Hall of Famer Kobe Bryant’s career continued on the ascent during the 1998-99 season. The only thing that slowed him down was the owners’ lockout that reduced the season to 50 games. Bryant still poured in 19.9 points per game at the age of 20 as he began to form that lethal partnership with Shaquille O’Neal to start the next Lakers’ dynasty.

Offered here is Kobe Bryant’s Lakers home jersey from the 1998-99 season. The yellow mesh road jersey has “LAKERS” and Bryant’s number “8” sewn on in purple and white tackle twill. The back has “BRYANT” and “8” sewn on in purple and white tackle twill. An NBA logo patch is sewn on the left shoulder of this jersey, while an NBA Authentics, Nike size “50”, and Los Angeles Lakers tags are sewn on the front left tail of the jersey. A “LENGTH +4” flag is attached to the Nike tag. The jersey displays moderate use. This jersey comes with a LOA from Sports Investors Authentication for the game use. There is also a letter of provenance stating that this “98-99” jersey was received in 2001 from a ball boy with the Los Angeles Lakers. Please note that the letter references a pair of shorts that are NOT included with this lot.

Please note that the printed catalog errantly mentions shorts coming with this jersey. This lot has the jersey only.

Please note that this lot has a 25% Buyer’s Premium (28% if payment is made using a credit card and/or is not paid within 10 days of invoice). Goldin Auctions will be donating 5% of the winning bid price to the MambaOnThree Fund.

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