Somebody should have run the Kobe Bryant statue through spell check.
Several errors, including the misspelling of Jose Calderon’s and Von Wafer’s names in a replica box score on the statue, went viral on Monday after a basketball journalist from Germany posted them on social media.
The statue honoring the late Lakers’ great was unveiled in February outside Crypto.com Arena and has been a place where fans have congregated since.
The errors involving Calderon and Wafer’s names were part of a replica box score engraved on one side of the statue to honor Bryant’s 81-point game against the Raptors.
In a speech at the ceremony, his wife Vanessa Bryant said that the NBA superstar had been the one to select the pose for the statue, “So if anyone has a problem with it, tough s–t.”
Phil Jackson, Stu Lantz, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Derek Fisher and Lakers owner Jeanie Buss were all on hand for the February ceremony.