{"id":424628,"date":"2015-01-04T00:44:23","date_gmt":"2015-01-04T05:44:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/?p=424628"},"modified":"2022-09-15T07:42:57","modified_gmt":"2022-09-15T12:42:57","slug":"wesley-matthews-nike-kobe-9s-suffer-blow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/wesley-matthews-nike-kobe-9s-suffer-blow\/","title":{"rendered":"Wesley Matthews&#8217; Nike Kobe 9s Suffer A Blow-Out"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Wesley Matthews put on for Rip City and balled so hard until his soles came apart.<\/p>\n<p>This image of his <a title=\"Nike Kobe 9 Elites\" href=\"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/tag\/nike-kobe-9-elite\/\">Nike Kobe 9 Elites<\/a> being worn to their absolute maximum potential was shared by Portland Trailblazer&#8217;s equipment manager just minutes ago via twitter. \u00a0While this is the first we have seen this happen to the Nike Kobe 9, this is far from the first time a player has had a footwear malfunction on court. \u00a0(see: Nick Young&#8217;s Cool Grey 11s)<\/p>\n<p>RELATED VIDEO:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CtNJDR4Uo2Y\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p>Flat tire courtesy of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wessywes2\">@wessywes2<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/XNlAzKcjXN\">pic.twitter.com\/XNlAzKcjXN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Blazers Equipment (@RipCityEQ) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RipCityEQ\/status\/551604553217351680\">January 4, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wesley Matthews put on for Rip City and balled so hard until his soles came apart. 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