SOLE COLLECTOR: Sneakers

words_Nick DePaula

Over a week ago in Denver, Kobe Bryant debuted a hybrid that we’ll just go ahead and coin the ‘HyperKobe’ for now, and he once again broke out the Hyperdunk upper/ Kobe IV tooling sneaker last night in Dallas. While at first glance the shoes from Denver and last night’s pair might appear to be identical, the pair he donned last night featured a burst of white rubber along the forefoot outsole, while the Denver pair incorporated a black inset of rubber. As we said last week, these for now are just for Kobe’s use and won’t see a public launch, but at least it’s a sign that we’re getting that much closer to the release of the Kobe IV, one of this year’s strongest performers.

While Kobe continually gets his MJ swagger-jack on, Danny Crawford is going strong on a third season in a row in the all black Air Jordan Retro 10. Looks like somebody stocked up! Who’s hoping for a Sneaker Watch: Ref Edition?

And just for laughs…