The new Nike kicks for Kobe Bryant has been already seen in images around the internet and the shoes are touted to be released in the first quarter or first trimester of the year. The shoe does deviate much from the two other versions but it now has a new feature in the presence of the air openings in the side of the shoe. It allows ventilation for the shoe user. I think that the feature is for users with problems with their feet. The design though looks like the Spiderman Web. Price is not yet available but I will surely buy this shoe because it’s nice and awesome even though some people brandish the shoe as crap hehe. There is also a Team USA version (red-white-blue, the sixth picture above) of the pair of shoes but I don’t think Kobe used this for Team USA in the FIBA Americas and he rather used ZKII. But Kobe will use the new pair of shoes though for the 2008 Beijing Olympics. The shoe is good. I think the show will be a hit especially the all-white color and the white-purple-gold color combination.

Actually, Kobe is using the shoes already in the Laker Games. Here’s a sample from the Lakers at PHI game: