LeBron James’ jersey from Game 7 of the Miami Heat’s triumphant 2013 NBA Finals has been purchased in New York for $US3.68 million ($A5 million), making it the third costliest game-worn jersey ever bought by Sotheby’s.
The determine is available in behind Michael Jordan’s 1998 NBA Finals Chicago Bulls jersey at $10.91m and Diego Maradona’s Argentina jersey from the 1986 World Cup recreation the place he scored the ‘Hand of God’ objective towards England, at $9.28m.
The highest earlier determine for a game-worn James jersey was $630,000 from the 2020 All-Star Game.
The Heat clinched the 2013 NBA Finals towards the San Antonio Spurs 95-88 with James scoring 37 factors with 12 rebounds and 4 assists.
James gained his fourth NBA MVP crown in the course of the 2012-13 season together with the 2013 NBA Finals MVP, the second of 4 in his profession.
“Today’s tremendous result comes at a pivotal time in LeBron James’ career, where he is in arm’s reach of clinching the all-time points record,” Sotheby’s knowledgeable Brahm Wachter stated.
James (38,210) is on monitor to move Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s NBA all-time factors scoring file (38,387) within the subsequent fortnight.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
