- Apr 11, 2018
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R.I.P Kobe Bryant.
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- Dec 13, 2018
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Without Kobe Bryant's input, continuing that line under his name would be disingenuous. It would be like they are pimping his legacy. Also, his shoes weren't doing that well at the registers to begin with, especially with the whole mis info on the tech specs of the 4. I'd think that they'd probably have a better chance at retro's, doing one to one reproductions of that line.
- Oct 6, 2016
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The Kobe 1 through 11 I can see them coming back out with down the road. I hope anyway. But I do agree that with Kobe not here, I would think newer models wouldnt feel right. Def new territory for a shoe company to deal with.
- Apr 11, 2018
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I know but what does nike basketball really have to offer. a lot of the basketball models are just dumbed down versions of each other with different zoom cutouts. the kobe ad not 360 was released after Kobe's retirement, but still pushed for a sneaker built on tech with a different structure. It might not be for the casual consumer, but people that ball even myself as an older ball player look for things that can give us some kind of comfort or a different feel on court. Kobe's line embodied that. I jumped ship right now playing in omn1s, but giving that option to the consumer really allows for long time buyers to be attracted to the brand. Heck even the Jordan 34 got me looking at jb again and Jordan been retired for ages.
- Apr 2, 2007
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That HBO Bryant tribute was dope.
Never was a fan of any of the Nike Kobe’s. Love the adidas line though.
Never was a fan of any of the Nike Kobe’s. Love the adidas line though.
- Dec 6, 2006
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If Kobe has a last will filed, Nike is waiting for Kobe’s lawyer to cover all the information on where his percentages is going and all the beneficiary needs to do is accept whatever deal Kobe set up. Now if Kobe didn’t have the information setup it might take awhile for everything to be settled
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I doubt they're gonna continue with new kobe sigs. It just wouldn't make much sense. Maybe they can continue his Mentality line or whatever the takedown models are. As far as retros, you're definitely going to continue seeing it. They were retroing Kobe's while Kobe was still playing. Nike had plans for the retros or in this case, Protros. Seeing as how they skipped from 1 to 4, the protro line probably gonna skip some models after the 5's (hopefully not the 8's) I think it wouldn't be fair to the fans that want his sneakers if they completely stopped all retros. The 5's have at least a handful of colorways already rumored. I think nike going to drop another kobe pack from 1-11 eventually. Or at least put his shoes up on nike ID on mamba day for fans can create unique tributes like when Nike put up the special option ID's for his retirement game
- Dec 13, 2018
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I do understand that there is a business need to push for new product, citing new tech as an advantage. However, that is not always the best move, nor always the smart move. If it already works? It works. For the sake of marketing, zoom air came out around '95 - '96, and it is still around right now. Max air was around longer than that. The whole fuse upper, or more breathable mesh type materials simply make the shoes easier to play in right out of the box. Nike Basketball bit itself in the foot by not making their shoes durable enough, a shoe that is worth their value, while other brands focused upon not cheapening out their shoes, in lieu of simply suggesting that the lighter and more expensive shoe is the best. They supposedly were of performance value, therefore justifying the price hikes. In that they've used Kobe's name in order to push such a theme. It seemed that nike wanted to rely upon sig themes, instead of an independent hoops line.
I don't know, perhaps it will change with Nike. But I still play in Retro Jordan's, and I enjoyed playing in the Nike Kobe 1 this past summer, even though they replaced the original tech specs with that of the Nike Zoom Legend.
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- Jan 29, 2010
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this s*** made me laugh. lol
these were dark times and kob was fed up. lol
*sigh* swear to god imma miss this dude...
**sidenote** classic bynum moment:
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- Apr 17, 2005
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Just wanted to share all the Nike Kobe gear that I’ve collected throughout the years. IMO, of all the Nike athletes, he had the best designs in gear (and footwear).
- Feb 3, 2015
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Of course I remember the championship years pre and post Shaquille. But i enjoyed those years like 05 06 07 homie was killin.
- May 11, 2017
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Would be cool if they did a pack or something with the sneaks that all proceeds went to mambaonthree for the other surviving families (assuming Kobe paperwork was good for his family to eat). although you'd like to think that between Nike and all Kobe's friends and business parters they already good.
- Jun 5, 2014
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Truth. Watching all of that live, I never saw someone so content and at peace with ending their career. It was kinda startling.
- Apr 5, 2004
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#9/24 love the colors on this one. Happy BHM!
- Aug 8, 2012
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Kobe’s and Gigi’s body has been released to the family.
Still feels surreal man
Still feels surreal man
- Jul 16, 2002
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Just reading that sentence... damn I still can't believe it
- Jul 30, 2017
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I still have the EBC dvd from 2002
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Bean arrived to the Rucker in a helicopter too smh
- May 19, 2004
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98 All Star Game on tonight on NBATV.
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ESPN is dropping a commemorative special magazine this Friday.
- Jul 16, 2006
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Just ordered the magazine. Good looks on the link
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I've been saying "ship his *** out" in the NBA thread for years every time I'm fed up with a player because of this video
