Just inaugurated last month, the bronze statue of Kobe Bryant erected outside Crypto.com Arena (Los Angeles Lakers’ home stadium) has become the number 1 check-in location for fans, especially on Lakers playing days.

However, recently, some spelling errors have been discovered at the foot of the statue, where the game statistics table in which Kobe Bryant scored 81 points against the Toronto Raptors in 2003 was printed.

The errors pointed out by an account named @drevoigt (actually a basketball reporter from Germany named Andre Voigt) on platform X included the names of Jose Calderon and Von Wafer. In addition, errors also appear in the list of Kobe Bryant’s career achievements engraved on the stone stele at the base of the statue.

This is quite strange information because statues of basketball legends like this are usually inspected very carefully from design to construction and implementation.

Errors related to spelling are often considered “unacceptable” for works of gratitude and remembrance. Especially when this is Kobe Bryant, the late legend loved by many fans. precious.

After the above post suddenly attracted a large amount of interaction, a spokesperson for the Los Angeles Lakers spoke up: “We have known about this error for several weeks and the repair process has begun to correct the statue. be adjusted as soon as possible”.

This is just one of three bronze statues of Kobe Bryant that the Los Angeles Lakers are making. This statue recreates one of the most special moments of Kobe’s career, leaving the field after scoring 81 points against the Toronto Raptors in 2003.

The next two statues will include a statue of Kobe Bryant wearing No. 24 and a statue of Kobe with his daughter Gianna Bryant. The detailed content, statue location, design and inauguration time of these two statues have not yet been revealed.