A pair of LeBron James highschool sport worn sneakers that had been gifted by Kobe Bryant bought for $156,000 at public sale this previous weekend, Heritage Auctions confirmed in an electronic mail to Sports activities Illustrated.
Bryant gifted James the customized pair of Adidas Kobe II sneakers with a patriotic colorway and Mamba silhouette, designed to commemorate the victims of Sept. 11.
“I feel my most fond second is he gave me his footwear once I was in highschool,” James mentioned within the wake of Bryant’s dying final January. “I feel I used to be enjoying in a event in Teaneck, N.J., they usually had been enjoying within the [2002] All-Star sport in Philly. And I had a possibility to go meet him, and he gave me a pair of his footwear, and I really wore them in a sport in opposition to Oak Hill, in opposition to [Carmelo Anthony].
James wore the sneakers in February 2002 in a matchup in opposition to Anthony. James scored 36 factors whereas Anthony recorded 34 factors and led Oak Hill Academy (VA) to a win over James’s St. Vincent-St. Mary Excessive College (OH).
Bryant wore the sneakers within the Lakers’ season opener within the 2001-02 NBA season. The sneakers characteristic Bryant’s silhouette on the insole.
