Dennis Romero is a breaking news reporter for NBC News Digital.
The Los Angeles Lakers said Monday that spelling errors on a Kobe Bryant statue unveiled last month outside the team's arena will be corrected. The errors were pointed out and amplified by German journalist André Voigt, who published his finds Sunday on X. They include spelling Toronto guard José Calderón as “Jose Calderson' and spelling former Laker Von Wafer as “Vom Wafer,' according to NBC Los Angeles.
Wilt Chamberlain’s 100 points in the then-Philadelphia Warriors’ 169-147 win against the New York Knicks in 1962 remains the high mark. The 19-foot statue of Bryant, who spent his entire career with the Lakers, features a re-creation of the Toronto game’s scorecard, where Calderón and Wafer's names, as well as 'decision,' are spelled correctly, NBC Los Angeles said.