LOS ANGELES—Lakers star Luka Doncic donated $5,000 on April 29 to fund the restoration of a vandalized downtown Los Angeles mural depicting team legend Kobe Bryant and his daughter, Gianna.
The mural, titled “Mambas Forever,” is on the side of a building at the corner of 14th and Main streets. The mural by artist Sloe Motions, whose real name is Louie Palsino, was one of the first created following the 2020 death of Bryant and Gianna in a Calabasas helicopter crash.
The vandalism is believed to have occurred over the weekend, with graffiti covering much of the artwork.
Palsino created a GoFundMe page in hopes of raising $5,000 to restore the mural, writing that he was “eager to bring it back to its original glory.”…