{"id":202798,"date":"2012-02-20T16:58:14","date_gmt":"2012-02-20T22:58:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nicekicks.com\/?p=202798"},"modified":"2018-05-12T13:58:27","modified_gmt":"2018-05-12T17:58:27","slug":"footwear-flashback-kobe-mj-kick-allstar-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/footwear-flashback-kobe-mj-kick-allstar-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"Footwear Flashback: Kobe &#038; MJ Kick it at All-Star Weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It?s crazy when legends are peers and your competition. Such was the case in Philly at the 2002 NBA All-Star Game. Four years after what was supposed to be MJ?s last ASG and Kobe?s first, the familiar faces found themselves solidifying the starting two-guard spots once again. While the friendly faceoff saw KB8 take home the MVP honors in the matchup against his hero, this pic catches the G.O.A.T. and the then-rising star kicking it at practice in the <strong>Air Jordan 9 Low<\/strong> and <strong>adidas Kobe II<\/strong>, respectively.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Who:<\/strong> Michael Jordan &amp; Kobe Bryant<br \/>\n<strong>Kicks:<\/strong> Air Jordan 9 Low White\/White &amp; adidas Kobe 2 &#8220;USA&#8221;<br \/>\n<strong>Event:<\/strong> NBA All-Star Game Practice<br \/>\n<strong>When:<\/strong> February 2002<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_34544\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34544\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-34544\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Air Jordan 9 Low White\/White<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_203305\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-203305\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-203305\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">adidas Kobe II &quot;USA&quot;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Photos via <a title=\"Pintrest\" href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/awesomepossum2\/nba-basketball\/\" target=\"_blank\">Stephen Rust<\/a> and <a title=\"UNDRCRWN\" href=\"http:\/\/www.undrcrwn.com\/blog\/2011\/7\/4\/remember-this-custom-adidas-kobe-2-usa-flag-shoes.html\" target=\"_blank\">UNDRCRWN<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Passing of the torch?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2415,"featured_media":202805,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1207912,1205455],"tags":[1206991,1225728,93,1225586],"cultivate_rss":[],"class_list":{"2":"type-post"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.0 (Yoast SEO v24.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Footwear Flashback: Kobe &amp; MJ Kick it at All-Star Weekend | Snkrs Day<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Where to buy Footwear Flashback: Kobe &amp; MJ Kick it at All-Star Weekend shoes. 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