By Daily Sports on September 14, 2017
The LA Lakers are to retire both of five-time NBA champion Kobe Bryant's number eight and 24 jerseys.
Bryant, 39, retired in April 2016 after a 20-year career with the Lakers, scoring 60 points in his final game.
He finished as the Lakers' all-time point scorer and third on the NBA's all-time list with 33,643 points.
"I always dreamed of my jersey hanging in the Lakers rafters, but I certainly never imagined two of them," said Bryant, who made his debut in 1996.
The jerseys will be retired at a half-time ceremony on 18 December when the Lakers host the Golden State Warriors.
Bryant is the 10th player to receive the honour, after Wilt Chamberlain, Elgin Baylor, Gail Goodrich, Magic Johnson, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Shaquille O'Neal, James Worthy, Jerry West and Jamaal Wilkes.
"Kobe's jerseys are taking their rightful home next to the greatest Lakers of all time," said Lakers chief executive Jeanie Buss.
Bryant wore the 8 jersey for the first 10 years of his Lakers career before switching to the 24 jersey.
•Photo shows Kobe Bryant.
Source Daily Sports
Posted September 14, 2017
You may also like...
Osimhen, Lookman paint Serie A with goals
Liverpool Beat Flamengo To Win World Club Cup...
Super Eagles contribute to weddings of Akpeyi, Echiejile...
Violence erupts as Dynamite dethrones BJ in Edo...
Euro 202: What To Look Out For Today...
Conte to pocket £26.7m, if Chelsea terminate contract...
CAF awards: Ajibade, Nnadozie, Edo Queens bag nominations
Lagos SWAN, PAACC Hold SWAN Day At Golfview Hotels, Ikeja
Crisis looms as Eagles’ form raises AFCON, W’Cup concerns
Ex-Nigerian Super Falcons player handcuffed, children assaulted as police storm Anambra Football Academy Sports
NFF, teammates console Nwabali on father’s death
_3.jpg)
Abia Govt hails Nigeria Olympic Committee over staging an admin course in Umuahia
Libya deliver Eagles 2025 AFCON ticket
Eagles battle Cheetahs for 2025 AFCON ticket
Yellow Greens gear up for T20 W’Cup qualifiers
Tyson tips Fury to beat Joshua
Sadiq absent as 22 Eagles train in Abidjan
Eagles’ striking trio hot for Cheetahs, Amavubi clashes
Most Read
Rangers International going, going . . . (55,163 views)
Amaju Pinnick: A cat with nine lives (46,307 views)
Second Term: Amaju Pinnick, Other NFF Heavyweights Home to Roost •How Pinnick Broke the Jinx (44,370 views)
Missing $150,000 IAAF Grant: Solomon Dalung’s Hide and Seek game (44,015 views)
Sports Development: Zenith Bank on the zenith (43,948 views)
Current issues in Nigerian sports: Matters arising (43,904 views)
Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje’s solid footprints, commitment to sports development in Kano State (43,742 views)
NFF Presidency: Pinnick, Maigari, Ogunjobi, Okoye in Battle for Supremacy (43,311 views)
Olopade, BET9A wave of revolution in NNL (42,366 views)
Commonwealth Games 2018: Shame of Muhammadu Buhari, Solomon Dalung (41,054 views)
Ibrahimovic’s Man U exit: Whose decision is it? And in whose interest? (39,506 views)
John Mikel Obi: Segun Odegbami’s Outrageous Call! (38,931 views)