🔵 Kobe's Brand Announces First Mamba Program

Nike and Vanessa Bryant have announced that Kentucky will be the first collegiate team to be selected as a "Mamba Program". We can expect the Wildcats to be outfitted with UK-themed Kobe sneakers, warmups, shorts this upcoming season, which is great news for all the Kobe fans out there looking to cop Mamba gear. Plus, I'm giving away a retro pair of AI's in honor of Dwayne Wade 🏀 (2 min read)

Kentucky x Mamba Program

The University of Kentucky Wildcats have been announced as the first collegiate team to be selected as a “Mamba Program” ahead of the 2023-24 season 🔵

When Nike and Vanessa Bryant announced that they would be relaunching Kobe Bryant’s Nike brand, the worlds of sports and sneakers were buzzing with the possibility of more Kobe sneakers. In recent years, the market for Kobe’s has fallen victim to greedy resellers, with many styles costing over a grand a piece. People want to wear Kobe’s on the court, so Nike and Vanessa Bryant creating an influx of new Kobe sneakers is obviously a good thing for everybody 🙏

While we all assumed that the partnership meant good things for the overall availability of Kobe’s, I am really happy with the selection of The University of Kentucky as the inaugural “Mamba Program”. It was just a few years ago when all the Wildcats honored Kobe by wearing his shoes a few days after his passing 🙌

Now what exactly does being a “Mamba Program” entail? Well for starters, we know that the Wildcats will be outfitted with Kentucky-themed Kobe sneakers, jerseys, shorts, warmups etc, and I expect the white and blue UK Kobes to be super clean. The Don John Calipari will also look absolutely money in his Kobe tracksuit with the matching kicks, similar to his OVO x Jordan pack from a few years ago 💧

Now the real question is this…will every aspect of the UK athletic department exist under the same Kobe branding? If so, does that mean PE Kobe Football cleats? Baseball cleats? Soccer cleats? Oh mannnnnn it’s lit! 🥵

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