Bryant and Lakers help rebuild New Orleans

The Lakers’ Kobe Bryant may have a busy game schedule on his hands but that’s not stopping the NBA all-star from taking time out to help Habitat for Humanity construct homes in New Orleans.

The community service program was put in place by NBA commissioner David Stern, who announced that New Orleans would host the All-Star Weekend activities in 2006, only several months after Hurricane Katrina had struck the region. As a result, the organization has been doing all it can over the last year and  half to get the city back on its feet, according to report published Thursday, Feb. 7 on the official ESPN Web site.

Each team in the league that has played at New Orleans is pitching in to help with the effort, forming crews to build new homes, construct playgrounds, refurbish and further improve school and partake in general clean up activities. For Bryant, who has already participated in several relief activities in the past, the time is well spent.

“I’ve done a lot of stuff in New Orleans as it is, I’m looking forward to doing some more,” Lakers All-Star Kobe Bryant said earlier this week. “But that’s one of the places that I’ve really been active in. It’s something else for us to do in New Orleans.”

The Lakers took on the New Orleans Hornets at the team’s home court only two months after the devastation Katrina brought and have since worked hard to support the rebirth of the city, according to the report.

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