The Los Angeles Lakers are going through a slight transition period after losing superstar Dwight Howard to the Houston Rockets and now the team is ridding itself of some authentic jerseys for a cheap price at the Staples Center team store to fully move on from the star.
According to Deadspin.com, the team is selling the jerseys for just $20 and this also comes at a time when Kobe Bryant had some of his memorabilia sold off at an auction run by his parents. ESPN reports that a championship ring duplicate from the 2000 title sold for $174,184 and another one went for $108,153, while his 2000 NBA All-Star ring ($55,597), and two of his game-used high school uniforms ($50,150 and $41,694) were also sold. Bryant said he would not comment on the auction.
Earlier in the year, Bryant filed a motion in court to stop his mother from selling some of his past memorabilia in an auction, saying he never gave her permission to sell the items. Some of the items includes high school trophies, past jerseys as well as championship rings and other pieces that are tied to Bryant. Pamela countered and said that Bryant previously told her that the items were hers to do with what she wished.
The report says that Pamela set up an auction through a New Jersey company called Goldin Auctions, for which she received nearly $500,000 in advance. Bryant's lawyers wrote a letter to the company to stop the sale, while the company is suing to go through with the deal. Bryant said in court documents that his mother admitted to not having permission to sell the items, which are put together and called "The Bryant Collection," and includes some of his past Lakers jerseys and high school items among 100 other pieces.