Once I heard these were going to drop nike womens shoes in February, I really had no idea whether these were going to be a hit or miss. It had traits people loved such as the Nike branding, the Laser detailing all over the upper. The icy blue translucent outsole. It appeared as if Jordan Brand hit the nail on the head with this release. One they released I come to find out that they were sitting and there was a full size run well after they dropped online. I go to the mall and I see them sit there. A few months down the line I see them heavily discounted online. So what happened? I ve seen them in person and on-feet and they look pretty clean.

The only Kobes that garnered any traction this year had to do with his retirement, with the career-encompassing (and extremely limited) Fade To Black pack and the Mamba Day iD that broke nike air max 90 sale NIKEiD . It s a far cry from earlier this decade when people couldn t get enough of Kobe and his kicks as he was winning championships and racking up accolades post-Shaq, especially if you wore the purple and gold in the city that bleeds those colors.Mamba is closing out the year not with a new shoe called the Nike Kobe 12. In an unprecedented move, the shoe that we thought would be the 12 is actually the Nike Kobe AD, closing the book on his playing career .

It remains to be seen if this is nothing more than a symbolic move and the new Kobe in 2017 will be called the Nike Kobe 13 or AD 2, but one thing that was clear from the reveal was that this was a different Mamba we were dealing with it. A part of me wants Kobe Bryant to remain that hyper-competitive, sometimes petty, always sardonic jerk that captivated us for 20 years. But that character seems to be dead and lost to the sands (smog?) of Los Angeles. RIP, Black Mamba, even though you ain t actually dead&

The lesson? I know nothing.So what happens when you fine-tune Flyknit to retain as much of the original design of the AF1, combine it nike air max 90 womens with leather which you ve never done before and put it together with a feather Ultra sole? You ve got Nike s answer  or what should be the answer  to the adidas NMD to the Ultra Boost in terms of a sneaker that is cool and functional.The problem and maybe the reason we see the shoe stuck on shelves? The name itself. The Air Force 1 gives it instant credibility but also instant baggage. We might consider the AF1s classic by any metric, but they have nike air max 90 mens an  old man shoe vibe to it.