A petition for the late Kobe Bryant to be the new face of the NBA logo has surpassed 1.5 million signatures. The tragic death of the Los Angeles Lakers legend, his 13-year-old daughter Gianna and and seven others in California on Sunday has seen the sporting world in mourning. In the hours after the news broke, veteran NBA player Jamal Crawford, 39, raised the potential for changing the original logo from 1969 starring the legendary Laker Jerry West.