Basketball fans gathered across Los Angeles on Tuesday to remember Kobe Bryant, one year to the day after the former NBA superstar perished in a helicopter crash with daughter Gianna and seven others. Fans laid flowers and Los Angeles Lakers memorabilia at a makeshift memorial outside the Staples Center, the arena where Bryant became a city icon during a two-decade playing career. – Street-art memorials –Since his death, dozens of large-scale murals have appeared on walls throughout Los Angeles. The team are not playing on Tuesday, and not planning a formal tribute to Bryant when they play in Philadelphia. Lakers star James said last weekend he was still struggling to come to terms with his close friend’s death.

Source: Punch January 27, 2021 06:33 UTC