A pair of LeBron James high school game worn sneakers that were gifted by Kobe Bryant sold for $156,000 at auction this past weekend, Heritage Auctions confirmed in an email to Sports Illustrated.
Bryant gifted James the custom pair of Adidas Kobe II sneakers with a patriotic colorway and Mamba silhouette, designed to commemorate the victims of Sept. 11.
“I think my most fond moment is he gave me his shoes when I was in high school,” James said in the wake of Bryant’s death last January. “I think I was playing in a tournament in Teaneck, N.