Chicago Bulls All-star swingman DeMar DeRozan has renegotiated a deal with Nike. Shams Charania of The Athletic reported the deal would place DeRozan in the face role of the Kobe division of products. DeRozan often wears Kobe sneakers while playing on the court.
Fresh off making All-NBA second team, Chicago Bulls star DeMar DeRozan is signing a new four-year deal with Nike that keeps him as the featured face of Kobe Bryant’s iconic line, sources tell @TheAthletic@Stadium.
Following the announcement, Vanessa Bryant provided an update to Charania’s report, citing there is no face of The Black Mamba’s line. “False. He is not the face of the Kobe line. No one is,” Vanessa Bryant wrote.
Specifics of DeRozan’s deal with Nike were not revealed. However, he is expected to continue to wear Kobe’s on the court.
A grieve-struck widow who lost his wife and daughter in the helicopter crash that killed NBA legend Kobe Bryant was told to stop riding Vanessa Bryant’s “coattails”.
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Eight others were killed in the January 26, 2020 crash, including Bryant’s 13-year-old daughter Gianna “Gigi” Bryant, and Christopher Chester’s wife Sarah Chester, 45, and daughter, 13-year-old Payton.
Kobe’s widow Vanessa Bryant and Chester both sued L.A. County after sheriff’s deputies shared graphic photos from the crash site in text messages. The lawsuit alleged one sheriff’s deputy showed crash scene photos on his smartphone to a bartender at the Baja California Bar and Grill on Jan. 28, 2020.
Attorneys for L.A. County argue that while Vanessa can prove the photos of Bryant’s charred body were shared in text messages among the officers, Chester can’t prove that photos of his wife and child were among the images.
The county’s attorneys filed a motion with the U.S. District Court in California asking U.S. District Judge John F. Walter and Magistrate Judge Charles F. Eick to separate Bryant and Chester’s lawsuit into two separate lawsuits.
“Chester cannot point to any evidence of photos depicting his loved ones,” the county argued.
“Given Kobe Bryant’s worldwide recognition, Bryant’s case is distinct. Chester should not be permitted to ride Bryant’s coattails and benefit from critical evidence that only pertains to Bryant.”
“Chester has shown his propensity to do this in nearly every pretrial filing and again at the July 8 pretrial conference.”
L.A. County deposed 40 witnesses who could not identify Chester’s family members in the grisly photos.
The county said Chester will “unfairly reap the benefits of the significant impact Bryant and her celebrity witnesses will have on this case.”
Intriguingly enough, as more NBA stars dip their toes into rap careers, following in the footsteps of Shaq, Kobe, and Allen Iverson, it’s a little rarer to see ball players get serious about their rhymes. Of course, there’s Damian Lillard, who’s three albums deep into his career as Dame D.O.L.L.A., but for the most part, the current generation of NBA talent has yet to commit. Maybe they just need a little encouragement, and that’s where Milwaukee native/LA transplant DC The Don steps in.
The 6’7 rising rap star is best known for viral tracks like “Worst Day” and “Walk Thru,” but he’s probably just as well-known for his first song “Everything 1K” appearing in Big Baller Brand’s first sneaker commercial. That’s because he was a former Chino Hills High teammate of Lonzo Ball — another aspiring rhyme purveyor currently playing in the NBA — and his brothers LiAngelo and LaMelo. Obviously, DC went the other way, and so he’s willing to lend some of his expertise to rating NBA stars’ rap bars. Check out the video above.
A game-worn Kobe Bryant jersey was recently sold at an auction for close to $3 million.
The jersey was worn by the basketball legend during the 1996-1997 NBA season and for at least 2 games during the 1997 playoffs.
The jersey was auctioned off through SCP auctions. And after 26 bids an anonymous buyer purchased the jersey for $2,735,546 million, to be exact. According to David Kohler of SCP Auctions, the jersey had been estimated to sell between $3 million and $5 million before going up for auction.
This is not the only one of Bryant’s jerseys to sell for millions of dollars. Last year, another one of Bryant’s rookie jerseys sold for millions. The jersey was another yellow, game-worn jersey but was autographed by Bryant himself. The $3.69 million price tag made it the most a basketball jersey has ever sold for.
SCP also sold a rare, signed 1997 Precious Metal Gems Kobe card which sold for over $403,000.
Kobe Bryant’s Rookie Game worn jersey from the 97-98 playoffs just sold for $2,735,546 million in auction ! pic.twitter.com/efeEuCnt3M
Jayson Tatum led the Boston Celtics to the NBA Finals for the first time in his career. He did so by channeling the Mamba Mentality. Throughout Game 7, Tatum channeled Kobe in an armband, blending the Lakers’1 purple and gold with the trademark Celtics green.
Jayson Tatum led the Boston Celtics to the NBA Finals for the first time in his career. He did so by channeling the Mamba Mentality. Throughout Game 7, Tatum channeled Kobe in an armband, blending the Lakers’1 purple and gold with the trademark Celtics green.
A Kobe Bryant basketball card is selling for a major amount of money. The rare collectible was sold for $2 million dollars over the weekend as the sale was announced by PWCC Marketplace on Tuesday.
The Bryant card is a 1997-98 Metal Universe Precious Metal Gems Emerald, but features no autograph or game-used memorabilia swatch. It’s the most expensive card sold featuring the late Los Angeles Lakers legend.
According to SI.com, the Bryant card is just one of a few basketball cards to break the $2 million threshold, joining multiple LeBron James RPAs (rookie patch autograph), a Luka Dončić Logoman auto and a Michael Jordan All Star Game-used jersey auto card.
Most ever paid for a Kobe card
This record-setting Kobe Bryant Green PMG sold for $2 Million in a private sale!pic.twitter.com/1o7cFJA5um
Five-time NBA champion, Kobe Bryant, was killed with his daughter and seven others in a helicopter crash two years ago today, January 26, 2020. Fans and friends of the basketball Hall of Famer posted heartfelt tributes to commemorate his life and that of his daughter GiGi Bryant. They include Kanye West who made a rare […]
Vanessa Bryant, the wife to late NBA star Kobe Bryant has new trouble brewing with Nike. The former model has come forward to blast the sportswear giant for selling a shoe she specifically designed to honor her late daughter Gianna. Mama Bryant Isn’t Happy With Nike Vanessa posted an Instagram message directed at the multinational […]
Most ever paid for a Kobe card
