Pretty sure that USA jersey was from 2004. Kobe was supposed to be on the 2004 team that fall then the rape allegation hit and he was removed.
NBA players who were on 2004 USA Olympic Basketball team but withdrew: Jason Kidd (recovering from knee surgery), Ray Allen (getting married), Tracy...
I wasn't "bashing" Curly. I appreciate his info. He's given us alot of great info on his shoe. I was just stating a fact about how I felt when he said a Kobe line would come out a week after Thanksgiving and soon after Christmas and it never happened. Maybe it was scrapped. Maybe it was that...
I got the Black/Maizes today and I was expecting the worst. I stayed true to my size 12 (All my athletic shoes are 12) and I have severely narrow feet. I put them on thinking that my heel was gonna pop up and down because they'd be so big. Suprisingly they fit me really snug. So I'm definately...
That may be true, but these actually say All Star 2006 on them and have the cities in which Kobe has played AS games on the insole of the shoe. I'd almost put money on his shoes just being personalized with a #8 or "KOBE" or even maybe some lasering on the shoe somewhere. Which those would be...
Maybe not exactly. It may be customized in some way. But I wouldn't think Nike would release a shoe having it say All Star 2006 on it and him not wear that shoe in that colorway.
It's gonna be the same color scheme that Kobe wears for the AS game. The shoe says All Star 2006 in the back side of the tongue. No way Nike slips that up.