Kobe Bryant played the final game of his 20-year NBA career last week, and it was a contest filled with pomp and circumstance, plenty of Bryant shots (50 attempts), and a plethora of points (he finished with 60) as the Lakers beat the Jazz.
But if you weren’t at the game, there is still a chance to breathe the rarified air that Bryant exhaled during his finale. No, literally. You can buy and then breathe the air.
https://twitter.com/powersco/status/721523628139872257
As the Comeback reported, the initial bids for the plastic bags filled with oxygen were a reasonable $1. Then it was as if the bidders collectively got high together on nitrous oxide.
https://twitter.com/ZaccyZacZac/status/721550558100754432
Apparently, the price for the bag of, well, something (or nothing) got as high as $15,500 before eBay pulled the auction.
But since the entrepreneurial spirit behind this exercise is such a breath of fresh air in an otherwise soulless world, another enterprising soul has posted a listing of another bag of supposed atmosphere gathered from Staples Center on Bryant’s final evening in uniform.
Sadly, as of 10:30 a.m. ET on Monday, nobody had bid in the newest auction. Which just goes to show that people who actually try to buy air are nothing but incompetent villains from a Mel Brooks movie.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SiabeNR_q0U
