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The sudden death of basketball legend Kobe Bryant has sparked a petition asking for his image to be used as the new logo for the National Basketball Association (NBA).

According to a Reuters report carried by The Star, nearly 3 million people have signed the online petition asking for the new logo as a tribute to him.

A call to pay tribute to a legend

Celebrities sign petition too

Among those who have signed the petition from Change.org include celebrities like Snoop Dogg, Justin Bieber and Usher.

The petition, which was created by 16-year-old Bryant fan Nick Moghtader, has also become the first petition of 2020 to get more than a million signatures.

The current NBA logo, features the silhouette of Lakers great and Basketball Hall of Famer Jerry West dribbling a ball with his left hand.

Bryant and his 13-year-old daughter were among nine people who died on Sunday after the helicopter they were in crashed into a hillside outside the town of Calabasas, California.