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Turn left on Kobe Bryant Blvd?!
That’s what your GPS will sound like in the future because Kobe Bryant is getting a street named after him right near Staples Center, where he balled out for almost 20 years.
Herb J. Wesson Jr. — the president of the L.A. City Council — made the announcement Monday morning (8/24) … saying the plan is in the works.
“Figueroa St. will soon be Kobe Bryant Blvd. between Olympic & MLK,” Wesson said.
In other words, Kobe Bryant Blvd. will essentially stretch from the L.A. Coliseum through USC and go just past Staples Center.
“Kobe’s legacy is bigger than basketball. Kobe Bryant Blvd will be a reminder to everyone, young and old who drive down it, there is no obstacle too big and that with the #Mambamentality,” Wesson added … “Anything is possible.”
Kobe Bryant played every single season of his 20-year NBA career with the L.A. Lakers — but they didn’t move to Staples until 1999.
Kobe is especially beloved in Los Angeles — and there have been rumbling about honoring Kobe in this way ever since he passed away back in January.
8/24 has already been declared Kobe Bryant Day in Orange County, where he lived with his family for so many years.
RIP.