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Anthony GharibJul 10, 2025, 04:37 PM ET
The long-awaited plan for the Los Angeles Dodgers' Kobe Bryant bobblehead nighttime was unveiled Thursday.
The Los Angeles Lakers legend's figurine is successful a batting stance and sporting a golden No. 24 Lakers jersey. The bobblehead appears to person been inspired by a photograph of the five-time NBA champion during Lakers media time successful 2009. Bryant is besides wearing the Zoom Kobe 6 Protro "Dodgers" sneaker, which was officially released successful May.
Bryant's bobblehead volition beryllium fixed distant to the archetypal 40,000 ticketed fans of the Dodgers' location matchup against the Toronto Blue Jays connected Aug. 8 -- aka 8/8, doubling down connected the fig Bryant wore during the archetypal fractional of his 20-year NBA career.
Los Angeles' bobblehead continues its inclination from erstwhile seasons of honoring Bryant.
During its 2023 campaign, the franchise gave retired a snakeskin Dodgers azygous -- a motion to Bryant's "Black Mamba" nickname -- during Lakers Night. The threads featured Bryant's No. 8 connected the beforehand and his No. 24 connected the back. Fans besides received a peculiar Bryant Dodgers jersey past season.
In summation to attending aggregate games, Bryant's transportation to the Dodgers included throwing retired the archetypal pitch successful 2000 and cheering them connected during Game 4 of the 2018 World Series astatine Dodger Stadium.
Kobe Bryant, his girl Gianna Bryant and 7 others died successful a chopper crash successful January 2020.
