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Nike Kobe 9 Protro
- Thread in 'Nike Retro' Thread starter Started by therealest1,
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- May 10, 2013
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Need those
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Not a huge deal. Gives me more time to save up
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Any news on the Beethovens getting protro’d? I thought they were supposed to release in april
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posted several pages back, it was false info as for now.
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In a perfect world, all protro 9's would be elite lows.
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The black TB pair is up on NDC now.
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Assuming the 11/7 one is the perspective cw in the low version. Are there photos of the 10/28 cw up yet?
Edit: nvm, saw in the other thread it's the China EMs
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Underrated?
He prob didn't know Kobe's existed 10 years ago. Ppl just be saying whatever.
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LOL by WHO?
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Was able to snag my Moonwalkers early. Just a quick shot, as I haven't had a chance to try them on or really look them over. I will say, on first glance, it seems like the knit may be a little different from the OG Flyknit 9's. I'll have to check them against my other colorways at home to verify. Overall, really happy with them, though.
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A great Protro would have used the knit from Lebron 16s. Wasn’t fuse backed. Or even Kobe 10 that was an upgrade over the 9s. Nike is lazy though.
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Nike’s not likely to change much about the DNA of the original… if anything at all. At most, I’d expect a true Protro to just come with updated cushioning.
tupac003
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Hit them up and they said 175 for the work with a 2 week turnaround time. Might convert an extra pair.
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I’m still disappointed in the react drop ins. Nike is doing ZoomX drop ins for LeBron now, but the Kobe 8/9 is stuck with react? Why? They could even do an upgraded zoom air drop in for the Kobe 8/9 and sell it separately.
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i mean it’s true in the sense that they’re not as popular as the 4, 5, 6, 8, 11 or even 1. and kobe only playing 6 games that season didn’t help
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Eh I remember the 9s selling pretty well. I’m not sure about that.
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they could sell well and still be less popular/memorable than other models, not mutually exclusive.
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I totally get that. But it also wouldn’t mean they’re less popular than just a few of those models you listed.
Out of those you listed, I’d probably only throw the 5s and 6s ahead. The 11s aren’t ahead from everything I remember when those released. Think tech wise, 9s had 4s and 8s beat. Especially with how the 8s would bottom out after a while playing in mine consistently. (I believe that was a pretty big complaint back then too)
Out of those you listed, I’d probably only throw the 5s and 6s ahead. The 11s aren’t ahead from everything I remember when those released. Think tech wise, 9s had 4s and 8s beat. Especially with how the 8s would bottom out after a while playing in mine consistently. (I believe that was a pretty big complaint back then too)
