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Warriors’ Alec Burks changes his uniform number in honor of Kobe Bryant

Warriors guard Alec Burks will switch his uniform number from 8 to 20 to honor the late Kobe Bryant, Yahoo! Sports has reported.

Burks is one of a number of players honoring Bryant, who was killed in a helicopter crash Sunday morning.

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Bryant wore No. 8 for the Lakers from 1997-06, then switched to No. 24 for his final 10 seasons

Former Warrior Quinn Cook has changed his number from 2 to 28 to honor Bryant and his daughter Gianna, who perished in the crash with her father. Cook, according to The Athletic, chose 28 to honor both Gianna, who wore No.