{"id":215104,"date":"2012-05-20T09:05:48","date_gmt":"2012-05-20T14:05:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nicekicks.com\/?p=215104"},"modified":"2022-09-16T06:07:00","modified_gmt":"2022-09-16T11:07:00","slug":"kicks-on-court-5-20-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/kicks-on-court-5-20-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"Kicks On Court: Kobe Unwraps &#8220;Christmas&#8221; Shoes &#038; Nick Young Revisits LeBron&#8217;s &#8220;First Game&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Staples Center in Los Angeles is an extremely busy arena right now. In addition to hosting back-to-back games in the Lakers vs. Thunder series, the world-class arena is also in the midst of hosting back-to-back games in the Clippers vs. Spurs series and playoff games for the Kings, Los Angeles&#8217; professional hockey team. Additionally, Staples is the center of attention in our <a href=\"\/tag\/kicks-on-court\/\"><em>Kicks On Court<\/em><\/a> column today. In the first matchup there yesterday, we spotted <strong>Nick Young<\/strong> in the &#8220;First Game&#8221; Nike Air Zoom Generation. If you recall, this was the very shoe LeBron James played his first NBA game in back in October of 2003, hence the nickname of this shoe. In the second bout, the Black Mamba celebrated Christmas in May by rocking the &#8220;Christmas\/Cheetah&#8221; Kobe VIIs in a loss to the Thunder. You may remember Kobe bringing these out during the first game of the 2011-2012 NBA season on Christmas Day. Nick Young and Kobe Bryant shared the spotlight today, but who rocked the best shoes on court between the two? Let us know in the voting poll below.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_215113\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-215113\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-215113\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kobe Bryant wearing the &quot;Christmas&quot; Nike Zoom Kobe VII<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_215113\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-215113\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-215113\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kobe Bryant sporting the &quot;Christmas&quot; Nike Zoom Kobe VII<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_215119\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-215119\" style=\"width: 396px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-215119\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kobe Bryant in the &quot;Christmas&quot; Nike Zoom Kobe VII<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_215118\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-215118\" style=\"width: 395px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-215118\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kobe Bryant wearing the &quot;Christmas&quot; Nike Zoom Kobe VII<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_215113\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-215113\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-215113\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nick Young (rear) in the &quot;First Game&quot; Nike Air Zoom Generation<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_215113\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-215113\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-215113\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nick Young wearing the &quot;First Game&quot; Nike Air Zoom Generation<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_215120\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-215120\" style=\"width: 355px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-215120\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nick Young spotted prior to Game 3 of the Clippers vs. Spurs series with his &quot;First Game&quot; Nike Air Zoom Generation<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>[polldaddy poll=6244517]<\/p>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_215113\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-215113\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-215113\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Eric Bledsoe in the &quot;Metallic Red&quot; Nike Air Foamposite One<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_215113\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-215113\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-215113\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kevin Durant wearing a Nike Zoom KD IV PE<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_215113\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-215113\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-215113\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ramon Sessions in the Reebok Zig Pro Future<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_215113\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-215113\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-215113\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kawhi Leonard in the Nike Zoom Kobe VII<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_215113\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-215113\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-215113\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tim Duncan and Blake Griffin in the adidas Misterfly and the Nike Zoom Hyperdunk 2011, respectively<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_215113\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-215113\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-215113\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kendrick Perkins in the Jordan Play In These 2<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_215113\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-215113\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-215113\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chris Paul wearing his &quot;Playoff&quot; Jordan CP3.V<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/\">Yahoo<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nick Young and Kobe Bryant shared the spotlight today, but who rocked the best shoes on court between the two?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":149,"featured_media":215121,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[835],"tags":[1225551,1207744],"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>Kicks On Court: Kobe Unwraps &quot;Christmas&quot; Shoes &amp; Nick Young Revisits LeBron&#039;s &quot;First Game&quot; | Snkrs Day<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Where to buy Kicks On Court: Kobe Unwraps &quot;Christmas&quot; Shoes &amp; Nick Young Revisits LeBron&#039;s &quot;First Game&quot; 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