Nike has been making Bryant’s signature shoe since 2003, and searches for the Black Mamba’s name on Nike's site redirect to a message of condolences dated Jan. 26.
When Kobe Bryant sneakers on Nike’s e-commerce site disappeared from the merchandise mix at some point in the 24 hours after Bryant’s death, some published reports claimed that it was part of Nike’s effort to limit secondary resellers’ ability to lay in a supply of sneakers that could later be sold at grief-inflated prices.
That’s not accurate, according to a Nike representative, who told The Times on Tuesday that the sneakers weren’t purposefully pulled from the company’s e-commerce site but that the existing stock had sold out. The Beaverton, Ore., athletic goods maker has been making Bryant’s signature shoe since 2003, and searches for the Black Mamba’s name on Nike.
From left: Kobe Bryant at the October 2016 release of his first post-career shoe, the Kobe A.D., in downtown Los Angeles. His 12th signature sneaker with Nike displayed against images of the previous 11 iterations.According to Nike’s official online news website, the most recent Kobe signature shoe to drop was the Kobe V Protro Chaos, which hit retail on Jan. 3. As recently as Monday, sneakerhead websites were reporting that a new colorway of the same silhouette was slated to drop Feb.
Of course, that doesn’t mean you can’t score a pair of the shoes elsewhere. If you truly need to fill the Kobe-shaped hole in your heart, the Kobe V Protro Chaos, originally priced at $175, is currently being offered through assorted online resellers for anywhere from $209 to $550.that killed Bryant, his 13-year-old daughter, Gianna, and seven others on Sunday, the global response to Bryant’s passing has been as wide-ranging as the fan base of the Black Mamba, one of Bryant’s nicknames.
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