Kobe Bryant Reveals His Next Nike Shoe

The Nike Kobe A.D. Mid in Mamba Mentality-inspired colors releases on Aug. 24.

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A new pack of shoes inspired by Kobe Bryant's "Mamba Mentality" extends his post-NBA sneaker legacy with Nike. The collection will debut a new mid Nike Kobe A.D. model when it releases on Aug. 24.

Per Nike, the shoe has Lunarlon foam and Zoom Air for cushioning, an engineered tread on the outsole, and a multilayer upper.

The sneakers are inspired by color psychology, and each of the tonal pairs represents a different characteristic: purple for fearlessness, red for passion, yellow for optimism, grey for neutrality, and blue for honesty. The upper of each is different, with design details like Flywire representing sun rays for the yellow and a boxed-in Swoosh nodding to Carolyn Davidson's original Nike logo design for the purple.

On the Nike SNKRS page that lists each, these models are somewhat confusingly labeled as just Kobe A.D.s, with nothing separating them from the first Kobe A.D. that released in November 2016.

Nike Kobe AD Mid Mamba Mentality
Nike Kobe AD Mid Yellow
Nike Kobe AD Mid Yellow Detail
Nike Kobe AD Mid Red
Nike Kobe AD Mid Red Toe
Nike Kobe AD Mid Purple
Nike Kobe AD Mid Purple Heel
Nike Kobe AD Mid Grey
Nike Kobe AD Mid Grey Detail
Nike Kobe AD Mid Blue
Nike Kobe AD Mid Blue Heel