Nike

Rare holiday-themed promotional production test/sample designed for Kobe Bryant. This style was worn by Bryant on Christmas Day 2010 in a game against LeBron James, who was also wearing holiday-themed sneakers. The sample is from 2012, and it is unusual for Nike to have made a promo sample of a style that had been released years earlier.

• ‘Grinch’ inspired holiday design in apple and lime greens with varsity red laces.
• Green mamba snake scale-like textured upper with a contrasting black Swoosh, a reference to Kobe Bryant’s ‘Black Mamba’ nickname.
• Kobe Bryant logo in varsity red at outside tongue.
• Sample tags.
• Very rare size 8 sample.
• Style Number: 429659
• Color Code: 701
• GTIN: 88321212746
• This piece is final sale and not eligible for return.