Combining shades of yellow, orange, teal, red and grey, the newest Kobe 8 System colorway from Nike Basketball takes its inspiration from Calfornia summer’s and one of the landmarks of LA streetball- Venice Beach. You might remember seeing the infamous outdoor courts of Venice Beach in the classic basketball flick White Men Can’t Jump with [...]

The newest colorway of the Nike Kobe 8, the “Purple Platinum,” is set to hit stores and online this weekend. The Kobe 8 “Purple Platinum” features Nike Basketball’s revolutionary engineered mesh technology that allows for maximum breathability whether on the court or on the street. This latest version features shades of purple and platinum print [...]

LeBron James, Kobe Bryant and Kevin Durant are not real superheroes, they just play like them on the basketball court. Today’s biggest stars collectively showcase an uncanny skill-set, but they need that impenetrable gear to maximize those abilities and bring them to the forefront. Enter Nike Basketball’s ELITE Series 2.0. This Saturday, April 27th Nike [...]

It’s a huge weekend for Kobe 8 releases, and along with the “Port Wine” and “Grey/Volt/Pure Platinum,” there are two exclusive House of Hoops special edition Kobe EXT’s dropping tomorrow, Saturday, March 9th. The Kobe 8 EXT features the familiar low top silhouette but the design patterns and materials are different. The EXT is a [...]

It’s a big weekend for the Kobe 8’s with four big releases dropping, including the Year of the Snake “Port Wine” and “Black/Metallic Silver” and “Red/Purple,” but the brightest colorway of the bunch is the Platinum Grey/Volt colorway releasing tomorrow, Saturday, March 9th. A mix of light grey and pure platinum cover the camouflage print [...]

2013 Year of the Snake is meant for steady progress and attention to detail, and the Kobe 8 System Year of the Snake Collection is certainly living up to that precedent. February brought us the Blue Coral Snake and Python YOTS releases and now, this Saturday, March 9th, the last release in the collection, the [...]

Today we’ll take a look at the newest colorway in the Nike Kobe 8 series, “Atomic Teal.” This new release will be available starting tomorrow, Saturday, March 2nd in two versions: Nike + Enabled ($160) and the Sport Pack ($230). The Kobe 8 System “Atomic Teal” features a dark atomic teal base with the familiar [...]

2013 is the Year of Snake, and Kobe Bryant’s newest signature shoe, the Nike Kobe 8 System, certainly reveals the design pattern of one of the most feared creatures on the planet. Kobe’s game on the court strikes fear into his opponents on the court, so it is only necessary that he wears a shoe [...]

With the arrival of 2013, we are now in the Year of the Snake and you better believe that the Black Mamba is going to up his shoe game for such a year. This past weekend, a Kobe Pack of Nike Air Force 1 Hi’s released that includes a pair of Mamba inspired classics. Though [...]

For fans of Kobe Bryant and sneakers there are few days more exciting in a year than the launch of his new sneaker. That day is today, December 20, as the Nike Kobe 8 drops in the black/sulfur “Away” colorway for $150. Though the silhouette in the Kobe VIII is similar to that of the [...]