THE OFFICIAL NIKE KOBE FOOTWEAR THREAD: RIP LEGEND 1978-2020. MAMBA FOREVER | 8-24-24

[mastralf]

I'm really not sure why these would be limited but we'll see

 

[passthatjawn]

Stores I checked with aren't getting them. Plenty of stores are getting the PG2 Mamba Mentalities next week but no actual Kobes.

 

[Bert.]

I'm really not sure why these would be limited but we'll see

coulda said the same about the proto 1 and those were really limited too.

 

[thapointguy]

 

[brian blades]

I’m out on the patent.

 

[GrizzlyAnimal]

We won't even have a shot anyway lol

 

[diorandjordans]

Yeah wristbands were given out today anyway house of hoops

Ny resellers at It again

 

[madgame87]

Man the NEXT360s look like a real evolution of flyknit and react/lunar.

It seems Nike studied how Flyknit could work with the various movements a basketball player makes during a game. Whether this means reducing or increasing the yarn in specific areas of the shoe.

The mixture of React/Lunarlon also seems to have been thought of wisely, just like the Flyknit i.e. medial side using React to help with lateral cuts/push offs. Though I hope it's softness isn't that of the Epic React, as you'd want some stability and firmness.

It'll be interesting to see how these review.

 

[little mac]

I'm so glad those are patent. I could never pull those off in this lifetime. The looks of things though, Nike will still be breaking my heart plenty with these Protros, and the 'limited/hype' mode they're now in.

 

[urn0tlike]

Keep those shiny ****s.

 

[therefill]

I’m out on the patent.

Keep those shiny ****s.

For real. Patent leather ain't a good look for sneakers in my opinion. Feel like patent leather sneakers are reserved for teeny boppers.

 

[Mamba.Max]

totally out for patent leather red kobes, like cmon man.. could of just released those ASG PE's and we'd be chomping at the bit for em!

on a side note, people concerned about 12 pairs per store? just cop online ... everywhere will be stocking them

 

[bdrake823]

 

[buc em]

These look like track spikes...but as a former college track athlete I love them

 

[howdythere]

These look like track spikes...but as a former college track athlete I love them

They look like they’d be great to run in.

 

[goat4521]

Now in that pic the shoe looks like a pair you wear to swim in.

 

[urn0tlike]

Now in that pic the shoe looks like a pair you wear to swim in.

Lmao. They def look like water shoes there.

 

[therefill]

Oh, so that red part is not the insole like I thought it was. Watch this be like the Kobe 11's "flyknit" where it's fused with TPU wires

 

[thapointguy]

That's gotta be Giannis' personal pair

 

[madgame87]

Oh, so that red part is not the insole like I thought it was. Watch this be like the Kobe 11's "flyknit" where it's fused with TPU wires

I feel like there has to been some type of fuse in specific areas of the shoe.. I think Flyknit (even in it's thickest form for a shoe) wouldn't withstand the crazy force and pressure basketball players would exert.

 

[alchemist iq]

I feel like there has to been some type of fuse in specific areas of the shoe.. I think Flyknit (even in it's thickest form for a shoe) wouldn't withstand the crazy force and pressure basketball players would exert.

I've seen people at 24 fitness wear flyknit racers and flyknit trainers, EBen I wear flyknit racers to play ball warm up ball when I'm lazy to switch shoes. The flyknit is durable havent seen a someone with big toe holes on their flyknits.

 

[big b 33]

 

[therefill]

Need to see that White/Purple/Gold pair! Where them leaks at though

 

[D_eezus]

Need to see that White/Purple/Gold pair! Where them leaks at though

This. I’m trying to see if I want shadow 1s or these

 

[little mac]

Still wondering if these are gonna pop-up on iD at release. Especially on Mamba Day? Maybe a special Mamba Day option? Maybe create a flyknit Mamba Day similar the 11 FTBs?