Everyone knows how Kobe Bryant almost became a star for the Charlotte Hornets. Not many realize he also had the opportunity to play the New Jersey Nets. The move was supposed to happen at the 1996 ...

A jersey Kobe Bryant wore during 1997 NBA Playoffs sold for $2.74 million on Saturday at SCP Auctions, the second-highest bid ever for a game-worn basketball jersey.

The teams stood on their respective 24-yard lines - in tribute to Bryant's No. 24 jersey. Some fans at the game wore Lakers jerseys, and a few even had Bryant's Lower Merion High School jersey.