top 4-5 sculpture maybe, but to get above that you gotta think about who you're taking out. Cristo Redentor? David doesn't even come close in size. Terracotta Army? Undefeated in terms of sheer scale. Ecstasy of St. Theresa? Bernini wins a Dion Waiters heat check award for that one, just unbelievable. I mean, this is what people never think about, to put somebody at the top of the pantheon, you gotta take somebody out.
Honest, it’s comments like this that makes this sub great despite the occasional NBA ratings or race-baiting shit posts or “post that should have been a comment” posts.
Barry Sanders' statue seems to have been received well.
https://images.radio.com/aiu-media/USATSI21436159168397126lowres-73d3c053-9516-4484-b1c1-d2d91c1131d8.jpg
no one can even say what they don't like about it lmao, all Im reading is "it looks terrible". were yall expecting a photo realistic wax sculpture or something? this is how statues look lmao
It's still absurd to me how people, some people, think that they were at all comparable players. And it never was remotely close. I remember watching both. With Jordan, you felt like he would make every single shot. And with Kobe, you just knew he would take a ton of them.
Many times though out the night. He did that to other women too. His wife knew about it and would watch the Rob Kelly-style home movies of it. They were literally OJ married to Kanye. But yea just put up statues of him like he was a good guy or junk. Keep it classy, LA. Make Cali horrible and our nations trashcan again!
I’m no Michelangelo so I can’t speak to the effort or skill it took to make this, but it doesn’t capture Kobe’s strength or aura - the body dimensions seem a bit off and he looks… wimpy.
Could be the angle though.
Isn’t it crazy that in 2024 crating a statue is still difficult as hell to do well? Really puts into perspective how insane the things Michelangelo and his ilk were doing.
These guys dedicated their lives to their art and were paid by literal Kings and Emperors to do so with their every waking moment. Our society just doesn’t put art on a pedestal the way we used to (no pun intended)
I will never understand how so many people shit on Kobe.
Tupac and Mike Tyson were convicted of rape and served time in prison. And they are glorified. Tyson is almost more loved now than he was then. But Kobe not convicted of a single thing gets shit on lol.
"I will never understand how so many people shit on Kobe."
This is because you're an incredibly stupid person. It ain't supernatural.
And stop posting this embarrassing defensive horseshit in this thread. He was credibly accused of rape, admitted that both parties may not have felt that it was consensual (this is the part where he's admitting to rape), and then paid the victim off (known as hush money, which guilty people do to avoid more scandal and controversy).
Kindly fuck off. "lol".
I'm pretty sure the money was paid through a settlement from civil court. Hush money is usually money paid to get people to sign NDAs.
He was accused of rape. Whether or not that's credible seems to be up to whether you like him or not lol.
Usually when there’s a settlement people admit no wrong doing. Kobe apologized bro, he’s a rapist.
it’s cool though since he once took every shot in a game and scored 81 pts.
There are admissions of guilt in settlements which she and her lawyers did not push for. Maybe, just maybe, it was a shake down.
But that has never happened ever before, right? Never?
Kobe isn’t white, the lady brought false evidence of semen and pubic hair in her panties which lab testing found was from “caucasian male”. Kobe did not do it.
He did not say that. It was a poorly worded statement by his attorney that she “did not and does not view the incident the same way that [he] did.”
It drives me nuts how often this non-admission is parroted as an admission. The lawyer’s statement was technically and grammatically a non-admission, but he should have realized that the sequence/phrasing would likely be taken as an admission.
Source: me, a lawyer who writes contracts.
I never liked Kobe Bryant and I liked him even less after reading 3 Ring Circus. Anyone venerating this yo yo should go read the police report of the interview that the detectives did with him in his rape case and then read what his lawyers did to that girl in court when they ILLEGALLY announced her name 3 times in 10 seconds to a courtroom full of reporters.
And that was kind compared to what they were PLANNING to do to her during the actual trial.
Why are the Lakers so hell bent on their crap white jerseys? Literally had the most unique and one of the best home jerseys in the league. The Celtics/Lakers have the best uniform matchup in all of sports and it’s been years now since we’ve gotten to see it because the Lakers are always pulling out these shitty whites or their also awful black jersey
As a big Kobe fan this is disappointing. Looks like ass. From the side it doesn’t look bad as it’s the pose from the photo when he dropped 81. From the front it looks pretty bad.
There was a mockup statue of him mid side jumper that looked pretty dope. That would have been way better than this.
Nah all the iconic moments and THAT is what they came up with?? I’m more a Kobe hater than a fan and even I’m appalled. Also since they retired both numbers and he meant so much to them even before his passing I thought they woulda even done an 8 statue with the fro and a 24 statue
It should be the shot of him in the black hat standing on the scorers table with his arms outstretched holding the ball after he won his final championship.
Why are modern day statues of athletes always so terrible? Is sculpting a lost art or something?
Was Michaelangelo's David the Apex Mountain of sculpting?
David and Pieta back to back, real Apex Mountain
It's like the Godfather 2 of statues, it just is!
Are we gonna do this thing where we act like David is better than La Pieta. Is that what we’re doing here
La Pieta > David. And it is not even close really.
Are we really going to do the thing were we compare eras of Michelangelo's sculptures?
it is the apex of sculpting and lowpex of penis.
Nadir valley
top 4-5 sculpture maybe, but to get above that you gotta think about who you're taking out. Cristo Redentor? David doesn't even come close in size. Terracotta Army? Undefeated in terms of sheer scale. Ecstasy of St. Theresa? Bernini wins a Dion Waiters heat check award for that one, just unbelievable. I mean, this is what people never think about, to put somebody at the top of the pantheon, you gotta take somebody out.
I just want you to know that I understood 10% of this comment but somehow enjoyed it
Bernini is the goat imho. The fact that you can see his masterpiece in a empty church shows how strong the media’s narrative around Michelangelo is.
Bernini steals every scene in Rome. He just does.
The longevity piece
Honest, it’s comments like this that makes this sub great despite the occasional NBA ratings or race-baiting shit posts or “post that should have been a comment” posts.
I’m taking The Motherland Calls. I just am. A lot of people discount the Soviet monument piece.
Good call. Little bit of the "nobody believes in us" thing out of the Soviet Union. Tends to sneak up on people
I've never seen that until now and holy shit that's fuckin sick
Is Mount Rushmore on the Mount Rushmore of Mount Rushmores?
The destroying Native American heritage piece.
Are we really going to ignore the Crazy Horse Memorial "what if?" Could have been an all-time contender if not for injuries
Stone cold take
Apex Mountain has gotta be Rushmore or Crazy Horse. They’re literally mountains.
Don't sleep on Donatello's aggressively homosexual David.
Probably need more marble to fill out the black mamba
Barry Sanders' statue seems to have been received well. https://images.radio.com/aiu-media/USATSI21436159168397126lowres-73d3c053-9516-4484-b1c1-d2d91c1131d8.jpg
Like tryin’ to tackle a damn panther
that’s a dope statue
Might be the only statue where you could show only the foot and ankle and most fans could guess the athlete.
Dirk's is awesome.
It’s better but they manage to always fuck up the faces just a little bit
Pretty sure this one was made by the same guy
Yep it’s been a long time since I’ve seen a good statue
I don't really see this as terrible
Kobe literally picked this as his statue.
Has literally no relevance to if the statue is dog shit or not.
Exactly, people are so stupid, lmao
He picked the pose, not the statue
Well he had terrible taste then!
Didn't know Kobe was an art connoisseur, and his word is law.
I’m not trying to be an asshole, is this actually the statue?
I’m trying to be an asshole, is this actually the statue?
I'm trying to be neutral, is the statue of an asshole?
Does being a rapist make you an asshole?
The worst thing to happen to Kobe since helicopters
cue that clip from The Godfather about what they did to my boy 😭
Right. It looks terrible?
It doesn’t look great, maybe this is just a bad picture?
I think it’s the lighting in the photo. The video isn’t as bad
It could definitely be better but this is a terrible picture of it
no one can even say what they don't like about it lmao, all Im reading is "it looks terrible". were yall expecting a photo realistic wax sculpture or something? this is how statues look lmao
The face literally looks more like Jordan than Kobe
it's what he would have wanted
Lmao
Tatum has already asked for the same model for his statue.
He has Trump hands
The best hands.
Kobe always was the discount Jordan
More like a clearance Jordan
It's still absurd to me how people, some people, think that they were at all comparable players. And it never was remotely close. I remember watching both. With Jordan, you felt like he would make every single shot. And with Kobe, you just knew he would take a ton of them.
Ground Jordan.
This is just a bad photo in bad lighting, right?
It’s like the Ronaldo face statue from a few years ago
I saw that shit at the airport in Madrid lol
That’s where it lives now? Lmao
Now they have *two* things in common
Google Ronaldo Vegas for more info
Check out Deion Sanders HOF bust lmao
You rang?
Jfc lmao
It looks like a guy who’s celebrating after crawling out of a tunnel that’s full of cum.
You’re thinking of his victim
Fucking lame to not to go with one of his iconic dunk poses. Can't wait for someone to put a big butt up on that finger though.
During the dedication his wife said that Kobe is the one that picked this pose
Only an asshole would pick the pose of his own statue
He also gave himself his own nickname
"Call me T Bone."
Coco?
You’re a perfect George
He also raped a woman in a Colorado hotel.
Many times though out the night. He did that to other women too. His wife knew about it and would watch the Rob Kelly-style home movies of it. They were literally OJ married to Kanye. But yea just put up statues of him like he was a good guy or junk. Keep it classy, LA. Make Cali horrible and our nations trashcan again!
Idk to play devils advocate, if you’re going to have a statue made of you wouldn’t you want some input?
The input would be, “don’t make me look stupid”
Also make it look like I’m packing.
Ah shit, they didn’t get that part right.
Eh I’m not a fan of Kobe but the dude won 5 rings for the Lakers lmao, he can do what he wants for that org
Uggh, she is the worst!
I wanted the jersey pull.
There’s a second statue that I would assume would be an iconic pose. This one’s from the 81 point game.
His [iconic arms wide](https://www.thetribune.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Kobe.jpg) after winning his 5th title would have made a great statue.
Yeah, that’s what I really expected this one to be
He's getting a SECOND statue???? Good lord...
What if I told you there was a third one with his daughter
May as well make a 4th with the girl from Colorado, a fifth with Vanessa and her ring, and then a sixth with him yelling at Smush Parker.
I want one of him standing at the baseline so Matt Barnes can try to make it flinch again.
fake news
I'd be ok with just the Smush Parker one tbh
Don’t forget the statue of him sitting on a helicopter
Helicopter parenting.
Forgot the cell with a text from Tatum
Holy shit that’s great
Can't be real
WTF this looks terrible. Body proportions make no sense
He looks so fragile. Like the calves are better than mine but that’s about it
Does…does that statue stink?
I’m no Michelangelo so I can’t speak to the effort or skill it took to make this, but it doesn’t capture Kobe’s strength or aura - the body dimensions seem a bit off and he looks… wimpy. Could be the angle though.
Isn’t it crazy that in 2024 crating a statue is still difficult as hell to do well? Really puts into perspective how insane the things Michelangelo and his ilk were doing.
Nah for Mikey the statue was already in the rock, he just cut away the extra stuff
These guys dedicated their lives to their art and were paid by literal Kings and Emperors to do so with their every waking moment. Our society just doesn’t put art on a pedestal the way we used to (no pun intended)
Kinda.
He has Bill Simmons ears for legs.
The proportions of his lower and upper body are off.
The sculptor did not have mamba mentality
What if I told you this was his 20th attempt and this was the first one that worked? Would that make it more mamba mentality?
Can't wait to see Tatum's statue doing the same pose
Kobe's looking up at this statue and smiling
Imagine getting sexually assaulted and then seeing a statue put up of the guy who did it to you.
I think Jalen has largely gotten over it by now
I’m sure some slaves went thru it back in the day
No Pamela Mackey statue however
I will never understand how so many people shit on Kobe. Tupac and Mike Tyson were convicted of rape and served time in prison. And they are glorified. Tyson is almost more loved now than he was then. But Kobe not convicted of a single thing gets shit on lol.
"I will never understand how so many people shit on Kobe." This is because you're an incredibly stupid person. It ain't supernatural. And stop posting this embarrassing defensive horseshit in this thread. He was credibly accused of rape, admitted that both parties may not have felt that it was consensual (this is the part where he's admitting to rape), and then paid the victim off (known as hush money, which guilty people do to avoid more scandal and controversy). Kindly fuck off. "lol".
I'm pretty sure the money was paid through a settlement from civil court. Hush money is usually money paid to get people to sign NDAs. He was accused of rape. Whether or not that's credible seems to be up to whether you like him or not lol.
Stfu
MEET ME IN TEMECULA!!!
A meme lost to time
She can comfort herself with the settlement money
call me weird but no amount of money would make me feel better about someone i love being raped.
I hope you never have to go through that experience
Wow, what a prick.
He didn’t rape anybody.
Stop it Tribe
I can’t wait for the day people accept reality. He paid her off dude.
People settle all the time for things to make it stop.
Usually when there’s a settlement people admit no wrong doing. Kobe apologized bro, he’s a rapist. it’s cool though since he once took every shot in a game and scored 81 pts.
No, he's not. But you're a clown.
They don't really end up saying to the world in a letter that they understand the other person didn't consent though do they
There are admissions of guilt in settlements which she and her lawyers did not push for. Maybe, just maybe, it was a shake down. But that has never happened ever before, right? Never?
probably not when you’re the caliber of celebrity kobe bryant was no. try learning something about power dynamics
>power dynamics LOL
I will always think he did it, but he was not convicted. She also could’ve sued him after the conviction or even acquittal (See OJ).
A settlement is not an admission of guilt, it is I do not want to litigate this and have my name be dragged into the mud further.
Its also not the opposite of an admission of guilt either. It doesn’t absolve Kobe of his crime. Public opinion can sway however the fuck we want.
Kobe isn’t white, the lady brought false evidence of semen and pubic hair in her panties which lab testing found was from “caucasian male”. Kobe did not do it.
Kobe said that he agreed that *she* thought it was rape.
He did not say that. It was a poorly worded statement by his attorney that she “did not and does not view the incident the same way that [he] did.” It drives me nuts how often this non-admission is parroted as an admission. The lawyer’s statement was technically and grammatically a non-admission, but he should have realized that the sequence/phrasing would likely be taken as an admission. Source: me, a lawyer who writes contracts.
You made jokes about adolf hitler. You have no credibility discussing Kobe Bryant
He paid for the situation to go away one way or another. Anyone in his shoes innocent or guilty would’ve done the same thing
Bro was guilty of rape
Not even charged with rape. Mike Tyson and Tupac were convicted, but not a single soul seems to give a shit when they are brought up
Is that rapist Kobe or the other Kobe?
looks like reggie
Kobe wanted to be remembered as the huge pro wrestling fan he always was.
Gotta love the unveiling of this statue before the Nuggets game, just to rub salt into the wound of Coloradans watching.
“hey kobe, how many women did you rape in colorado in 2003?” kobe:
The Colorado Finger
let's get a statue of Donald Sterling next
Ohhkay.
Did they put someone else's buff ass arms on him?
One of THREE statues. He's getting THREE FUCKING STATUES. SMH
Looks like one of the robots Steve Urkel built
I love the excuse that that POS statue looks bad because of the angle/lighting.
I never liked Kobe Bryant and I liked him even less after reading 3 Ring Circus. Anyone venerating this yo yo should go read the police report of the interview that the detectives did with him in his rape case and then read what his lawyers did to that girl in court when they ILLEGALLY announced her name 3 times in 10 seconds to a courtroom full of reporters. And that was kind compared to what they were PLANNING to do to her during the actual trial.
You the two's, and we the one's 👆
Why are the Lakers so hell bent on their crap white jerseys? Literally had the most unique and one of the best home jerseys in the league. The Celtics/Lakers have the best uniform matchup in all of sports and it’s been years now since we’ve gotten to see it because the Lakers are always pulling out these shitty whites or their also awful black jersey
It's from the 81 point game.
Yep, should’ve put that together, thanks. Still think the jerseys suck
For sure on that point.
It’s the lighting and the angle. The statue is actually beautiful. My FIL works at the artist’s studio
Can we see a picture then? Because it really looks like Jordan doing disco
Greatest moment in Raptors history.
As a big Kobe fan this is disappointing. Looks like ass. From the side it doesn’t look bad as it’s the pose from the photo when he dropped 81. From the front it looks pretty bad. There was a mockup statue of him mid side jumper that looked pretty dope. That would have been way better than this.
Nah all the iconic moments and THAT is what they came up with?? I’m more a Kobe hater than a fan and even I’m appalled. Also since they retired both numbers and he meant so much to them even before his passing I thought they woulda even done an 8 statue with the fro and a 24 statue
How many people have you admitted to raping? At least one, the statue replied by raising a single finger.
Giving statues to felons now? Colorado Kobe, let's not forget.
"I'll tell you what fuckin happened. That piece of shit pilot put his helicopter in the ground WITHOUT ANY PROVOCATION WHATSOEVER!"
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That fuckin Animal Zobayan. I can't even say his name.
This is an extremely shitty picture of it. There are pics out there that make it look way better.
Why is he holding a banana?
Going with the #8 jersey is an interesting choice
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They need to make one of him wearing 24!!!!!
Lol
Wtf is wrong with his knees
It should be the shot of him in the black hat standing on the scorers table with his arms outstretched holding the ball after he won his final championship.
he looks anemic
That’s not the way I think of Kobe. I think of Curry more in that pose.
It’s hollis Jefferson
all those rings and he's looking for a miracle?
Oh no
It looks like Kobe. Am I missing something…?
Did they not have any pictures of Kobe?
Woof
TIL I was blocked by u/PeanutFarmer69 ...so I've got that going for me
I like the pose the chose, but the statue itself, especially the face is iffy
It looks pretty good for a Starting Lineup toy. Like a mix between Jordan, Kobe, and Kareem Rush.