Kobe Bryant Los Angeles Lakers 2012-2013 Game Worn Warmup Set

This warmup set was worn by Kobe Bryant throughout the 2012-2013 season. “24” is handwritten on the jock tag of the shooting shirt and warmup pants.

The shooting shirt has been photomatched to the below dates:

February 3, 2013

February 7, 2013

February 10, 2013

February 24, 2013

February 25, 2013

March 5, 2013

March 25, 2013

March 30, 2013

The warmup pants have been photomatched to the below dates: 

November 21, 2012

December 5, 2012

December 13, 2012

December 16, 2012

December 22, 2012

February 7, 2013

February 8, 2013

February 24, 2013

February 25, 2013

April 7, 2013

April 10, 2013

The warmup set is accompanied by a photomatching certificate from Sports Investors Authentication and Resolution Photomatching. A letter of opinion from MEARS is also included in the lot.

Going Deeper | Kobe Bryant

After three consecutive Laker championships from 2000-2002, the legendary tandem of Kobe and Shaquille O’Neal was disbanded when Shaq was dealt to the Miami Heat in 2004. With Kobe firmly in the driver's seat of the Lakers offense, he quickly established himself as one of the premier scorers the game has ever seen.

Between 2005 and the end of his career, Kobe put on a plethora of jaw-dropping scoring displays: 62 points against the Mavericks, 81 points against the Raptors (2nd all-time in NBA history) 55 here, 60 there. It seemed that any night could provide NBA fans with a dominant performance – a scoring clinic. 

Kobe won back-to-back scoring titles in 2005-2006 and 2006-2007 and achieved NBA League MVP honors in the 2007-2008 season, the only regular season MVP of his career. After being joined by Pau Gasol, Kobe led the Lakers to three consecutive NBA Finals appearances (2008, 2009, 2010) and two NBA championships (2009 and 2010), earning Finals MVP honors on both occasions. 

Kobe ended his historic career with one last shining moment in 2016. In his final game in the NBA, a 37-year old Bryant willed the Lakers to a come-from-behind victory, scoring 60 points and hitting the game-winning shot in the process. The performance was surreal, the perfect bow on the gift that was watching Kobe play. A nod to the basketball greats, a demonstration of a love for the game, deep-rooted and palpable. 

In 2021, Kobe Bryant was posthumously inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame. The Lakers organization retired both numbers he wore during his career, 24 and 8.