No plan to pay homage to Kobe Bryant in public: Lakers

One year after the tragic demise of celebrated NBA player Kobe Bryant, fans were seen honouring the player on the streets of Los Angeles by painting murals. However, the Lakers had a different plan of holding a low-key observance for the loss, reported The Washington Post. 

According to a report released by ESPN, the team does not plan to pay a formal homage to the player, who was killed in a helicopter crash with his daughter and seven others. Lakers have decided not to wear the “Black Mamba” tribute jerseys for the upcoming games in Philadelphia and Cleveland. 

LeBron James said on Saturday, “There is a saying that says ‘Time heals all’. And as devastating and as tragic as it was and still is to all of us involved with it, only time [will help]. And it takes time. Everyone has their own grieving process. Everyone understands that everyone individually is different. Everyone is going to grieve differently. … All you can do as a friend or a loved one or anyone in our brotherhood or our family hood that we have here in the Lakers organization is to put an arm around someone when they need it.”

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Anthony Davis said, “Ever since the tragedy happened, we had a mind-set that this is bigger than, you know, ourselves. There were so many signs in the bubble [in Florida] that he was there with us.”

According to The Washington Post, Vanessa Bryant, the wife of NBA legend, said on Instagram “Our year has been traumatic enough” while urging people to remember the lives of the victims over their deaths.