The Lakers are working to fix errors on the Kobe Bryant statue in downtown Los Angeles

The Los Angeles Lakers said they are working to correct multiple spelling errors on the first of three monuments honoring late star Kobe Bryant.

According to reports, the errors, carved on a monument outside the Lakers’ Crypto.com Arena in downtown Los Angeles, went viral on Sunday after sports journalist André Voigt spotted them in photos published on X, People reports.

The names of two players – Lakers guard Von Wafer and Toronto Raptors guard Jose Calderon – were misspelled in a note on the memorial together with the word “decision.”

Calderon’s last name is spelled “Calderson” and Wafer’s first name is “Vom”.

“We have been aware of this for several weeks and are working to correct it soon,” a Lakers spokesman said in an announcement.

According to Los Angeles Times.Wafer was a Lakers rookie in the 2005-06 season. A 12 months after Bryant announced he was retiring after 20 seasons with Los Angeles, Calderon, who was also a rookie that season, joined the Lakers for the 2016-17 season.

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Illinois sculptors Omri Amrany and Julie Roblatt-Amrany created the 15-foot statue of Bryant pointing toward the sky in honor of his 81-point performance against the Toronto Raptors in 2006.

The statue is an honor bestowed on only six other Lakers legends. Bryant helped the team win five NBA championships, made 18 appearances in the annual NBA All-Star Game and received two Finals MVP nominations.

Bryant’s widow, Vanessa Bryant, former teammate Derek Fisher, Lakers icon Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, former Lakers coach Phil Jackson and Lakers owner Jeanie Buss were on hand at the Feb. 8 unveiling ceremony.

During the event, Vanessa, who married Bryant in 2001, thanked her fans for his or her support in an emotional speech.

“Kobe has so many people who have supported him from the very beginning around the world and this moment is not just for Kobe,” she said, “but it is a credit to all of you who have supported him all these years.”

Bryant and eight others, including his 13-year-old daughter Gianna, died in a helicopter crash in Calabasas on Jan. 26, 2020, nearly 4 years after he left the NBA.

Last month, the Lakers announced that they might place two more sculptures outside the Crypto.com Arena – certainly one of him wearing the No. 24 jersey he has worn for the past 10 seasons, and the other of Gianna.