EAGLE, Idaho – Kobe Bryant's recent mention of the Great Big Idaho Potato Truck might have helped save the traveling advertisement from a premature retirement, according to the head of a state agency that promotes Idaho potatoes.
The recently retired Los Angeles Lakers guard remarked on the red truck while talking with an ESPN reporter during one of his final games, The Capital Press reported.
The truck hauls a 6-ton replica Russet Burbank. It's on its fifth national tour to help charities and raise awareness of Idaho's most famous vegetable.
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