Kobe Bryant Shoes: 2012-13 NBA Season

Player:
Kobe Bryant

Company:
Nike

Basketball Shoes:
Kobe 8 System (8)

NBA Season:
2012-13

Comments: These are basketball shoes made by Nike for the 2012-2013 NBA Season.

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Players wearing these Shoes: Kobe Bryant

Official Description: Speed. Precision. Vision. Versatility. Each of these traits is powerful on its own. When you bring them together, they’re unstoppable.

Nike Basketball factored in every dimension of Kobe Bryant’s formidable game in creating the KOBE 8 SYSTEM, which brings together performance innovations to create Kobe’s lowest and lightest performance basketball shoe to date at 9.6 ounces in a U.S. men's size 9. The shoe’s provocative graphic snakeskin print was inspired by Kobe’s on-court alter ego the Black Mamba, with further inspiration from the Chinese Year of the Snake in 2013.

Engineered mesh in the upper, used for the first time in a basketball shoe, provides a dynamic, ultra-lightweight fit that moves with the foot and offers 360 degrees of breathability. Complementing that are the full-length Lunarlon midsole, 3D anatomical heel counter, glass composite foot shank, 1mm web rubber outsole and other highly innovative features, providing additional comfort, traction and stability for enhanced performance.

Features:

• Kobe's lightest and lowest shoe to date: Weighing in at less than 10 ounces, the Kobe 8 System Men's Basketball Shoe is Kobe's lightest, lowest shoe to date with 360 degrees of breathability, springy cushioning and exceptional traction for a quick first step
• Total Breathability: The dynamic upper is made of 90 percent mesh for 360 degrees of breathability, and it's tightly woven for strength and flex, creating a lightweight fit that bends naturally with the foot.
• Lightweight Cushioning: A full-length Lunarlon midsole insert sits lower than that of its predecessor, adding stability while cushioning every step.
• Low to the Ground: Layers of outsole rubber have been stripped away for a lightweight, minimal and low-to-the-ground feel without sacrificing the aggressive traction required for basketball's quick bursts and sudden changes of direction.
• No-sew synthetic overlays at the toe and quarter panel for support.
• Minimal foam-backed tongue for lightweight comfort.
• 3D heel counter for lockdown.

* Information updated on Dec 2012 / Source: Shoes official website