An eagle-eyed basketball journalist noticed some typos on Kobe Bryant's statue outside the Crypto.com Arena.

On Monday, German journalist and basketballer André Voigt tweeted about the spelling mistakes of the players' names written on the replica box score from Bryant's 81-point game between the Los Angeles Lakers and Toronto Raptors in 2006.

Along with the photos he posted on his Instagram account, he wrote, "Hmm. Kobe's statue with three mistakes? CalderSon, VoM Wafer, DeciCion? What?"

Two basketball players' names were misspelled. Instead of Von Wafer, the former basketball player's name was spelled as "Vom Wafer." Meanwhile, the name of basketball player-turned-executive Jose Calderon was written as "Jose Calderson."

Lastly, Coach's Decision was spelled as "Coach's Decicion."

Voigt's post has since been reposted on other pages, including Whistle Sports, which has 3.8 million Facebook followers. After seeing the typos, netizens could not help but share their thoughts on social media.

"That is ridiculous," one social media user wrote. "That is terrible and unprofessional," opined another, while another called it "amateur work."

Addressing the errors, a Lakers spokesperson stated they were working on the corrections, per ESPN.

"We have been aware of this for a few weeks and are already working to get it corrected soon," the spokesperson said in a statement.

The 19-foot, 4,000-pound bronze statue of the late basketball icon, affectionately known as "Black Mamba," wearing his No. 8 jersey is only one of the first three statues made to honor him. It was unveiled outside the Lakers' arena on Feb. 8.

Aside from Kobe's widow, Vanessa Bryant, team owner Jeanie Buss, former teammate Derek Fisher, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and coach Phil Jackson, several other Lakers greats and hundreds of season ticket holders attended the unveiling event, per the NBA.

"Kobe has so many people that have supported him all over the world from the very beginning, and this moment isn't just for Kobe, but it's for all of you that have been rooting for him all these years," Vanessa said at the event.

Meanwhile, the location and unveiling dates of the other statues, one with Bryant in his No. 24 jersey and the other with his daughter Gianna, who died with him in the 2020 Calabasas helicopter crash, are yet to be determined.

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