This 1996 SkyBox Premium Kobe Bryant Rookie #55 has earned an SGC 8.5 NM-MT+ grade. Kobe’s 1996-97 rookie cards are among the most important basketball cards of the 1990s, and this SkyBox rookie is a strong pickup for Lakers collectors.
Kobe Bryant went straight from Lower Merion High School to the 1996 NBA Draft, selected 13th overall by the Charlotte Hornets and traded to the Los Angeles Lakers, where he spent all 20 seasons. He won five NBA championships, the 2008 MVP, two Finals MVPs, and 18 All-Star selections. Bryant is a Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame (HOF) inductee (2020).
