1. 01-28-20 10:00 AM #1
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    Do you think Kobe Bryant should be the new NBA logo?

    Over 1.5 million sign petition for Kobe Bryant to be new NBA logo

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  2. 01-28-20 10:01 AM #2
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    No. Why? Just a logo
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  3. 01-28-20 10:02 AM #3
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    no

    probably michael jordan
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  4. 01-28-20 10:02 AM #4
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    Should be Lebron
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  5. 01-28-20 10:02 AM #5
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    change the league to KBBA
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  6. 01-28-20 10:05 AM #6
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    love Kobe, this idea is a bit premature
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  7. 01-28-20 10:07 AM #7
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    LMAO......
    Oh, that's a serious question..
    Ummmmmmm...
    NO!!!!
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  8. 01-28-20 10:10 AM #8
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    No, was a bottom top ten player
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  9. 01-28-20 10:14 AM #9
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    no way he's no jordan
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  10. 01-28-20 10:16 AM #10
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    No

    Jordan
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  11. 01-28-20 10:24 AM #11
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    No.

    Would be almost as divisive as making Kaepernick the NFL logo.
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  12. 01-28-20 10:25 AM #12
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    jordan should be the logo. that should happen now while he is still alive.
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  13. 01-28-20 10:25 AM #13
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    Quote Originally Posted by Optional View Post
    No.

    Would be almost as divisive as making Kaepernick the NFL logo.
    Which they should. Kaep is more popular than the NFL in general.
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  14. 01-28-20 10:26 AM #14
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    Lol
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  15. 01-28-20 10:29 AM #15
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    Quote Originally Posted by juicername View Post

    Which they should. Kaep is more popular than the NFL in general.
    Maybe so, but it would an impossible sore point for many, and the arguments would never end.
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  16. 01-28-20 10:31 AM #16
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    I don’t really care what they make the logo, I don’t watch NBA
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  17. 01-28-20 10:31 AM #17
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    yes

    jerry west is 81 years old, time to change it

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  18. 01-28-20 12:16 PM #18
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    Quote Originally Posted by juicername View Post
    Which they should. Kaep is more popular than the NFL in general.
    This is old news though. NFL had it's best rating in 3 years.

    Looks like Kaep was just a flash in the pan.

    Too bad really, his cause and movement needed a leader pretty bad, too bad he wasn't one and no one stepped up.

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  19. 01-28-20 12:17 PM #19
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    Quote Originally Posted by RudyRuetigger View Post
    no

    probably michael jordan
    will agree
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  20. 01-28-20 12:37 PM #20
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    Probably just for 2020 season to honor him.
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  21. 01-28-20 12:41 PM #21
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    Doncic.
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  22. 01-28-20 02:29 PM #22
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    Quote Originally Posted by juicername View Post
    Which they should. Kaep is more popular than the NFL in general.
    WTF
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  23. 01-28-20 02:53 PM #23
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    lets go with no no no
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  24. 01-28-20 02:54 PM #24
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    For those that say Kobe is barely top 10, where do you rank Jerry West? Don’t think he is top 10, and Kobe had a way bigger impact on the league than West.
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  25. 01-28-20 02:56 PM #25
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    Only if the NBA is going to change the logo every decade or score or so and go from there. Someone else said he's a top 10 player of all time but outside of the top 5. That's pretty accurate
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  26. 01-28-20 03:03 PM #26
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    Yes

    Jerry West would want Kobe to be the logo. He's like a son to him.

    Not to mention, Kobe has had a bigger impact on basketball culture than Jordan. Jordan was massive and helped the NBA to take off, but Kobe took that to another level internationally. His ability to speak different languages, his ability to connect with all different cultures, really helped the league go into a different mode. He is deeply revered by past players and current ones as well.

    Jordan has stayed out of the limelight. The best player ever, yes, but he doesn't contribute much to basketball culture. He is a very private guy.

    Kobe wasn't just a basketball pioneer. He was a social pioneer. A philanthropist and a philosopher and his teachings are going to advance the game for decades to come. Jordan keeps info to himself, doesn't share it.

    No reason for Jordan to be the logo.
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  27. 01-28-20 03:04 PM #27
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    Women's National Basketball Association Commissioner Cathy Engelbert described the deaths of Bryant and his daughter as "sudden and tragic."
    “Kobe’s support for the WNBA and women’s basketball along with his passion for helping young girls and boys follow their dreams made him a true legend for our sport," Engelbert said in a statement Sunday. "We admired him not just as a legendary basketball player, but as a father, a youth coach, and a role model for future generations of athletes."
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  28. 01-28-20 03:14 PM #28
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    Wonder if anyone in the front office ever thought about changing the "LOGO"?

    If so, was Kobe in the discussion before this tragedy?

    If they ever do decide to change it, they could probably do a big promo vote with fans, writers, coaches, etc.

    As a side note, I was walking on the beach today. Came across a white plastic crate. Red letters on the side. KOBE.
    Never saw anything with that writing before. Took a moment.
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  29. 01-28-20 03:37 PM #29
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    Is this going to be like the whole Reagon on the dime saga?

    Seems like it came up for years, but never happened.

    I agree with GOAT, if there was some kind of vote, West would vote for Kobe.
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  30. 01-28-20 05:22 PM #30
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    how about make Boris Diaw the logo
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  31. 01-28-20 05:28 PM #31
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  32. 01-28-20 05:34 PM #32
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    If a change was made then Jordan , and definitely not Lebron. But I don't see any reason to change it from Jerry West. History is History. Kobe was a class act however and maybe there is some way the NBA can honor him, maybe a band with his name and number on it on the tank top left side like we see now and then.
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  33. 01-28-20 05:45 PM #33
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    The NBA denied the logo was Jerry West for a long time... they never wanted to individualize the logo. It's a symbol and stands for "NBA" not any one player. It's a classic symbol and there is a licensing issue I would imagine, since the NBA makes BILLIONS off of it right now.

    Wouldn't Kobe's estate own his imaging rights? That would mean the NBA could no longer license it... NEVER HAPPEN.

    It's all about the cash money homies.
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  34. 01-28-20 05:52 PM #34
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    postdeath overreaction

    I like idea to play standard 21 game to 24 now though
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  35. 01-28-20 05:54 PM #35
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    Quote Originally Posted by trytrytry View Post
    lets go with no no no
    I 2nd that.
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