Kobe Bryant wore both the number 8 and number 24 during his 20-year career with the Lakers 💜💛
. The violations signify the numbers Kobe wore during his 20-year professional basketball career, the entirety of which he spent with the Lakers.
NBA games still continued as scheduled hours after the news of Kobe's death was reported. The Houston Rockets and Denver Nuggets tipped off first in Denver, where they paid tribute to Kobe with a moment of silence. Later, the San Antonio Spurs faced off against the Toronto Raptors, and each team honored the former Laker player's number 24 jersey by taking voluntary back-to-back 24-second violations. Kobe wore the number 24 from 2006 until he retired in 2016.
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