As people around the world pay tribute to basketball legend Kobe Bryant, who perished along with his daughter and seven other people in a helicopter crash on 26 January, a considerable number of fans now seek to convince the National Basketball Association to alter its logo.
A new petition recently created on Change.org now calls on the NBA to "immortalise" Kobe "forever" by adding changing the league’s logo, with a number of social media users echoing the call.
There is no argument; Kobe Bryant needs to be the logo.
— Hoop Central (@TheHoopCentral) 28 января 2020 г.
Your move, @NBA. pic.twitter.com/9cnAnXTjUF
NBA logo HAS to be Kobe Bryant
— LakeShowYo (@LakeShowYo) 28 января 2020 г.
New logo for NBA @kobebryant😭😭😭RIP legend pic.twitter.com/8rxXYGWCK4
— Yvan toxic (@ToxicYvan) 28 января 2020 г.
Change the NBA Logo to Kobe Bryant. #NBA #RIPMamba #RIPMambacita pic.twitter.com/fFexT9jsji
— Antonio White Jr (@Tone_Blanco925) 28 января 2020 г.
As of the time of this article’s writing, the petition has already accrued over 1.6 million signatures, with the next milestone being 3 million signatures.
Earlier this week, the mayor of the Italian city of Reggio Emilia announced that one of the squares there will be named in honour of Kobe.
An 18-time NBA All-Star, five-time NBA champion and two-time Olympic champion, Kobe Bryant was killed along with his daughter and seven other people in a helicopter crash in Calabasas, California on 26 January.
