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Mike D. Sykes, II

Vanessa Bryant had the perfect reaction to Staples Center’s name change

The Staples Center won’t be the Staples Center anymore once Christmas arrives.

From that point on, the arena will be known officially as Crypto.com Arena which, to be completely honest, is not what most of us will be calling it.

Vanessa Bryant certainly won’t. That’s for sure.

Bryant chimed in on the new name change for the arena her husband, Kobe Bryant, built out a Hall of Fame career in. And she probably picked the best name for it out of anyone.

It wasn’t Crypto.com arena or The Crypt, as some folks have already started calling it online. It wasn’t even the Staples Center.

She called it “The House that Kobe Built.” And that’s just perfect.

Somebody start the paperwork. This needs to be a thing and it needs to be a thing now. Officially.

Get on this, Lakers.

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