryant will\u200c be \u2063unveiled outside \u2062the team&#8217;s arena in February, the NBA club announced on Thursday with his \u200cwidow Vanessa.<\/p>\n<p>The statue of the\u200b five-time NBA champion, who tragically passed away at \u200bthe age of 41 \u200bin a January 2020 helicopter crash that \u2063also claimed the life of his daughter \u2064Gianna and seven\u200d others, will be\u2063 revealed \u2062on Feb. 8 before the Lakers&#8217; home game against the Denver Nuggets.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;As \u2063you know,\u2063 Kobe \u2063played his entire 20-year\u200d NBA career as a Los Angeles Laker,&#8221; Vanessa said in a video on the team&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lakers-announce-plans-to-honor-kobe-bryant-with-bronze-statue\/\" title=\"Lakers to honor Kobe Bryant with bronze statue.\">social media \u200daccounts<\/a>. &#8220;Since arriving \u2063in this city and joining the Lakers \u2062organization, he felt at home here, playing in the City of Angels.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Related Stories<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/sports\/simone-biles-wows-on-vault-while-surging-to-the-lead-at-the-us-gymnastics-championships-5481109\">Simone Biles Wows \u2063on Vault \u2062While Surging\u2062 to \u200bthe Lead at \u200cthe US Gymnastics Championships<\/a> &#8211; 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Johnson, Jerry West, and Chick \u2062Hearn as\u200b the seventh Laker to be\u200d commemorated with a\u200d statue.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout his Hall of Fame \u200ccareer, Bryant was an 18-time\u200b All-Star, a four-time NBA scoring leader, \u200band a \u2064nine<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-15-most-anticipated-albums-of-2021\/\" title=\"The 15 Most Anticipated Albums of 2021\u00a0\">-time member<\/a> of the league&#8217;s All-Defensive First Team, solidifying his status as one of the greatest two-way players in\u200d basketball\u200d history.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Kobe Bryant was one of\u200d the most\u200c extraordinary athletes of all time, and\u200d one of the most iconic individuals in the history of Los \u200cAngeles,&#8221; \u200csaid Lakers owner Jeanie Buss.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There is no better place for Kobe to be honored with \u200da statue than here, \u200bat the center \u200bof our city, where everyone\u200c can celebrate him and be inspired by his incredible achievements.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A bronze statue of Kobe Bryant, the late Los Angeles Lakers legend, will be revealed outside the team&#8217;s arena in February. The NBA club shared the news on Thursday, along with his widow Vanessa. 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