Local media reported on 27th that some relics of the late American basketball superstar Kobe Bryant would be auctioned in April, including his two Los Angeles Lakers jerseys.
Xinhua News Agency, Washington, February 27 (reporter Wang Jiyi) local media reported on the 27th that some relics of the late American basketball superstar Kobe would be auctioned in April, including his two Los Angeles Lakers jerseys.
The company executive in charge of the auction said, “We are honored to auction Kobe’s relics, which is also a tribute to this basketball superstar. Kobe has a great inspiring effect on basketball fans, and he also has a wide range of influence around the world.”
The two jerseys auctioned are the No. 8 jerseys Kobe wore in the 2000 US league basketball finals and the No. 24 jerseys he wore in 2007. The rest of the items being auctioned include Kobe’s signed sneakers, basketball, etc.
Kobe was killed in a helicopter crash in Calabasas in Southern California at the end of January. At that time, there were nine people on the helicopter, including Kobe and his 13-year-old daughter Jaina, and no one survived the accident.