Kobe Bryant Signed Jersey The Redeem Team USA w/ LeBron James & 10 Others 2008 Olympics – COA JSA

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Presented is a U.S.A. basketball jersey autographed by the 2008 Olympic team. The team was known as “the Redeem Team”.  12 Signers on the front in black felt tip (“9″) include: Kobe Bryant; Jason Kidd; LeBron James; Deron Williams; Carmelo Anthony; Dwight Howard; Mike Miller; Teshaun Prince; Michael Redd; Tyson Chandler; Chauncy Billups and Amare Stoudemire. The jersey itself is a Nike [size] 50 with a Length +2” and it honors the 1960 Original Dream Team when the Olympic games were in Rome.

The men’s national basketball team of the United States won the gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. They qualified for the Olympics by winning the 2007 FIBA American Championship held in Las Vegas, Nevada. The team was nicknamed the “Redeem Team”, a play on an alternative name for the 1992 squad that was called the “Dream Team”, and a reference to the fact that the United States came away with disappointing bronze medals during the 2004 Summer Olympics and the 2006 FIBA World Championship. Former Phoenix Suns chairman and CEO Jerry Colangelo was named managing director of the national team program by the USA Basketball Executive Committee in 2005. Kobe Bryant was named the team captain and Mike Krzyzewski was named the head coach of the 2008 team.” An ESPN program, Road to Redemption, followed the team’s preparations. Additionally, a Netflix produced documentary titled The Redeem Team was released in 2022.

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