Think that statement is a little too harsh? Go search right mens nike now and see how much most Nike Kobe 11s are going for. It s not uncommon to see 11s and the few 10s that are still left going for clearance level prices no matter if it s an EM model or a Flyknit Elite release. The only Kobes that garnered any traction this year had to do with his retirement, with the career-encompassing (and extremely limited) Fade To Black pack and the Mamba Day iD that broke NIKEiD .

It s a far cry from earlier this decade when people couldn t get enough of Kobe and his kicks as he was mens nike air max winning championships and racking up accolades post-Shaq, especially if you wore the purple and gold in the city that bleeds those colors.Mamba is closing out the year not with a new shoe called the Nike Kobe 12. In nike 2017 an unprecedented move, the shoe that we thought would be the 12 is actually the Nike Kobe AD, closing the book on his playing career .

It remains to be seen if this is nothing more than a symbolic move and the new Kobe in 2017 will be called the Nike Kobe 13 or AD 2, but one thing that was clear from the reveal was that this was a different Mamba we were dealing nike 2017 shoes with it. A part of me wants Kobe Bryant to remain that hyper-competitive, sometimes petty, always sardonic jerk that captivated us for 20 years. But that character seems to be dead and lost to the sands (smog?) of Los Angeles. RIP, Black Mamba, even though you ain t actually dead&

If you ve seen the word  Ultra pop up in a little for your favorite Nike kicks this year, like the equally underrated Nike Air Max 1 Ultra Flyknit or the Nike Air Presto Ultra Flyknit, it s there for good reason. Using the latest in tech, the Ultra bottoms have turned what were once bulky monstrosities (this obviously doesn t apply to the already light Prestos) that could be used to curb stomp cheap nike shoes somebody have turned into feathery light outsoles.

So how could we keep The King at #4 with such a lackluster entry? Because unlike most stars, James has the ability and resources to adapt to the situation. As a result, the Nike LeBron Soldier 10 became his de facto signature shoe and has been so prominently featured since the Cleveland Cavaliers won their first NBA championship that nobody would bat an eye if we just renamed the Soldier 10 the real LeBron 13.If you could draw up a plan for the tra trajectory of the Nike Kyrie 2 before it even dropped.