The basketball hoop that helped make the late Kobe Bryant a legend can be yours if you purchase the house where he spent his adolescent years.
The Colonial-style home is located on Remington Road in Wynnewood, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Philadelphia. Bryant first displayed his extraordinary abilities there as a teenager, when he lead his high school team to a state championship and honed his skills at this very basket.
“Not only did I take a shot, but I also dunked. I enjoyed it,” says TJ Sokso, a co-listing agent with Compass who was playing Pennsylvania high school basketball at the same time as Kobe. “Being there is a nostalgic experience. It’s a truly surreal sensation.”
When Kobe and his family returned to the United States from Italy in 1991, they relocated into the 3,400-square-foot home. Joe “Jellybean” Bryant, his father, had played professional basketball there.
At the time, Kobe was 13 years old and attended eighth grade and secondary school in the vicinity. He attended his high school prom with Brandy Norwood, a singer and actress who was also 17 and appeared on the television programme “Moesha.” Bryant, whose promise had already garnered attention, had the courage to ask her out on a date, and she agreed.
The residence was constructed in 1957, and the current owners purchased it for $510,000 from the Bryants in 2008, unaware that Bryant had grown up there.
Sokso explains with a chuckle, “I don’t think they had any idea when they purchased the property until settlement, when they met Pamela, Kobe’s mother.” “Perhaps the initial Realtor® who sold it underpriced it.”
It has five bedrooms and three and a half restrooms. Two bedrooms, including the master, are equipped with private restrooms. The first chamber on the left at the top of the stairs was Kobe’s.
Sokso states, “Kobe probably wouldn’t like this, but it’s the one with the teddy bear on the bed” in the listing images.
The residence has numerous traditional accents and vibrant carpeting. There is a formal living room that extends into the dining room, as well as a lower level with an open layout. The den has a fireplace for chilly evenings, and the office has ample space for work.
The laundry room has ample storage, and the adjacent recreation room has a wet bar and space for entertaining. Granite countertops, updated appliances, and custom maple cabinetry have been installed in the kitchen, which has been upgraded.