Over 1.7 Million People Sign Petition To Feature Kobe Bryant's Image On New NBA Logo

Jan 28, 2020 by apost team

Fans across the globe have signed a petition calling for NBA to add Kobe Bryant to be featured on their logo in place of his mentor, Jerry West. 

Kobe Bryant and his 13-year-old daughter, Gianna, died in a tragic helicopter crash on Sunday.

Over 1.7 million people have signed a petition on change.org which calls for Kobe Bryant to be featured on the NBA logo. 
The petition reads: “With the untimely and unexpected passing of the great Kobe Bryant please sign this petition in an attempt to immortalize him forever as the new NBA Logo.”

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Although the petition’s initial goal was 500,000, it has since been risen to 3 million due to the number of signatures it gathered in such a short time after going live. 

“The support on this petition has been out of this WORLD,” Nick M, who originally started the petition said. “I want to deeply thank everybody who contributed through signing and donating to the petition. When I started this I didn't expect much to come out of it my goal was 100 signatures at best. 

“I hope with our effort that our dream does come true and we are able to see Kobe Bryant engraved into the NBA Logo,” he added. “Let's continue to spread this petition out! And as Kobe would've said, 'Mamba out'.”

NBA’s current logo features Los Angeles Laker’s star Jerry West and debuted in 1971. The logo incorporates Jerry West’s silhouette from a photo that was taken by Wen Roberts. 

West became Bryant’s mentor in the 1990’s when he was manager for the LA Lakers.  Bryant was only a teenager at the time and was transitioning from being a high school student to an NBA star.

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