Back in 2013 the late Kobe Bryant settled a lawsuit against his estranged parents after they tried to auction off Kobe memorabilia to finance a new house [click here if you missed that].
Now Kobe's parents are planning to auction the 2000 NBA championship ring replica Kobe gifted his father...
From CBS News
Kobe Bryant's 2000 NBA championship ring, which was originally gifted to his father, former NBA player Joe "Jellybean" Bryant, is up for sale at Goldin Auctions. Notably, Goldin specifies that it is not the executive ring given to players themselves upon winning a championship. However, it is the "exact same ring" given to Bryant and his fellow Los Angeles Lakers. Bryant ordered an extra ring upon winning the 2000 championship to gift to his father. Now, that ring is for sale.
This is not the first time that memorabilia initially gifted to Bryant's parents made their way on the market. In 2013, Bryant settled a lawsuit with Goldin relating to memorabilia that his parents wanted to sell. That settlement allowed for less than 10% of the items initially slated for auction to actually be sold. This ring is the only one Bryant ever gave to his father, and it comes with a letter of authenticity from his mother, Pamela Bryant.
Bryant's relationship with his parents was strained at times. In 2016, he told ESPN's Ramona Shelburne that "Our relationship is shxt," citing the attempted sale of those items in 2013 as one source of tension.
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Black men look at the mess you made. It’s a shame his parents are probably almost destitute. I don’t think a black woman would be that greedy. I wouldn’t let my husbands parents suffer, even if we didn’t get along. I would set them up a trust or something. Disgusting!
Looks like Vanessa paid off her mama but didn't throw any coins to his parents.
She knows she needs to pay them off to keep them quiet, but she doesn't want to do it. She wants them suffer and they are. The problem is her and Kobe's name takes a hit, too. She'll learn.
This is despicable but I blame Kobe. All his riches going to the woman he plucked from the music video and her family. Black men in his position gotta do better. All the black wealth going to the non black side. Look at Patrick Mahomes. That wife of his will get all his fortune. His kids don't look black at all. No black legacy after he's gone.
And I don't care who has a problem with my opinion.
This is what happens when a man marries a low class broad. Sweetie, you wouldn't have a cent to your name if it wasn't for Kobe's parents. But that's who he chose to be with. I don't see how that worked out well for him. I don't know why he didn't get along with his parents, but it's a sad sad thing all around.
I see both points of view. Life is for the living. If the funds are needed to support their retirement then the parents should sell the ring. On the other hand, if my in-laws didn't give a sh!t about me while their son was alive then I'll treat them the same when he's dead. Kobe would have provided for them if he wanted to.
@ R in NYC...You can go back a generation in that family. Daddy Pat Mahomes was a pro baseball player back in the day. It took two generations to wipe out any discernible sub-Saharan genes. Maybe it'll live on through athletic prowess, lol.
@ 8:00 lol. All that good black DNA on its way outta here. If it wasn't for his curly hair it would be harder to know he's black cuz that Bubba voice of his has me vexed.🤣🤣🤣
Black men in the entertainment industry, a vast majority anyway are a joke. Always talking about generational wealth but certainly not intending for it to stay within a black family. They love modern day " Massa" and his white daughters, nieces, etc.
Yall don't know what his relationship was with his parents for HIM to cut them off but sitting up here blaming Vanessa. All parents are not to be revered. Some of them are truly garbage people. If he didn't leave them anything it's because he ain't want them to have anything.
"We Talked & I See Why She Would Call IT R A PE"
Case SETTLED & SEALED
Considering the son they cared for and raised did not care for them, I would sell the ring also. I will never forget my best friend grandfather statement after hearing how kobe treated his parents after he became famous.
Of course you don't care, but at least you're rewriting your words so their not as offensive as in the past. Go'on with your bad self.
@9:04 FACTS!
Oh I see…. This is a black men post. Just don’t talk bad about the sista’s right Snitch? Proceed ladies, I’m going back to my sellout cave.
If I was them I would auction it too. He sat up there and took care of Vanessa's mother but did nothing for his own parents.
944 CORRECT
He had no connection to them and it's been years since he died. Sell of the stuff. Vanessa has all his kids to raise so they can take care of themselves
I can't put the blame on her. It's Kobe's option to settle any money with the parents. Something we don't know about happened. Maybe he did take of them and they ran through the money and kept coming back for more. Who knows? Sell it and move on.
I don't blame her. It was Kobe's obligation to take care of them. Maybe he did and they ran through the money and kept coming back for more. Who knows what happened. Sell the ring and move on.
I don't blame her. It was Kobe's obligation to take care of them. Maybe he did and they ran through the money and kept coming back for more. Who knows what happened. Sell the ring and move on.
I don't blame her. It was Kobe's obligation to take care of them. Maybe he did and they ran through the money and kept coming back for more. Who knows what happened. Sell the ring and move on.
I dont blame them. Unless your parents were abusive crack heads monsters there is no reason for you to not make sure they are taken care of. Kobe shouldve left them at least 20 mil in his will.
Kobes's Parents don't have a relationship with his children.
Vanessa's Mother wanted to be paid to baby her own grandchildren
These envious and entitled standing on greed.
Nah, black people aren't racist at all!!! lol
yeah right.
Blaming his latina wife, for things that Kobe started when he was alive. like someone else said earlier, they didn't treat her well when Kobe was alive, so now that he's gone she should be looking out for them?
and besides that who here was part of all that family drama that really knows what was happening there??
people love to judge from the outside!!!
Kobe had a good relationship with his parents and then he met Vanessa they did not approve of her and that caused Somewhat of a rift especially when he married her they felt he was too young and they wanted him to marry a black girl. However they still remain part of his life even though they weren’t as close as they were before the marriage. The big rift really came about and the reason that he publicly spoke on was when they asked for a bigger house he He picked out a house for them but it wasn’t the one they wanted so they figured they could generate some money selling his memorabilia that I guess they assumed he didn’t want because it was still at their house when he got wind of this he sued them. Now this created a huge drift and it was never the same there after. I feel like Vanessa‘s mother living with them and she’s balling and riding high I will be looking out for my biological parents as well Kobe generated an astronomical amount of money I can’t speak for him or anyone else for sure but if my father was responsible for me being in the position that I was to generate a astronomical amount of money I would buy them any damn thing they wanted! By the way this is public record what I just spoke on facts#
Nobody knows one way the other if Vanessa gave his parents anything if she didn’t that’s pretty foul. And anybody saying she needs the money to raise her kids that woman got enough money to raise her kids and give the parents a decent amount of money between what Kobe left and what she got from the airplane crash she has plenty of money to spare to give his parents. However seeing that they selling off rings it would indicate she didn’t give them Jack squat!
@12:21
ok, I hear what you saying, and I agree on most of it, I also agree that we can't speak for any of them cause again things happen behind closed doors.
and again, why blame Vanessa for any of this?
not that you are, I'm just putting this out there.
Maintain that same energy you was putting out there when Kobe was alive, they weren't feeling her, so why should she be the bigger person?
Sell it! Bye 9:44!
@12:29 I think Vanessa is capable of being the bigger person because she paid off her mother the very biological mother that tried to sue her right after her husband died try to sue her own daughter at the worst moment possible because she said she should’ve gotten paid for watching her own grandchildren!!!! Now if you could give your mother some money after she did something so diabolically cold blooded you can certainly forgive Kobe’s parents and give them some money to!!!!! That’s real evil and greedy right there especially taking into account all the money and gifts she probably got in the course of being part of their lives.
His parents were relying on him to live high on the hog. Anything he did was never enough. Kobe's money is right where he wanted it to be, with his wife and kids. He knew his parents better than anyone and moved accordingly.
Yo own mama tried to sue you when your husband was barely cold in the grave and you turned around and looked out for her but she can’t look out for the very people who are responsible for him to be in that position??????
Vanessa paid her mom off to avoid being embarrassed. She knew if she didnt Momma was gonna air that ssa out Vlad or Tasha K. So she threw her a few dollars to stfu.
I've never heard Kobe's parents utter a single negative word about Vanessa, so all you people talking about how they're blaming her is wrong as two left shoes. It's not about blame. Use common sense. As his wife, she was probably very influential in the decisions he made, especially considering she stuck it out after the scandal. She wasn't trynna stop that gravy train and end back in El Barrio. So I'm sure he didn't exclude her when it came to decisions about his parents either.
The relationship Kobe had with his parents was affected by his marriage but that doesn't mean his parents aren't entitled to something for their contribution to one of the greatest athletes of our time. Sorry to defame the dead but I always thought Kobe was a prick when he was alive and still feel that way, but RIP. Vanessa better pray the sins of the father (Kobe) don't follow their kids.
That girl’s mama is a real piece of work her ex-husband he was still paying her alimony while she was living in the lap of luxury with her son-in-law didn’t need nothing but she still demanded that alimony from him even though he had a child to take care of. The apple don’t fall too damn far from the rotten tree!!!!
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