Vanessa Bryant did not renew Kobe’s Nike contract...Kobe & Nike are done for now at least

[MikelArteta]

Vanessa is a good woman

 

[THE MACHINE]

Kanye had the same complaint about small Nike releases. Why do they do that? To limit royalty payments?

Keep demand at a fever pitch. Nike would rather people get shoes in waves, this way they can charge higher prices years down the line for he people that didnt get it on the first wave. As opposed to flooding the market with a release and satisfying the entire demand at a dated price point.

 

[The War Report]

Makes you wonder what the hell was going on at Nike. They have gone off the deep end with this SNKRS/Hypebeast/reseller bullshyt and it has come back to bite them in the ass.

Bball shoes should be available to everyone because you have legit fans and hoopers who want the gear. Stop treating it like they are Jordan 1s and 3s.

Just hope moving forward that they take a hard look at what this reseller shyt has done to the game. Looks like it a wrap for them to come to an agreement on Kobe stuff but they can make things right with everything else if they actually want to

It shouldn’t be such a fukking struggle to buy sneakers that cost a nickel to produce.

 

[Optimus Prime]

lmao more like why does vanessa need to reup with nike

Because a “Mamba” brand is Way of Wade status without the Swoosh. Especially without Kobe here to push it. She will make money like Wade does in China but it will have no impact.

 

[Marc Spector]

Because a “Mamba” brand is Way of Wade status without the Swoosh. Especially without Kobe here to push it. She will make money like Wade does in China but it will have no impact.

frfr. Nike is a bunch of cocksuckers but let it be said that they pay out well for their brands that are hi sellers..

Tangentially, thats lowkey why the NCAA is shook of Penny at Memphis. He has the Nike machine behind him and he never has to work again with the bread he gets from them.

 

[Big Boss]

Because a “Mamba” brand is Way of Wade status without the Swoosh. Especially without Kobe here to push it. She will make money like Wade does in China but it will have no impact.

 

[thelonious21]

It's whack that they don't release enough of any of these shoes..

Explain this to me sneaker heads..

Why limit the shoe? If u can sell 1000 shoes at 500
.

Why not sell unlimited shoes at 200?

Fam.. in 15 years.nikkaz ain't goin pay 2000 for Kobes.. jus let the fans get what they want

 

[Big Boss]

Who trademark Mamba???

Kobe or Nike??

 

[Thavoiceofthevoiceless]

It's whack that they don't release enough of any of these shoes..

Explain this to me sneaker heads..

Why limit the shoe? If u can sell 1000 shoes at 500
.

Why not sell unlimited shoes at 200?

Fam.. in 15 years.nikkaz ain't goin pay 2000 for Kobes.. jus let the fans get what they want

Because producing more sneakers reduces the hype and demand for future releases. That’s why you don’t see Yeezy’s selling out like they used to and many of them going for under retail on resell websites.

Even Adidas has to pivot some of them to eBay (stadium goods) just to get the stock sold.

 

[Optimus Prime]

Who trademark Mamba???

Kobe or Nike??

His bball academy that GiGi played for was called Mamba Academy and I have seen clothing with this Mamba logo on it without the Swoosh. I don’t think this logo has been on any shoes or official Nike product for sale. It’s all over eBay on random non Nike product .

 

[Rekkapryde]

I mean, his shoes are by far the most popular basketball shoe right now. Nike will bow down.

Problem is it sounds like they don't have to

 

[Thavoiceofthevoiceless]

Problem is it sounds like they don't have to

The negative PR from the situation could force them back to the negotiating table. It's one thing to have regular folks complaining about bots/resellers, but it's another to have the wife of one of your former marquee athletes openly mentioning it.

 

[rightfultoefinger]

I don’t buy the excuse of availability of shoes. Let’s be real, it’s about money. She wants what Lebron got, a lifetime deal.

 

[Golayitdown]

I hope Vanessa keeps up the fight. Between the insider shyt that happened with that ceo and her son and the Kobe estate calling them out, Nike may have to address this explicitly soon.

 

[Big Boss]

His bball academy that GiGi played for was called Mamba Academy and I have seen clothing with this Mamba logo on it without the Swoosh. I don’t think this logo has been on any shoes or official Nike product for sale. It’s all over eBay on random non Nike product .

That's a dope logo