Kyrie Irving, one of the strongest opinion leaders in the NBA has put a new mission on his shoulder: get that Kobe Bryant’s silhouette is the one that appears in the logo of the best basketball league in the world.
E n the current NBA logo appears the silhouette of Jerry West , a player who became an icon of the Lakers after spending 14 seasons On the team, he reached the Hall of Fame and then has been a star executive and yes, he is white.
It is precisely a racial issue that drives the proposal of the star of the Brooklyn Nets who assures that “It has to happen. No matter what they say. The black kings built the League. ”
For the NBA it is not easy to change a logo that has been in the collective unconscious for years and they do not like the idea too much, although being honest, what fans of the league have in mind are the colors and the shape, not the figure of Jerry West.
The untimely death of the Lakers icon sparked a campaign after his accident and which Irving has now recovered. . Although it seems difficult for the idea to prosper, it is a fact that it has a good sustenance.