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Sources: 2nd Kobe Bryant statue to be unveiled outside Lakers' arena

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LOS ANGELES -- A statue depicting Kobe Bryant and daughter Gianna "Gigi" Bryant will be unveiled in a private tented ceremony Friday outside of Crypto.com Arena, sources told ESPN.

The statue is the second of three planned monuments to the Los Angeles Lakers legend, who died in a tragic helicopter crash along with Gigi and seven others in January 2020.

The first statue, a 19-foot bronze memorial to Bryant's 81-point game against the Toronto Raptors, was unveiled on Feb.