The proposed sale of the Lakers icon’s first championship ring is made all the more sad by the fact that it likely wouldn’t be happening if he were still with us. Sadly, that’s not the case.

Kobe Bryant had sly grin retort up his sleeve "I get to give my parents allowance": When asked about repaying his parents, Kobe Bryant had sly grin retort up his sleeve "His whole regimen is ...

Andrew D. Bernstein/NBAE via Getty Kobe gifted his parents the ring after the 2000 win, and they sold it in 2013 to the auction house Goldin along with two uniforms from his time at Lower Merion ...