Former NBA player and WNBA head coach Joe “Jellybean” Bryant, father of the late Kobe Bryant, has died at the age of 69. Today we will discuss about Kobe Bryant Dad: Death| Died| Net worth| Sells ring.
Kobe Bryant Dad: Death| Died| Net worth| Sells ring
Joe “Jellybean” Bryant, the longtime pro basketball player whose long European career had a profound influence on his Hall of Fame son Kobe, has died, officials said Tuesday.
Death
Hall of Famer Kobe Bryant’s father, former NBA player Joe “Jellybean” Bryant, has died. He was 69 years old.
Bryant’s official cause of death had not been announced as of Tuesday morning. La Salle University, where Bryant played and coached, said in a statement that Bryant “was a beloved member of the Explorers family and will be greatly missed.”
Longtime Philadelphia-area basketball coach Fran Dunphy, currently the head coach at La Salle, told the Philadelphia Inquirer that Bryant had recently suffered a major stroke.
Joe Bryant rarely appeared in public after Kobe Bryant’s death in a helicopter crash four years ago. The former Los Angeles Lakers superstar told ESPN in 2010 that Joe was “a great basketball mind” and that he taught his father “how to see the game from an early age, how to prepare for the game and how to execute.” Gave credit for teaching.
Died
Vanessa Bryant mourned the death of her father-in-law, Joe Bryant, on Tuesday afternoon.
According to The Philadelphia Inquirer, the late Kobe Bryant’s father recently passed away at the age of 69 after suffering a massive stroke.
“We are expressing our condolences after hearing the news of our father-in-law’s demise,” he wrote on his Instagram story. “We had hoped things would have been different. Although we spent very little time together, his company was always sweet and pleasant. Kobe loved him very much. Our prayers go out to the family.”
Vanessa’s tribute to Joe appears to allude to the strained relationship between Kobe and his parents, which grew strained during his Hall of Fame career with the Lakers.
Net worth
Joe Bryant is an American former professional basketball player and coach who has a net worth of $5 million. He is best known for being the father of the late Kobe Bryant.
Sells ring
Eleven years after Joe “Jellybean” Bryant sold at auction the Lakers’ 2000 NBA Championship ring, gifted to him by his son Kobe Bryant, the ring was sold again by the same auction house for more than five times the price: $927,200.
The winning bid was $760,000, with the buyer’s premium – a cut taken by the Goldin auction house – accounting for the rest. The identities of the buyer and seller have not been disclosed by the auction house, so it is not known whether Bryant’s wife, Vanessa Bryant, purchased the ring to return it to the family four years after her husband and daughter Gianna’s death. Helicopter accident.