2024-02-10 03:03:45
Yesterday was February 8, 2024, U.S. time. The Lakers officially unveiled a statue of team legend Kobe Bryant. The gesture was Kobe’s one-handed finger-to-the-sky gesture following he set a career high of 81 points in a single game. This statue The gesture was hand-picked by Kobe himself before his death. Kobe’s widow, Vanessa Bryant, also announced that two more statues have yet to be unveiled, bringing a total of three statues of Kobe to be erected outside the Crypto.com Arena, home of the Lakers. The one unveiled yesterday is from the period when Kobe wore No. 8, the one following that is from Kobe’s period of No. 24, and the third one is from Kobe and Gigi together.
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Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce also visited Kobe’s Hall of Fame room yesterday. KG mightn’t help but admire that Kobe’s achievements deserved two retired jerseys. After hearing this, Pierce asked KG: “Which Kobe is better? No. 8 or No. 24?” KG replied:
To quote No. 24, Kobe at No. 24 is smarter and no one likes him at No. 8. No. 8 is his own demon. No one likes No. 8. We have all forgotten No. 8. No. 8 is the most challenging, people have issues with him, his shot selection, people think he’s selfish. He went through some things and came out of it, like a rebirth, and the second Kobe was a completely different Kobe, family-oriented, taking another path, a changed mentality, crazy Motherf*cker.
Pierce kept agreeing with KG’s words during the listening process, and both of them agreed that Kobe on the 24th was more pleasing to the eye.
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