Kobe Bryant‘s last career game was one for the ages, and someone paid a hefty price to own a part of that history.
According to ESPN's Darren Rovell, a piece of the floor from the Staples Center used during the game sold online for $179,100 to an anonymous buyer, with the proceeds going to the Laker Youth Foundation. You read that correctly: someone spent six figures on a small piece of a baskeball floor.
Here's a description of what exactly was purchased:
“The piece, four panels measuring four feet by eight feet each, had Kobe's former number 8 on it and was signed by Bryant after he scored 60 points in his final game on April 13.”
This probably says more about just how popular Bryant and the Lakers are than anything else. His final game was arguably the most exciting moment of the regular season and there couldn't have been a more fitting way for the Black Mamba to go out than by scoring 60 points and leading his team to a comeback victory.
Now, someone out there will have a nice piece of memorabilia from that night to remember for the rest of his or her life. But it probably would've been cheaper to just buy a picture or something.
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