Lakers say typos on Kobe Bryant statue outside team's arena to be corrected
The Los Angeles Lakers said Monday that spelling errors on a Kobe Bryant statue unveiled last month outside the team's arena will be corrected.
The Los Angeles Lakers said Monday that spelling errors on a Kobe Bryant statue unveiled last month outside the team's arena will be corrected.
The errors were pointed out and amplified by German journalist André Voigt, who published his finds Sunday on X. They include spelling Toronto guard José Calderón as “Jose Calderson" and spelling former Laker Von Wafer as “Vom Wafer," according to NBC Los Angeles.
The word "decision" is set in bronze as "decicion," the station said.
A person points to José Calderón's name misspelled as Jose Calderson.NBC Los AngelesThe statue’s pose was inspired by the late player’s index-finger-in-the-air postgame response to his epic 81-point game in the Lakers’ 122-104 win against the Toronto Raptors on Jan. 22, 2006.
It was the second most points a single player had scored in an NBA game. Wilt Chamberlain’s 100 points in the then-Philadelphia Warriors’ 169-147 win against the New York Knicks in 1962 remains the high mark.
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