The total matched the uniform number of his close friend Kobe Bryant, who donned No. 24 for 10 seasons with the Los Angeles Lakers.

Jalen Williams carries some Kobe Bryant in him It’s fitting for Williams to done a Kobe shirt due to some similar characteristics. Beginning with, Williams wears the No.8 in honor of Bryant.

After winning his record-setting 24th Grand Slam on Sunday, U.S. Open men’s singles champion Novak Djokovic paid tribute to close friend Kobe Bryant, the late Lakers star who wore No. 24 for 10 ...

The shirt read "Mamba Forever" on the front, along with pictures of Bryant and Djokovic. On the back in purple was the No. 24, one of two numbers Bryant wore during his Hall of Fame career.

“Kobe was [a] close friend… 24 is the jersey he wore when he became a legend… I thought it could be a nice symbolic thing to acknowledge him.” ...

Novak Djokovic won his 24th Grand Slam on Sunday, and used the moment to honor someone else who had a connection to the number 24: Kobe Bryant, who wore the No. 24 jersey while playing for the Lakers.

Shortly after the match, Djokovic, still standing on the court inside Arthur Ashe Stadium, changed into a blue shirt adorned with a picture of him and Bryant on the front and the No. 24 on the back.

Lil Wayne memorialized the late Bryant on the song “Bing James” from his new album, Funeral. The Jay Rock-featuring track ends with 24 seconds of silence, a nod to Kobe's jersey number.