Kobe Bryant’s statue outside Crypto.com Arena is full of misspellings

[@malfuncsean]

No regerts.

[@sarahbaartmansrevenge]

😅

[@giiotm8272]

Ragrets*

[@jessesalinas8534]

😂

[@rayshawn2323]

Lol from that movie underated comment

[@SimonSaysyo]

😂😂😂

[@NeonThunder11]

Props to Mike Judge for his movie Idiocracy. Getting closer to that reality every year

[@raylopez99]

documentary

[@ajantsmith6139]

It's got electrolytes 🤷🏾‍♂️

[@Deadgoat865]

​@@ajantsmith6139 That's the stuff plant's crave.

[@katieandkevinsears7724]

Mike Judge made one huge error with Idiocracy. The timeline was off by 480 years.

[@kyussfan6]

iTs nOt a dOcUmEnTaRy… yOuRe jUsT mAd aT tHe wOrLd

[@gobanito]

The fact that it took a German to point out misspellings in the English language to Americans, speaks volumes for the state of the American educational system.

[@DineNastyLakers]

Biden…

[@TruthFiction]

The fact that you think Americans care enough to learn how to spell the names of people paid to play a game is amazing.

[@gobanito]

@@TruthFiction The word "Decision" is not a name of a person.

[@Vekev9]

America is not a country.

[@THEBLACKMANISGOD82]

no one is reading the "box score" on a statue... they should ban the German from USA for being goofy

[@doinitlive3015]

Plot Twist: The statue maker wanted to make it official and wrote it the exact same way as the official game report which also contains the exact same misspelling.

[@kc72186]

How the hell do you misspell ingravings and then put it on display? Who is in charge of this nonsense?

[@hoodrooster224]

"Engravings," that's how.

[@tacodiet2017]

Lmfao. Just like that, “missteaks” happen that never get “proofred”.

[@lennyray42]

@@hoodrooster224Exactly 😂

[@MadStyle1911]

people are getting dumber or just do not care.

[@VoteForBukele]

I’m gonna guess no one in your family has ever split an atom, kid 😂

[@leonskum7705]

“Let me axe you a question.” - Kobe Bryant

[@cletusgarde9485]

I suspect he was an ask murderer. - sam morill

[@kenbob1071]

"I like cofefe and hamberders." Donald J. Trump

[@bobbyhill1013]

@@kenbob1071”I have a severe case of TDS. But my wife’s boyfriend says it’s the best part of my personality now. “ - kenbob soy latte. 😂😢

[@USFCpresident]

​@@bobbyhill1013😂😂😂

[@lumina_glitch]

"Better late than liver" - my teacher on highschool

[@mizzury54]

Pretty inexcusable to have a word misspelled next to the same word spelled correctly.

[@reezabaca]

Must be made in china....lol

[@HeyUncleA]

@@reezabacaor Illinois

[@Violator225]

I knew this statue was going to be some bs when they chose that pose

[@bballjj18]

DEI

[@mizzury54]

@@conanthegreat4418 Because whitey never makes mistakes , ehh Cletus ?

[@cletusgarde9485]

This is fantastic. Nothing gets edited in today's world. I see misspellings, incorrect grammar, and bad punctuation every single day on major websites. Its fitting that our collective idiocracy is immortalized alongside our best and brightest.

[@edthomas6548]

Keep hiring DEI.

[@mizzury54]

They knew about the misspellings but hoped no one would notice

[@frejlord6794]

they did get away for a while. lmao

[@kylefrancis3906]

Hush.. you don't even know "they" are.

[@GotThatdogInHim512]

@@kylefrancis3906definitely Adam Silver and the lakers organization. They were so happy to honor Lebozo and that bs In Season Tournament banner but can’t even spell right on something in honor of Kobe Bryant.. They need to put some respect on Kobe

[@MP-qf5gg]

In a world with autocorrect and people are still spelling stuff wrong. Pathetic.

[@TalkingHands308]

It's actually why people misspell things more often now. People depend on things like autocorrect and a lot of people don't actually remember how to correctly spell common words anymore...

[@edthomas6548]

I agree. Autocorrect messes me up more then it helps. Although While texting. I will start a word and just click it fully spelled above the keyboard.

[@toututu2993]

Automatic ai make people stupid. I wonder why 🤔

[@jimas9775]

….You had, ONE job 🤦‍♂️

[@MMCat7732]

Most likely a group of higher up peoples spelled hours on this project.

[@BrianLockett]

To be fair, you just used an unnecessary comma in your sentence. I think you meant to imply an ellipsis (...) instead.

[@jimas9775]

@@BrianLockettnah, I meant comma.

[@robertoramos8257]

Won job and they couldn’t do it

[@oddballskull1941]

No I had too jobs

[@newtea9952]

The word “decision” is only mispelled once under coach’s decision. They said it was mispelled twice. 🧐

[@TheGeeksperience]

Thank you! I thought I was the only one that noticed that...🤣 Even the news gets it wrong when trying to shame someone else...🤦‍♂

[@TheGeeksperience]

@@ets5697 Wow! You're right! Maybe I should get hired by the news...🤣

[@Daniel-z2j2v]

@@TheGeeksperience😂

[@matthewsalisbury4339]

It's misplaced twice in different locations. Against "Vom" waifer and Aaron Willims.

[@Jack_Waffles]

Thank You Matlock..

[@Actiondude83]

"Me fail english that's unpossible" - Ralph Wiggum

[@MongoSlade84]

😂😂😂😂

[@MLyricEntertainment]

I subscribed

[@lz4737]

"Me dunno no nothing"

[@Poooeoee]

Hahahaha well said good sir

[@k.reichard6578]

I choo choo choose you!

[@lz4737]

It's a reflection of the current state of America's education. Similarly, more and more people cannot tell the difference between "then" and "than".

[@TruthFiction]

No, it says nothing about education. The spelling errors are on the names of players. No school in the country wastes time teaching kids the names of adults being paid to play games. It says more about the people who watch those games that they couldn't figure out their idols names were misspelled.

[@lz4737]

@@TruthFiction "No, it says nothing about education." -- Well, riddle me this: "Decicion".

[@thefox47545]

Yup, punctuation, too. "Let's Go Brandon" should be "Let's Go, Brandon."

[@JStrauD]

​@@thefox47545 we've always been very particular on proper grammar within 3 word phrases that we chant. Good call. Meanwhile most modern schools constantly lowering their standards are probably entirely unrelated.

[@fmcdomer]

the sculptor most likely had mexican workers do it. and they are not proof reading they are just doing what they are paid for

[@qwertyuioppoiqwe]

This is why I always correct people on Facebook.

[@batygrin8829]

Mistakes will never end. Good luck with that.

[@qwertyuioppoiqwe]

@@batygrin8829 People are morons but not correcting idiots isn't a good idea. I will continue my crusade.

[@cG-Mr.213]

Temu strikes again

[@whiqeddik7615]

Ha right!

[@Mr-bc4vu]

No, It’s was done right across the border for cheaper labor

[@VON-92]

😂😂😂

[@twista101287]

🤣🤣🤣🤜🤜🤜

[@jessesalinas8534]

😂

[@anonymousviewer4750]

The report made an error as well. Decision was only misspelled once, not twice as stated.

[@OntarioAtOrion]

Was about to comment same thing

[@JetEngine85]

Raise in piece Coby Baryant

[@joralemonvirgincreche]

Engraving company sends a proof to the customer. Customer proofs it, makes corrections if necessary. Company creates a second proof, sends to Lakers. Lakers make sure mistakes were corrected, tell engraving company to proceed. I've done this several times with cemetery headstones. These companies are very careless, you have to go over everything multiple times. They got my grandmother's birth year wrong and had to start over with a new stone.

[@RandomC219]

These errors were made by the physical creator of the statue. The proofs were likely fine. Perhaps they were under a drug influence or something and thought they were fine.

[@tyingharmonyunlisted3050]

You should not have to have a customer proofread basic words. The dates, stats and possibly names I can understand. The word Decision?

[@d_all_in]

One of my relatives was supposed to have a sign that said "you will be missed dearly" and the company sent a proof that said "you will be missed barely"

[@edelweiss5666]

My mothers headstone had her name spelled wrong!

[@ARCHDEACONMUSIC]

That's pretty horrible! Also, at 1:55 into the video the narrator said that "decision" was misspelled twice, but isn't it misspelled only once? Isn't the top one spelled correctly, while the bottom one is incorrect using a "c" instead of and "s?"

[@mmhthree]

I see news media spelling errors all the time... some people shouldn't be hired for certain jobs.... period.

[@people744]

I am SO glad you are perfect

[@lelanledoux21]

What about the Lakers organization not looking it over once delivered?

[@bobmahnamahknob]

@pimple744 - it's not about being perfect. It's about doing you damn job correctly.

[@people744]

good for you@@bobmahnamahknob

[@ge2623]

Well, they did go to college, and we'll get to pay back they're debt, so we got that going for us.

[@gminerr]

the last interviewer was very knowledgeable and level headed

[@soundwave8842]

Drop the $$$ and fix it already. TF is there to work on?

[@TOOMUCHSAUCE91]

Exactly

[@israelgonzalez171]

If it was the company's fault than is a free fix

[@people744]

It will be fixed

[@kennethmays8059]

Probably wait till end of the season. I don't think it's a matter of money. I think the statue would have to be moved and they'd rather keep it there for now.

[@91wheelz]

Question: did the score card contain these errors and that went unnoticed until the statue?

[@people744]

Could be true

[@mambaforever3239]

Probably. The sculptor probably used a software to sculpt that box score and was too lazy to double check it and just uploaded the file.

[@lelanledoux21]

Does the Lakers Organization hold some responsibility for not looking over the statue once delivered??

[@people744]

I like how people like you make a big deal out of something that will be fixed.@@lelanledoux21

[@kennethmays8059]

You better believe the lakers got plenty of renderings of how the different parts of the statue would look. I make wooden sign and custom furniture. All my customers get 3d renderings of everything I make. Including the fonts and everything. Then that file is used to make the actual product. If me as a side hustle woodworker can give my customers a 3d file showing them everything, they should be able too. Anything like that would have a file for it and printing out examples of text and asking the customers to double check if they are happy with it and to check for any mistakes such as names which can be hard to get right is commonplace. Make no mistake about it. For it to get this far several lakers personal would have had to look at and approve these mistakes and the organization would have had several opportunities to change things before it was made. After it's made the timeline might not have given them time to fix it before the unveiling. Luckily it can be fixed which is why this company doesn't seem to care about their product as much as they should.@@lelanledoux21

[@bluewolf5925]

The jersey on the back says Krobe

[@RandomC219]

That's just ridiculous and lazy on the part of the creator.

[@Bookworm84330]

😂

[@jessesalinas8534]

😂

[@yopappy6599]

@@RandomC219 No it was a joke by the op. 🤦‍♂️😂

[@omgz6061]

Bryant. U mrron

[@westcoastspartan1528]

Wow that’s great, KOBE was my favorite player we are actually the same age. This is ridiculous that people didn’t double check this before okaying ot

[@gseric4721]

Jose Calderon is arguably one of the greatest NBA players out of Spain of all-time, to go along with the Gasol brothers and Ricky Rubio. Unacceptable.

[@d_all_in]

Jose Calderson*

[@brucebr88]

The first 10 words of your statement almost gave me a heart attack 😂😂😂 glad I kept reading

[@gseric4721]

@@brucebr88 Nah, bro. Spain. Exclusively España 😂😂😂

[@RenataMitchell-u6b]

That’s a beautiful statue of Kobe ❤️

[@purplepeoplesparty2368]

'Now a days' you see typos and misspelled words more places. Even news outlets video content with print and printed news material have misspellings often. The most glaring are in the titles to KZbin videos.

[@mizzury54]

I find misspellings, etc. in the newspaper all the time

[@sarahbaartmansrevenge]

you’re right

[@weskelly4538]

I’m guilty of that bad. I’ve been so used to texting and typing shortcut words that wen I type professional or scholarly things I really have to stop and think 🙄🙄 I’m making myself dumb by using the shortcuts, I can see a difference

[@Myne1001]

Yeah but these misspellings are set in stone...literally.

[@devontacosby8593]

@@Myne1001they want misspell anything on goat James status😂😂

[@ktp-delta9]

Did the statue talk about Kobe’s S A case?

[@pirtatejoe]

That's what all the numbers were. His court stats for accusations, arrests, and of course the big column was settlements.

[@joesmith6972]

Our education system is in shambles. A few statue misspellings will be the least of our worries in the future.

[@jessesalinas8534]

true

[@joshwonkim0895]

TRUE

[@SoulDelSol]

Trooph!

[@ge2623]

Theres a system?

[@bighammer3464]

Even KTLA has errors in their news about errors. Where is decision misspelled twice? Why criticize the statue when you can’t even get it right?

[@johney4484]

Always proof read your work. Really? No excuses.

[@franklin8618]

🙄 Ppl nowadays have become lazy to do it. You see it almost every time on social media and sometimes in professional articles or in books.

[@jessesalinas8534]

@@franklin8618yep

[@clay408]

proofread

[@jessesalinas8534]

@@franklin8618 It drives me nuts when people in the comments section confuse "LOSE" with "LOOSE".

[@tommurphy4307]

looks like you didn't proof-read your comment, either.

[@Dizzyfingers2]

How is the word "decision" misspelled twice? @1:54

[@stinkstank5177]

Most of the fans would never know if you didn’t tell them.

[@kaiokenkamikaze21]

Lmao facts

[@Kylefassbinderful]

misspelling -decicion- decision was bound to get noticed lol

[@iamwhatiam187]

@@Kylefassbinderful Jose Calderon

[@Gogetta80]

⁠@@Kylefassbinderfulesp since they spelt the word 2 different ways right on top of each other 😂

[@psammaudirecords]

"It's symbolic, Kobe is still the NBA leader in missed shots"

[@Shaolin91z]

😆. To me it doesn't look like him. Not even mentioning the spelling

[@iamtheonlywilly]

Nope

[@jeremydoc]

So… they misspelled his face too? Haha

[@tamlynn786]

It’s creepy to be honest

[@kheny11]

Did he just say "I guess it's only fitting because he's kobe" 🤦if they knew kobe the would know he was a perfectionist and wouldn't let this ish slide

[@First1ToComment]

Saw this mistake last month

[@deanruthlessrecords]

IDIOCRACY is becoming increasingly more accurate every year we employ, entrust dull individuals making expensive mistakes and refuse to proofread projects & rush projects because smoking their vape pen is far more important than doing a job correctly.

[@douglaspinsak1246]

“Hey Lebron, can you proofread this?” “Already did, it’s all good bro.” Also, I find it ironic that a statue of Kobe is the “Lebron of statues.”

[@LuckyCharms777]

What errors? That’s how Kobe would’ve spelled it too. The company even hired a DEI person to make sure it would be authentic.

[@chhansen9813]

Kobe was very intelligent, and spoke fluently in multiple languages!

[@stustanski3912]

Lebron must of done the spelling 😂

[@BrockVillain]

Must *have, not must of.

[@TampaAries]

​@@BrockVillainlmao.

[@thundercoitusschuck2419]

Was the flight navigator the one who did the copy for the statue as well?

[@scifitoilet]

wait is it an error? Is the marble etching simply copying the error on the original scorecard? If the original scorecard is wrong then the statue is just copying for authenticity.

[@jasonkracht6723]

Which means they shouldn’t be in business making permanent statues. There plenty of time for due diligence to anyone with competence. They weren’t writing directions on napkin …they were creating a permanent monument. No need to excuse lazy incompetence

[@stevegonzales527]

The ones in charge of creating it went KOOOOOOOOOOBE with the spelling and missed

[@MarvelParsons700]

First of all Kobe never liked the nickname "black mamba" Second, I think we're beyond the point of giving someone a nickname that's related to race. This is an insult. All the misspellings makes it even worse. This was all done intentionally. The statue was put up not to honor him, but to ridicule Kobe's memory and the City of Angels.

[@tp3521]

HAHAHAHA! Took people a MONTH to figure that out...?! It took a GERMAN person to notice it...?! We need to fix the education system ASAP!!!

[@kanank13]

No, why bother. This is Newsom's california. let it rot.

[@drplando14]

But people say “major in stem. English degree is worthless.” Guess we know what the outcome is

[@larenzowesley30]

Well, one of the names is a German name

[@odellfromdassipp]

😂 🤣 😭

[@jessesalinas8534]

😂

[@cryptojedii]

Kobe didn't say "Leave the game better than you found it"...Larry Legend did!! WOOOOOOOW

[@awdobsession717]

News channel found the one guy who couldn’t speak English to comment on a statue that has English misspellings… glorious.

[@tommurphy4307]

KTLA SHOULD STICK TO WHAT WORKS FOR THEM- CAR CHASES.

[@MysticMicrowave]

There's no way you can't understand what that person is saying lmao.

[@chrisw6164]

Of course there is.

[@_ac_7649]

mispellers of the world untie!

[@iamtheonlywilly]

😂😂😂

[@JohnScripts]

whos decicion was it to do this?

[@marilynsue4273]

No one can spell any more.

[@Xhoven]

No kiding 😋

[@showofftexas6880]

😂😂😂Damn smart phones!!

[@michaelkennedy6415]

I know, it’s hawrabbil 😂

[@mikes7446]

anymore is 1 word

[@ian5780]

Shur we can! That redickulous

[@666EddietheHead]

The irony of the reporter saying "decision" was misspelled twice when only the one was misspelled. 😂

[@timeless8536]

Ding, ding, ding. You are part of the less than 1% that caught that intentional gaffe. Most people are too Asleep to even notice it.

[@jib2355]

How can they rest when you have a statue of them with mispeledded words

[@JoeJokes-l8j]

*misspelled

[@Vitamin_C352]

not surprised. personally i feel it was the incorrect pose. Should of chosen the pose when he was biting his jersey or holding the trophy

[@martytrueblood5902]

joey 'peeps' is laughing damn Jason ..he is dyslexic

[@KOVIDGOON]

Lol that was a rough day for Silvio😂

[@jessesalinas8534]

i loved him like a brother in law

[@jrrarglblarg9241]

The Rocky Mountain News building in Denver (now demolished) had a granite sign with the newspaper’s name in the wrong font. My mom always said it was the newspaper’s fault, she just wrote down what they ordered and put the job in the inbox.

[@grantmorrey5138]

That's not misspelling, it's ebonics.

[@MillerTheOfficialGaming]

It was most likely planned. Spellings and sayings represent certain energies. Something like this wouldnt happen on accident.

[@JohnM-f9g]

Man! Today was a slow news day. No police chase, no vagrant shanking someone on the Metro, What's up L.A?

[@anthonyjaurrieta]

Lol right on 🤣 KTLA had this one in the archives ready to upload lol.... Good job on the news story. Interesting little tid bit

[@FiFo911]

Its a brilliant representation of the California education system. Perfect!

[@mizzury54]

But a company from Illinois did it.

[@cortneyrichardson8553]

California education better than anywhere in the south 🤡🤡

[@plmn93]

Well sure but look at how diverse that company is. That's what's important.

[@charliehustle3685]

It’s just Ebonics

[@Samurai-r2d]

1:55 The word "decision" is misspelled once. That news reporter can't spell either.

[@nathanjamesbaker]

That's what I thought at first, but I watched that part again and confirmed that it's actually twice. The plaque lists at least two sets of two players who didn't play, and each time the word "decision" is misspelled once. Check the names adjacent to the misspelled "decisions" and you'll see what I mean.

[@multiverse191]

damn they seriously didn't proofread it once before etching it into freaking marble, only dude spell checking was the one that wrote it lmao, hopefully this time they run it by a couple people preferably people that know basketball and English for accuracy.

[@kevinhastings4982]

This is a strong indication of where we are as a society. SADLY!😮

[@Thuggishdeer]

Must have been a DEI hire

[@Sentarry]

Look, that person is getting fired. They thought they had an easy job but look at what they did!: "DECICION" Seems like they did it almost purposefully.

[@Shroomy801]

Kobe would have been at a loss of words over this. He had no tolerance for mistakes.

[@Nuttyirishman85]

No tolerance for the word no either. Especially when women said it.

[@SamuelEmanuel13]

Did you just call Staples Center “the crip” in LA lmao

[@mikes7446]

Was KObe their as Miles Garrett watching his Kobe Statue?

[@risingtide_official]

thiss iz howe its gong two bee cauz nowon kan spel an e mor.

[@SharonBook]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@waynerichmond7655]

It is possible the artist just copied the official scorecard word for word, letter for letter and it's in fact completely possible it's the score keeper that misspelled the words🤷‍♂️🤷🏾‍♂️

[@connormcclenny9681]

Kobe didn't finish high school. I don't think he'd notice

[@TampaAries]

He did finish highschool.

[@0ptimal]

Comically ironic that you attempt to make fun of someone for being uneducated, while blissfully unaware of your own ignorance that you put on full display for all to see.

[@cortneyrichardson8553]

This comment is a clownshow 🤡🤡

[@MicDropBBQ]

Of course. The statue maker is from Illinoise

[@deathpunch23]

comparing everything to idiocracy is cringe, but if it applies to one thing, its california.

[@gorrakkandleafs4165]

What’s more important is that the people who made it are living their true life and identity

[@luciferdzhugashvili]

“Rape” is pretty easy to spell.

[@gregjones4791]

"just fix the mistakes and let them rest in 'turnal peace with everyone who was lost that day" wild

[@johnknowledge]

Reminds me of joey peeps from the sopranos

[@rigoortiz2434]

He, he he 🤌

[@VS-de7xk]

The dyslexia…Sil said he will take care of it

[@chrisbarbz9238]

Ironic.. Even KTLA mistaken the "Decision" spelling was misspelled twice. It was misspelled only once.

[@ilyakats54]

That’s LA for you.

[@jesuscage]

Merica*

[@JoeJokes-l8j]

California has a very poor public school education system.

[@twocents4912]

The jersey says Lakurs.

[@ZERO_42069]

I love Kabo Briant

[@TimeFlyingBy1884]

Gotta believe whoever etched those letters into the statue wasn't a big fan of Kobe Bryant or the Lakers.

[@SgtJoeSmith]

you mean his name isnt Kobe Tyrant?

[@RT-dd4vy]

It just goes to show the “insane level of incompetence” in today’s world. SMH

[@d-v-cez9152]

Lol! DEI product for sure! Inclusion for all, even bad spellurs (sic)! 🤣😂

[@MAXPRESTIGEEE]

This video was worth it clicking when I saw “Smush Parker’s” name lol

[@charleshamilton9274]

#ebonics

[@ChristopherSibert]

this does not surprise me

[@primalplasma]

I think you spelled "misspellings" wrong. 😑 Made you look.

[@HankWolf-qh7tf]

Settled out of court ... paid her off .. what a hero.

[@blueeeman]

Did they change it ?

[@stormjacobs5497]

Absolutely embarrassing.

[@jamisona.5639]

I always respected Kobe Brian.

[@redhunnid5142]

How does Vanessa not catch the misspellings when she was so adamant on picking this dumb statue I knew she didn’t taking picking that statue seriously take it down now!!!!!

[@quicksandsavior]

YOU HAD ONE JOB SON!!!! The next plaque is coming out of your pocket!