Tag: Kobe Bryant Signature Line

PE Corner: A truly rare Kobe VI PE

Brandon King

PE Corner: A rarely seen Kobe VI PE This rarely-seen Kobe VI PE comes to us from 2012. Speculated to be a UCLA, MNPLS Lakers or an Andre Iguodala PE, it sports a pantone blue scaled upper adorned on the sides with gold Swooshes. Gold also shows up on the external heel counter, signature, and the Kobe logo perched atop the tongue as well as the laces.  Underneath the aforementioned upper resides a blue midsole and white rubber outsole.  As was the case, and remains so now, there are no…

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”What The” Kobe IX Élite Protro coming in 2025

Brandon King

Last seen in 2014, these will assuredly be highly anticipated by both fans of the man himself, Kobe Bryant, his sneakers, and unfortunately for avaricious reason, even the death profiteers.  At this time there are no available images but what should be presented is a fairly faithful recreation of its 2014 progenitor, meaning they should featured a multi-colored upper that appears predominantly orange on the lateral side and light green on the medial. The reflective Swooshes that adorn the sides feature volt bordering on the lateral side, wthile the branding…

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”What The” Kobe VIII Protro coming in 2025

Brandon King

After a dozen years in cold storage, the “What The” Kobe VIII is in the world to make its return in 2025, according to zsneakerheadz.  As with other “What The” colorways, this Kobe VIII Protro is a visual amalgamation, drawing its mismatched aesthetic from a multitude of other Kobe VIII colorways.  Although there are no images available of the 2025 iteration, the expectation is that it will be a fairly faithful recreation of the vibrant, multi-hued visual of its 2013 progenitor.   Unfortunately, I fear that true fans of the man…

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”Girl Dad” Kobe IV Protro coming June 7

Brandon King

This upcoming Kobe IV Protro is inspired by one Kobe’s crowning achievements-being a dad to his four daughters – Natalia, Bianka, Gianna and Capri.  They sport a bicoastal suede upper paired with black Swooshes that adorn the lateral and medial sides. White shows up on the Kobe logo present atop the tongue, while bicoastal stands in on the Kobe signature. Behind the black tongue reads “Girl Dad” in the script.  Underneath the aforementioned upper, resides a bicostal midsole and a translucent rubber outsole.  As it currently stands, the “Girl Dad”…

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”Court Purple” Nike Kobe V Protro coming in 2025

Brandon King

This upcoming Kobe V is  testament that Nike shows no plans on halting the Kobe Protro train in 2025.  At this early juncture, there are no available images, but what is known is they will make use of an eggplant, black and metallic gold colour palette. Initial predictive, speculations assign an aesthetic a largely eggplant based upper head with black at the tongue and inner. Metallic gold could show up on the branding on the lateral , medial sides as well as the Kobe logo on the tongue.  Underneath the aforementioned…

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PE Corner: IT rocks Suns-inspired Kobe VIII Protro

Brandon King

In a late season game recent and long overdue NBA signee Isaiah Thomas took the court in this Phoenix Suns-based colorway. It sports various shades and tones of purple throughout its engineered mesh upper. Orange appears at the Swooshes on the lateral and medial sides, Kobe logo on the tongue and rear heel, the Kobe signature on the external heel counter and the inner. Below resides a grey midsole and matching rubber outsole.  As with most of the kicks highlighted in PE Corner, there are no indications of a planned…

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Take in the “EYBL” Nike Kobe VIII Protro

Brandon King

Every year since inception in 2010, the Elite Youth Basketball League (EYBL) ,aka the brings together some of the top AAU travel clubs in the nation as well as a Canadian team. The Peach Jam serves as the EYBL finals and is played at the One of the perks of participating in this elite competition is the is tournament-specific footwear.  One of pieces will be the Kobe VIII Protro.  It sports a fuschia engineered mesh upper with with a large, embroidered white Swoosh on the lateral side, with smaller similarly applied…

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PE Corner: Natalia Bryant wore these Kobe VI PEs when she threw the first pitch at Dodgers Stadium

Brandon King

On the Dodgers’ annual “Lakers Night” on September 1, 2023, Natalia Bryant, the eldest daughter of the late, great Kobe Bryant, threw out the first pitch , just as her father did at a game in 2000. As Natalia threw out the ceremonial first pitch, on her feet were a Dodgers-inspired PE of the Kobe VI.  It features a blue scaled upper adorned on the lateral and medial sides with white Swooshes, on the lateral heels Kobe’s first number “8” can be seen in red. The tongue is home to…

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PE Corner: Tyrese Halliburton’s Kobe V Protro

Brandon King

title image via nbakicks Tyres Haliburton took these striking Kobe V Protro PEs to the court in a recent Pacers game.  As can be seen they sport a grey synthetic upper tipped in yellow at the toe. Black Swooshes adorn the lateral and medial sides, with yellow showing up at the tongue as well as the exteranl heel cup. Light blue shows up at the inner, completing an upper that sits atop a yellow and white midsole as well as a translucent rubber outsole.  Although there is no doubt these…

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”College Navy” Nike Kobe VIII Protro

Brandon King

This upcoming Kobe VIII Protro sports a navy engineered mesh upper with a large embroidered Swoosh on the lateral side and a smaller one on the medial ankle. White also is present in the on the Kobe logos on the rear wheel and tongue as well as the signature on the external heel counter.  Underneath the aforementioned upper resides a college navy midsole and white rubber outsole.  The “College Navy” Kobe VIII Protro is planned to debut this fall at nike.com and select retail venues; they will carry a 190…

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