Later this evening, the Los Angeles Lakers will honor the memory of Kobe Bryant by wearing special ‘Black Mamba’ jerseys that will feature a snakeskin print on the jersey and a classic Lakers drop shadow font when they face off against the Portland Trail Blazers in tonight’s Game 4. But with yesterday being Kobe’s birthday and today’s date of 8/24 marking the two numbers that he wore as a Laker, the City of Los Angeles unveiled something that will honor Bryant’s legacy for a long time to come.
The City of Los Angeles announced on Monday that they will rename a three-mile section of Figueroa Street, right where the Staples Center is, “Kobe Bryant Boulevard.”
Ever since Bryant’s tragic death, along with his daughter Gianna and seven others in a helicopter crash earlier this year, the memory of Bryant has been a constant both for the Los Angeles Lakers and for the NBA community. Tonight’s gesture of honoring Kobe will only bring about those feelings again.
