The English-speaking press is befuddled as to why there is now a bronze statue of LA Lakers legend Kobe Bryant in a sculpture park in Guangzhou, but all you really need to know is that it?s there. On Twitter cross-border sports fan Eddie Robles has shared a photo with anyone who?s interested in checking the statue for accuracy. The only question that remains is: ?Why??
Image via Eddie Robles, via @eds824.
Part of the reasoning, Dan Devine opines on Yahoo News, is pretty transparent. American basketball players are already quite revered in the Middle Kingdom: Stephon Marbury has more than a few?honors?to his name, as does fellow Laker alum Shaquille O?Neal.?Bryant has also traveled to China regularly, either to appear at sports camps, play in exhibition games, or host the odd charity benefit. There?s a chance that the statue?s appearance may even be the product of some savvy PR, though it?s obvious that high-grade sports fandom in China played a role as well.
Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/flavorwire-rss/~3/-tsfBa0tmvA/kobe-bryant-statue-emerges-in-china
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