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Dan HajduckyJul 27, 2025, 12:38 PM ET
- Dan Hajducky is simply a unit writer for ESPN. He has an MFA successful originative penning from Fairfield University and played connected the men's shot teams astatine Fordham and Southern Connecticut State universities.
An autographed brace of Adidas EQT Top 10 shoes that Kobe Bryant wore successful his archetypal Los Angeles Lakers commencement person sold for $240,000 (including buyer's premium) with SCP Auctions, the 2nd largest sum ever paid for a brace of his sneakers.
Photo-matching institution Sports Investors Authentication matched the shoes to "being worn by Kobe Bryant connected January 28, 1997 -- Bryant's archetypal vocation NBA crippled arsenic a starter." Both shoes are signed, and some autographs see letters of authentication from Professional Sports Authenticator's authentication limb PSA/DNA.
Bryant played successful 34 games earlier his archetypal Lakers start, averaging 6.4 points successful 13 minutes per game. In his archetypal start, Bryant scored 12 points connected 5 of 11 shooting from the field, with 3 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals and a block.
In February, the Nike Kobe 8 Elite "Lakers Home" sneakers Bryant was wearing erstwhile helium tore his Achilles successful in 2013 sold for $660,000 astatine Sotheby's.
