The Los Angeles Lakers said Monday that spelling errors on a Kobe Bryant The statue unveiled last month outside the team’s arena will be fixed.
The errors were pointed out and amplified by the German journalist André Voigt, who published his findings on Sunday. on X. They include spelling Toronto guard José Calderón as “Jose Calderson” and spelling former Laker Von Wafer as “Vom Wafer,” according to NBCLos Angeles.
The word “decision” is engraved in bronze as “decicion,” the station said.
The statue’s pose was inspired by the late player’s index finger response after his epic 81-point game in the Lakers’ 122-104 victory over the Toronto Raptors on January 22, 2006.
It was the second most points a single player had scored in an NBA game. Wilt Chamberlain’s 100 points The Philadelphia Warriors’ 169-147 victory over the New York Knicks in 1962 remains the highest mark.
The 19-foot statue of Bryant, who spent his entire career with the Lakers, features a recreation of the scoreboard from the Toronto game, where the names of Calderón and Wafer, along with the “decision,” are spelled correctlysaid NBC Los Angeles.
“We have been aware of this for a few weeks and are already working to have it corrected quickly,” a Lakers spokesperson said in a statement Monday.
Bryant’s bronze medal in his previous No. 8 jersey was revealed on February 8 at Star Plaza outside Crypto.com Arena in downtown Los Angeles.
Widow Vanessa Bryant said at the event that it would be the first of three statues commissioned to immortalize the five-time NBA championship winner.
Others include Bryant in his No. 24 jersey and Bryant with his daughter Gianna, who died with him and seven others. in a helicopter accident in January 2020.
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