Kobe Bryant death: Fans petition to make Kobe as new NBA logo gets 1,455,000 signatures

Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant passed away on Sunday night (Monday IST) after being involved in a helicopter crash near Calabasas, California. Along with Kobe Bryant, his daughter Gianna and seven ors on board passed away in accident. While fans from around globe are mourning death of 41-year-old, some Kobe fans are petitioning to commemorate Bryant's legendary career, by making him new NBA logo. 

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Kobe Bryant death: Fans want Kobe Bryant as new NBA logo

A teenr, Nicky M created petition on Change.org, which called for fans to come toger in an attempt to 'immortalise Kobe Bryant forever as new NBA logo'. petition went viral on social media with over 200,000 people signing in less than 24 hours. Fans created petition with a caption 'For Black Mamba' and it has got support from over 1,455,000 people at time of writing. 

petition makes it evident that fans want to see Kobe Bryant as new face of NBA and y hope to change logo for first time since it debuted in 1969.

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Kobe Bryant death: An illustrious career in NBA and beyond

Lakers legend won five NBA Championships during his 20-year stay in LA, helping to turn Lakers into one of most dominating sides in early 2000s. He was also named NBA MVP in 2008 and me All-Star team for 18 consecutive seasons. Bryant registered 33,643 points, 7,047 rebounds and 6306 assists in his NBA career.

Besides NBA, Kobe Bryant also helped United States to win two Olympic golds. Bryant also won Acemy Award for Best Animated Short Film in 2018 for his film 'Dear Basketball'.

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Kobe Bryant daughter and ors to lose ir lives in crash 

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