This edition made exclusively for the Toronto Raptors Star features a black mesh upper with black leather wrapping around the heel. This upper sits on a black midsole that is accented with red, grey and white speckles. The same speckling is seen on the heel counter and white swoosh on the upper. A translucent outsole completes this simple, but striking package. You can see these on DeRozan’s feet this season.
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Though, unfortunately, Kobe Bryant’s days on the NBA hardwood are now a thing of the past, it appears his signature line lives on with the Kobe AD. This latest shoe strays from the numbering of previous model to differentiate this new, post-NBA chapter of Kobe’s life. This sleek sneaker features a grey fuse upper with Dynamic Flywire, and white branding, including a new Kobe logo that depicts two snakes intertwined in double helix pattern. An iridescent heel counter ads some colorful flair to this low profile model. The Kobe AD…
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For many who have salivated over these since the first images of the original sample surfaced years , the news of the pending retail release of the “Kobe” Air Jordan IX retro was a cause for celebration. This shoe features a white leather upper with a concord rand and midsole, tour yellow accenting on the rear Jumpman and 23, lateral side branding , outsole logo and on the front of the tongue. Closing the look is a white solid rubber outsole. This Air Jordan IX comes to retail November 19,…
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We have come down to the final 8 of our Kobe countdown. We have enjoyed bringing you this list and it was a lot of fun debating what moments to include and what order they should be placed. It was an honor getting to see a legend such as Kobe play and a joy rehashing some of these moments. 8. Getting drafted then traded http://youtu.be/eKVpg-rPm-A Hindsight is always 20/20, so I’m not going to go with the lazy take on this one, which would be to lambaste…
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Our reminiscing of our favorite Kobe moments continues its move toward the top our list. 13. The Latrell Spreewell dunk Honestly,nothing I could write here would be better than the reaction of the commentary team and the crowd. Watch and enjoy. 12. December 17,1997 v the Chicago Bulls http://youtu.be/0dxFuZJDMN8 This was a very highly anticipated game between the Lakers and Bulls. Although the Bulls were in control of the game from the opening tip, people got to see Kobe and MJ matchup a little bit and…
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As we continue our countdown of our favorite Mamba moments, this segment focused, actually by sheer happenstance, on non- NBA regular season moments. Enjoy 18. His appearance at the Drew League During the lockout that cancelled the preseason and compressed the 2011-12 season to 66 games, it wasn’t unusual to see many top NBA guys in summer leagues across the country. Lebron, Carmelo, CP3, Wade, KD and many others took to th summer circuit to stay as sharp as possible. Kobe made a semi-surprise appearance at the Drew League…
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23. The Steve Nash dunk Taking Shane Battiers in college is fine and looked upon favorably. It has is place in the Association(especially if you have no way of vertically challenging the shot) but it can get you put on a poster. Steve Nash had to learn this lesson the hard way. 22. The Yao dunk http://youtu.be/DJtcus-JMZU Personally, it was the first time I’d ever seen anyone dunk on Yao. Standing O’s were indeed in order. 21. Dunking Vincent Yarbrough right out of the league Outside of age…
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28. Kobe’s sneaker free agency After his departure from Adidas, Kobe came into the 2002-03 season sans a shoe deal. What ensued was an awesome season long sneaker smorgasbord. As he destroyed cats that season,Bryant rocked Nike, Jordan Brand, Reebok, as well as And1, just to name a few. I’m not sore if we will ever see such sneaker variety from a player of his caliber, but it was fun because you never knew what we was going to wear from game to game 27. Surpassing 31,000…
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I met Kobe Bryant’s last game with a mixture of anticipation and sports sadness. Anticipation because I was curious about how Kobe would perform in his swan song; the sports sadness stems, selfishly, from the basketball fan in me not wanting to see an all-time great hang them up. It is also in knowing that his retirement marked the end of era, as Kobe brought an old school mentality and competitiveness that will be sorely missed in today’s NBA. When he missed his first five shots’, I started thinking…
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As we unfortunately and inevitably march toward the end of the legendary hoops career of one Mr. Kobe Bryant, Nike is honoring this all-time great with a global tribute. Starting today, Nike-sponsored athletes will rock black and gold shoes, which is intended to be a metaphoric tip of the cap, or sneaker in this case, to Kobe’s golden career fading to black. https://youtu.be/Qlg2NVpRqac This black and gold tribute will culminate with the Mamba Day celebration on April 13, the day of Kobe’s last NBA game in which the Lakers play…
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