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Kobe Bryant's First Nike Sneaker Gets a Brand-New Treatment Celebrating the Lakers' Old Home
The Nike Kobe 1 Protro "City of Champions" pays homage to The Forum and is expected to release near NBA All-Star Weekend.
As part of a series of releases for NBA All-Star Weekend in Los Angeles, Nike is throwing it back to its first signature sneaker with Kobe Bryant and the previous home for the Lakers.
The Nike Kobe 1 Protro “City of Champions” is a brand new colorway paying homage to the Forum, where the Lakers played from 1969 to 1999. Faux-aged details invoke the nearly 60-year-old arena with cracked white leather overlays used for the mudguard, Swoosh and mustache. The rest of the upper is then rendered in a dusty blue, calling back the Lakers’ original colors, while gold-tone metal accents are befitting of the “City of Champions” moniker.
Nike Pays Tribute to the LA Forum with Kobe 1 Protro City of Champions
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Long before the Clippers opened the Intuit Dome and the Lakers turned over the iconic Staples Center name to the cryptocurrency industry, The Forum in Inglewood was the home for all things LA basketball, housing the Lakers from 1967 to 1999. Kobe started his Hall of Fame career at the Forum, and as Nike continues to celebrate the Black Mamba’s legendary life on and off the court, a new colorway of his Nike Kobe 1 Protro pays tribute to The Forum’s decades-long history.
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'81 Points' Nike Kobe 1, Action Bronson x New Balance 1890, and Other Sneakers Releasing This Week
This week, there’s a good mix of lifestyle and performance sneakers releasing.
On the performance front, we get a new colorway of the Nike SB Air Max 95, an all-grey Converse Shai 001, and the ’81 Points’ Nike Kobe 1 returning in Protro form. There are a number of New Balance releases coming this week, including several styles dropping on the Complex Shop. Action Bronson is also debuting his “Cyborg Tears” 1890 collab, while Jordan Brand is bringing back the “Flint Grey” Air Jordan 9.
Scroll on for a full look at this week’s best releases as well as how you can buy a pair.All products are independently selected by our editors. Complex may collect a share of sales from the links on this page if you decide to shop them.
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