‘Vom Wafer’: Lakers forced to correct errors on statue dedicated to Kobe Bryant

• Statue has formatting and spelling errors
• NBA Hall of Famer was killed in 2020 helicopter crash

The Los Angeles Lakers say they are correcting several errors on a statue dedicated to their late star, Kobe Bryant.

A tweet by a German journalist went viral on Monday after it highlighted mistakes on the statue, including misspellings of the names of Jose Calderon and Von Wafer in a section on Bryant's 81-point game against the Toronto Raptors. Calderon's name is given as Calderson" on the statue, while Von Wafer becomes Vom Wafer". There is also a formatting error among the Hall of Famer's career accomplishments and a reference to a coaching decicion".