Kobe Bryant celebrates after the Lakers defeated the Orlando Magic in Game Five of the 2009 NBA Finals. Bryant was one of nine people who died in a helicopter crash Sunday morning in Calabasas
In the days that have passed since the helicopter crash that claimed the lives of Kobe Bryant, his daughter Gianna, who was thirteen years old, and seven other people, NBA players and teams have been paying tribute to the Lakers legend. These tributes have included handwritten messages on their sneakers and intentional clock violations of eight and twenty-four seconds in honor of Bryant’s jersey numbers and custom pregame jerseys.
More than two million people are in agreement with the proposal that the league should forever recognize one of its all-time greats, which was proposed by a fan but has not yet been implemented.
Modify the company’s logo.
Nick M, a user on change.org, has initiated a petition with the intention of strongly urging the National Basketball Association to “immortalize [Bryant] forever as the new NBA logo.” According to what Nick M said on the website, the first objective was to collect “100 signatures at best.”
As of the evening of Tuesday, more than 2.5 million individuals had committed their signatures to the petition.
Kobe is the recipient of all of this! Written by Nick M. My desire is that Kobe would still be around so that I would not have to start this petition in the first place.
The classic National Basketball Association logo was designed by Alan Siegel in 1969. Siegel has stated that he modeled the prominently featured silhouette on Jerry West, another legendary player for the Los Angeles Lakers.
For a considerable amount of time, West was hesitant to embrace the fact that his likeness was featured on the uniform of the league. During an interview with the Washington Post in 2017, he did confirm that it was him, and he made the statement that the gesture was both flattering and embarrassing.
“I wish they would change it if they would want to,” West remarked. “I wish they would.” In a lot of different ways, I wish they would.
It is possible that the time to do so is right now. When the Lakers acquired Bryant after the 1996 NBA draft, West was serving as the general manager of the organization. He told ABC/ESPN that he acted as a “surrogate father” to the star, who was 17 years old at the time.
In a statement released on Sunday, West said, “I will love Kobe forever and always cherish the time that I spent with him.” “I witnessed his transformation from an active child into the man he eventually became, who made a positive impact on the lives of a great number of people. The world is a better place because of his legacy. Kobe’s legacy will endure for all of eternity.