A YEARBOOK signed by Kobe Bryant is up for sale at auction – featuring a message from the NBA legend when he was just 13-years-old.
The yearbook, signed in 1992 by the iconic Lakers star, went up for sale at Iconic Auctions on Tuesday- a day after a memorial service was held in Kobe’s honor at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.
That year, Mamba returned to the US from Italy and attended Bala Cynwyd Middle School in Pennsylvania, where he played on the school’s basketball team.
Bryant arrived midway through the school year, so he didn’t have a standard school photo – so only appeared in the boys’ basketball team photo.
And when the school’s yearbooks were issued, his friend asked him to write a message in the autograph page.
Although the message was written a few years before he would become the second-highest scoring player of all time, the court legend wrote: “In a few years you probably will be dunking on me. Not!!
“How bout those Lakers. Your friend Kobe Bryant #24”
The 18-time All-Stars champion signed up to the LA Lakers in 1996 when he was 16-years-old.
Iconic Auctions expect the book to fetch at least $20,000 dollars when the auction closes this coming weekend.
The basketball star was immortalised following his death on January 26 of this year, after he was involved in a helicopter crash that killed nine – including his daughter, Gianna.
