Spring 2020 Premium Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 5/20/2020
Kobe Bryant, who will no doubt be enshrined in the Basketball Hall of Fame when he becomes eligible, closed out his legendary career this past season. Coming straight out of Lower Merion High School outside of Philadelphia, Bryant finished his stellar career with five NBA championships, two NBA Finals MVPs, one NBA MVP, was an 18-time All-Star, an 11-time All-NBA First Team selection, and is the all-time leading scorer in Lakers history.
Bryant’s 2014-15 season was cut short by injuries, limiting him to 35 games, but at the start of the season, Bryant wore this white Adidas Climacool soft mesh jersey for three games. The Lakers wore these white jerseys on Sunday home games and Bryant wore this Size 4XL (LENGTH +4”) jersey during the November 9th game vs Charlotte, where he scored 21 points in a 107-92 victory, the team’s first of the season. Bryant also wore this jersey the following two Sundays against Golden State on November 16th, a 136-115 loss where he poured in a season-high 44 points and on November 23rd against the Denver Nuggets where he dropped 27 points in a 101-94 defeat. All told, Bryant averaged 30.66 in three games that he wore this jersey.
This partial mesh jersey has the Adidas tag and NBA Authentics tag with the code “LLA02694” sewn on the bottom front tail. “LAKERS” and “BRYANT” are sewn on in purple and yellow tackle twill while his number 24 is sewn on the front and back in purple mesh with yellow embroidered outlines on a white tackle twill backing. The collar and open arms are edged with a thin purple band and each side has a thick yellow vertical stripe outlined in purple and yellow. The NBA logo is embroidered at the base of the neck above “BRYANT” and the back collar has a ribbed purple band with a 1 x 1 ½ inch gold patch sewn on the outside and inside that has the “16x” marking for the franchise’s 16 NBA titles. This jersey has been photo matched to the November 9th, November 16th, and November 23rd games by Resolution Photomatching (425714). This is an excellent opportunity to own a Kobe Bryant multiple game used jersey from one of the greatest basketball players of all-time.
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