‘Vom Wafer’: Lakers forced to correct errors on statue dedicated to Kobe Bryant

Statue has formatting and spelling errorsNBA Hall of Famer was killed in 2020 helicopter crash

The Los Angeles Lakers say they are correcting several errors on a statue dedicated to their late star, Kobe Bryant.

A tweet by a German journalist went viral on Monday after it highlighted mistakes on the statue, including misspellings of the names of Jose Calderon and Von Wafer in a section on Bryant’s 81-point game against the Toronto Raptors. Calderon’s name is given as “Calderson” on the statue, while Von Wafer becomes “Vom Wafer”. There is also a formatting error among the Hall of Famer’s career accomplishments and a reference to a coaching “decicion”.

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