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LeBron, Anthony Davis remember Kobe Bryant with new tattoos (Hoopshype)

The organization will remember Kobe Bryant with a tribute Friday night, but for Lakers Anthony Davis and LeBron James, Bryant is now permanently commemorated on their bodies.

The organization will remember Kobe Bryant with a tribute Friday night, but for Lakers Anthony Davis and LeBron James, Bryant is now permanently commemorated on their bodies.

LeBron James and Anthony Davis honored Kobe Bryant with new tattoos

A lasting tribute to Kobe.

The next time LeBron James and Anthony Davis take the court for the Lakers, they’ll be carrying permanent tributes to Kobe Bryant.

Following the news of Bryant’s death in Sunday’s California helicopter crash, the Lakers had their Tuesday game against the Clippers postponed by the league. LeBron and Davis — both of whom had close relationships with Bryant — were hit especially hard by the Lakers great’s tragic death and the loss of his 13-year-old daughter Gianna.

On Wednesday, LeBron and Davis took another step to honor Kobe’s memory with both of them getting Bryant tattoos on their legs by the same artist, Vanessa Aurelia.

LeBron shared the commemorative tattoo on his Instagram Story, which appeared to be of a snake — for the Black Mamba — with the No. 24.

Davis also posted a clip of his tattoo’s progress to his Instagram Story.

Earlier this week, both LeBron and Davis posted their reflections on the tragic crash to social media. LeBron had passed Kobe for third on the NBA’s all-time scoring list the night before the crash and spoke with Kobe on Saturday.

The Lakers will take the floor for the first time since Bryant’s death on Friday as they host the Trail Blazers.

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“They don’t know how to come up to you …

“They don’t know how to come up to you either. They say, ‘Man, you got tattoos on your face.’ The first thing that they see. They’re not even looking in your eyes. They’re looking at the tattoos on your face. I made that perception on me because I felt like that’s part of my movement. I want to look like the ’hood but 
 I want to get past the perception of what people put on people. The stigma that they put on, on people that look like me.” Cauley-Stein, who changed his middle name a few years ago to “Trill,” which means true and real, is a native of small-town Spearville, Kansas. Fans can catch him riding the streets of San Francisco on an electric bicycle and bringing a silver briefcase to work at the Chase Center. And, in his free time, he enjoys painting street art.