2023-08-24 19:33:24
Kobe Bryant would have been 45 on August 23. Disappeared in a tragic helicopter accident in 2020 above the city of Angels with his 13-year-old daughter Gianna, he was never replaced. America, sport, basketball, the NBA and his lifelong team, the Los Angeles Lakers, for whom he played for 20 years, have never forgotten him. During his career, the “Black Mamba” idol of a whole generation won 5 NBA titles and two Olympic titles. A few lines in an incomparable prize list.
Born in Philadelphia, raised in Italy where his father played, passed through Mulhouse in the early 1990s, Kobe Bryant remained for much of his life a member of the Los Angeles community, playing for the Lakers from 1997 to 2016 He never played for another franchise. The city of California will therefore pay homage to him in 2024. On many street corners, in California and elsewhere, there are frescoes to his glory. But no official statue yet.
“As you know, says his wife Vanessa in a post on social networks, Kobe has played his entire 20-year NBA career as an LA Laker. Since he had joined the city, he felt at home there. That’s why my daughters are proud and honored today that in downtown Los Angeles, across from the plaza known as ‘the house Kobe built’, we’ll be raising a statue so we can honor him for eternity. »
This statue will come out of the ground on February 8, 2024. This is no coincidence. During his LA career, Kobe Bryant wore two jersey numbers: 8 and 24.
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