For a couple grand I'd provide the service of acting as an out of state middleman and purchase it for ya so's you wouldn't have to give the State of California _all_ that dough. 😀
This guy should have had this auction end before the finals were finished. His potential return has taken a pretty dramatic dive considering how badly the Lakers got whipped on.
Personally, I'm just glad Karl Malone is not going to get a ring. That guy is such a no-good cheapshot artist that he deserves to retire unfulfilled. It's funny that he'd suck down the massive salary cut to try for the ring this year after so many years sucking up all of the Jazz's money & not adjusting his salary so they could afford the personnel to make the Jazz serious contenders.
On the other hand, I'm a Blazers fan and it is ironic that 4 months after splitting Portland, 'Sheed has a ring.