The confusion around the shoes potential release stems from a variety of calendar quirks surrounding the manufacturing timeline, contract clauses heading into the expiration window, and a crucial shipping error. ESPN s Nick DePaula takes a look.
Several answers to Vanessa Bryant s questions about Nike Kobe 6 Protro shoe release
Vanessa Bryant revealed in a series of social media posts earlier this week that she was blindsided upon seeing an image of a shoe she helped design, a black and white Mamba Forever special edition of the Nike Kobe 6 Protro, from her late husband Kobe Bryant s signature series with the brand.
The specific colorway in question, featuring subtle gold accents throughout, was created as a tribute to her daughter, Gianna. It was going to be called the MAMBACITA shoe as an exclusive black and white colorway on her daddy s shoes, she wrote in one post. I picked the colors in honor of her uniform, the number 2 she wore just like her uniform, the inside pattern, Kobe and Gigi on the back in gold instead of Kobe s signature, the inside shoe details [butterfly, wings, halo], etc.