2008 USA Basketball Team Ball (Signed)

Just getting opinions on the authenticity of this ball. It has Kobe and Lebron on there. I took good pictures. Thanks for any feedback.

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Permalink Reply by RTL5062 on July 23, 2020 at 4:20pm

I like it, might be real.

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Permalink Reply by Mike Kaminski on July 23, 2020 at 4:33pm

No good IMO

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Permalink Reply by Deepak Nahar on July 23, 2020 at 5:13pm

That’s a pretty lazy signature by Kobe and just the initials would be easy to forge. I don’t really have a handle on LeBron. The Chris Paul looks OK, although there are a lot of intricacies in his signature. DWill looks good. Overall, I would lean no on this ball.

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Permalink Reply by Jonah Aldrete on July 23, 2020 at 7:04pm

Thanks for the feedback.

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Permalink Reply by RTL5062 on July 24, 2020 at 6:52am

Adding to this, the KB on Kobe is consistent with his rushed in-person signature later in his career. The initials would be easier to forge, but many of the other signatures would be easier to forge as well with quicker styles, but they were not. For example the LeBron. I know his signature very well. I have bought about 10 un-certified ones in the past 4 years, all have passed JSA. I believe that LeBron would pass JSA. I can't speak to the other signatures. I don't know them well enough.

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Permalink Reply by Jonah Aldrete on August 14, 2020 at 8:06am

Thanks for your help Lynn. I took the ball to JSA yesterday and it passed. Just so you know. Good eye.

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Permalink Reply by RTL5062 on August 14, 2020 at 8:25am

Awesome, congrats! Always nice to have their stamp of approval for long-term value. For whatever reason, I have always had a good eye on LeBron. Probably since I have been chasing his autograph in person since he was 15 years old!

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Permalink Reply by Deepak Nahar on July 24, 2020 at 7:02am

I stand corrected. If the LeBron and Kobe are real, I would lean to this ball being genuine. My Kobe isn’t just the initials and that was bothering me until Lynn confirmed that.

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Permalink Reply by Jonah Aldrete on July 24, 2020 at 9:32am

I have a few team signed All-star balls from 09 and 10 with the nba documentation and those are always initials from Kobe and Lebron. Okay. Great feedback.