Kobe Bryant's relationship with his parents was choppy after he married Vanessa. Four years after his death, Joe Bryant is auctioning the 2000 Lakers championship ring that Kobe gifted him.
What on earth would prompt Joe 'Jellybean' Bryant to auction the 2000 NBA championship ring his son Kobe gifted him? Is the father of the Lakers legend signaling that he and Kobe's mom, Pamela, are in financial straits and need the estimated $200,000 the ring could fetch to make ends meet? Is it an attempt to embarrass Kobe's widow, Vanessa, into gifting them a slice of the estimated $600-million estate Kobe left her when he died in a helicopter crash four years ago? Without...
As The Times' Mike Bresnahan so succinctly wrote during the 2013 auction kerfuffle: 'Bryant’s career with the Lakers has often been pushed aside by internal family matters, the recent court battle over his memorabilia the latest in a string of cheerless events.
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