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Kyrie Irving wants Kobe Bryant in NBA logo as showcase of 'greatness personified'

Cassandra Negley
·WNBA and women's college basketball reporter
·3 min read

Kyrie Irving meant what he posted: Kobe Bryant should be the new NBA logo.

The Brooklyn Nets guard continued his push for the new logo and explained further why it's something he wants to see done.

"This is excellence," Bryant told ESPN's Malika Andrews after a win over the Orlando Magic on Thursday night. "Kobe Bryant. Logo. Yes. It needs to happen. I don't care what anyone says. Black kings built the league. It's exactly what I meant. Exactly what I said."

Irving: Kobe deserves NBA logo

Irving posted a picture of Kobe over the NBA logo to Instagram on Wednesday, writing "Gotta Happen, idc what anyone says." He said a day later he's OK with leading the charge for the change if he has to be, telling ESPN's Malika Andrews the Bryants deserve to see it.

"He was the standard for our generation and he will continue on," Irving said. "And I want that to be something in history that is changed forever. That our generation was part of that change. And, you know, if that means that I have to lead that forward and get the conversation going, then great. But I think he deserves it, I think his family deserves it, I think we deserve it as seeing greatness personified, as Mamba. And anyone that's coming into the league should know that that's the example that was set."