{"id":430196,"date":"2015-02-02T11:00:12","date_gmt":"2015-02-02T16:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/?p=430196"},"modified":"2022-09-17T13:36:03","modified_gmt":"2022-09-17T18:36:03","slug":"kicks-court-wesley-johnson-debuts-nike-kobe-x-madison-square-garden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/kicks-court-wesley-johnson-debuts-nike-kobe-x-madison-square-garden\/","title":{"rendered":"Kicks On Court: Wesley Johnson Debuts Nike Kobe X at Madison Square Garden"},"content":{"rendered":"

About a year ago, Los Angeles Lakers super sub Nick Young debuted the Nike Kobe 9 Elite on court in a game against the Miami Heat. For Kobe Bryant’s highly anticipated 10th signature shoe, Nike and The Black Mamba granted Lakers small forward Wesley Johnson<\/strong> the opportunity to debut the Nike Kobe X<\/strong> on court. Specifically, Johnson wore a predominately purple-colored Kobe X with metallic silver branding and a translucent sole.<\/p>\n

In case you missed it, Nike Basketball officially unveiled the Kobe X this past Saturday. View these kicks plus more in today’s edition of Kicks On Court<\/strong><\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n Wesley Johnson shooting in the Nike Kobe X\n Wesley Johson defending in the Nike Kobe X\n Wesley Johnson and Carmelo Anthony in the Nike Kobe X and a Jordan Melo M11, respectively\n Wesley Johnson contesting a shot in the Nike Kobe X\n

<\/p>\n Norris Cole in the Nike Zoom LeBron Soldier VIII\n Wayne Ellington and Tim Hardaway, Jr. in a Nike Kobe 9 Elite iD and the adidas D Rose Englewood 3, respectively\n Langston Galloway in the Nike Kyrie 1 “Black History Month”\n Chris Bosh and Tyler Zeller in the Nike Hyperposite 2014 and the adidas Crazy Ghost 2014, respectively\n Marcus Smart and Tyler Johnson in the adidas Crazy Light Boost and the Nike Kobe 9 EM, respectively\n Avery Bradley in the adidas J Wall 1\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

About a year ago, Los Angeles Lakers super sub Nick Young debuted the Nike Kobe 9 Elite on court in…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":149,"featured_media":430197,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[835,1219126],"tags":[1225551],"cultivate_rss":[],"class_list":{"2":"type-post"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nKicks On Court: Wesley Johnson Debuts Nike Kobe X at Madison Square Garden | Snkrs Day<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Los Angeles Lakers small forward Wesley Johnson became the first player to wear the Nike Kobe X on court.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/kicks-court-wesley-johnson-debuts-nike-kobe-x-madison-square-garden\/\" \/>\n<link rel=\"next\" 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