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Vanessa Bryant Reveals That The Lakers Will Unveil A Kobe Bryant Statue In 2024 (Video)

<p>Vanessa Bryant shared an incredibly heartwarming message with Kobe Bryant fans a day after the late NBA player&&num;8217&semi;s 45th birthday&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h5 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">RELATED&colon; &&num;8216&semi;<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;vanessa-bryant-kobe-bryant-birthday&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Always &amp&semi; Forever&&num;8217&semi;&colon; Vanessa Bryant Honors Kobe On The Athlete&&num;8217&semi;s Would-Be 45th Birthday<&sol;a><&sol;h5>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Vanessa Bryant Shares A Video Message To Kobe Bryant &amp&semi; Lakers Fans<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>On Thursday&comma; the Los Angeles Lakers and Vanessa Bryant took to Instagram to share a special video message with the team&&num;8217&semi;s fans worldwide&period; In the clip&comma; Bryant explained that &&num;8220&semi;Kobe played his entire 20-year NBA career as a Los Angeles Laker&period;&&num;8221&semi; Additionally&comma; she added that the late basketball ball star &&num;8220&semi;felt at home&&num;8230&semi; playing in the City of Angels&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Bryant explained that a statue would be unveiled in her husband&&num;8217&semi;s memory on behalf of the Lakers and her daughters&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;On behalf of the Lakers&comma; my daughters and me&comma; I am so honored that right in the center of Los Angeles&comma; in front of the place known as &&num;8216&semi;The House That Kobe Built&comma;&&num;8217&semi; we are going to unveil a statue so that his legacy can be celebrated forever&comma;&&num;8221&semi; she explained&period;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;Hope to see you there&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Bryant told fans before ending the video with a smile&period; As the clip begins to fade&comma; viewers are greeted with the statue&&num;8217&semi;s unveiling date&comma; February 8&comma; 2024&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-instagram data-shortcode&equals;"CwVfMItNZA6" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"600" data-captioned><&sol;amp-instagram><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">More Information Regarding The Forthcoming Kobe Bryant Statue<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>According to <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;people&period;com&sol;vanessa-bryant-announces-lakers-will-unveil-kobe-bryant-statue-7852330" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">PEOPLE<&sol;a>&comma; the statue&&num;8217&semi;s unveiling date is significant because Bryant often donned the jersey numbers 8 and 24&period; Additionally&comma; his late daughter Gigi often donned jersey number 2&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Additionally&comma; an <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;nba&period;com&sol;lakers&sol;news&sol;lakers-to-unveil-kobe-bryant-statue-on-2-8-24" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">NBA press release<&sol;a> adds that Byrant participated &&num;8220&semi;in the initial planning of the anticipated statue&period;&&num;8221&semi; Furthermore&comma; the structure will reportedly be unveiled ahead of the Laker&&num;8217&semi;s home game at the Crypto&period;com arena on the evening of February 8&comma; 2024&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The press release also adds the statue unveiling is the &&num;8220&semi;first in a series of physical tributes to honor&&num;8221&semi; Bryant&&num;8217&semi;s legacy&period; With this honor&comma; the late basketball legend will join the ranks of figures such as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar&comma; Earvin &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Magic” Johnson&comma; Jerry West&comma; and more&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The release adds that Julie Rotblatt Amrany of the Fine Art Studio of Rotblatt Amrany will create the statue&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Jeanie Buss&comma; the Los Angeles Lakers Governor&comma; shared a statement regarding the honor&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;Kobe Bryant was one of the most extraordinary athletes of all time&comma; and one of the most iconic individuals in the history of Los Angeles&period; There is no better place for Kobe to be honored with a statue than here&comma; at the center of our city&comma; where everyone can celebrate him and be inspired by his incredible achievements&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>According to <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;tmz&period;com&sol;2023&sol;08&sol;24&sol;kobe-bryant-statue-unveiled-outside-crypto-com-arena-february&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">TMZ<&sol;a>&comma; it has been speculated that the ceremony will also honor Bryant&&num;8217&semi;s late daughter&comma; Gigi&comma; in some capacity&period; As <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;tsrangelz-kobe-bryant-his-daughter-gianna-bryant-pass-away-in-a-helicopter-crash&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">The Shade Room<&sol;a> previously reported&comma; Bryant and his 13-year-old daughter passed away in a helicopter crash in January 2020&period; According to <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;people&period;com&sol;vanessa-bryant-announces-lakers-will-unveil-kobe-bryant-statue-7852330" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">PEOPLE<&sol;a>&comma; the crash also claimed the lives of seven others&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The NBA adds that more details will be released on the event in the upcoming months&period; Please check back in with <em>The Shade Room<&sol;em> for more updates&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine; <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-wrap wpra-plugin-container" style&equals;"justify-content&colon; 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