{"id":491723,"date":"2016-04-05T15:02:27","date_gmt":"2016-04-05T19:02:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/?p=491723"},"modified":"2016-04-05T15:02:27","modified_gmt":"2016-04-05T19:02:27","slug":"nike-kobe-11-draft-day-takes-us-back-1996","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/nike-kobe-11-draft-day-takes-us-back-1996\/","title":{"rendered":"Nike Kobe 11 &#8220;Draft Day&#8221; Takes Us Back to 1996"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Well thought stories persists as the driving force behind the ongoing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/tag\/nike-kobe-11\/\">Nike Kobe 11<\/a> campaign. Yesterday we saw an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/nike-kobe-11-pays-homage-bryants-philadelphia-high-school\/\">engineered mesh pair paying tribute to his Philadelphia high school, Lower Merion<\/a>. And today, the story picks up where that chapter ends &#8211; draft night.<\/p>\n<p>On June 26, 1996, Kobe Bryant was drafted 13th overall to the Charlotte Hornets. He was, of course, later dealt to the Los Angeles Lakers\u00a0where he&#8217;ll end his Hall of Fame career on April 13.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>Nike Kobe 11 &#8220;Draft Day&#8221;<\/strong> pays tribute to that night in Hornets coloring\u00a0and 6-26-96 marking the heel. Again, engineered mesh subs in for Flyknit fabrication adopting a predominately grey base adjoined by purple and teal secondary tones.<\/p>\n<p>Take a closer look at this &#8220;Draft Day&#8221; Kobe 11 and relish in the continued evolution of proper sneaker stories.<\/p>\n<h2>Nike Kobe 11 &#8220;Draft Day&#8221;<\/h2>\n<p>Colorway: White\/Blue Lagoon-Court Purple<br \/>\nStyle #: 863183-154<br \/>\nRelease Date: April 28, 2016<br \/>\nPrice: $160<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_491725\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-491725\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" onerror=\"this.src='https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/files\/2023\/12\/404-dead-image.jpg'\" class=\"size-full wp-image-491725\" src=\"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/files\/2016\/04\/draft-day-kobe-11s-02_o565wk.jpg\" alt=\"Nike Kobe 11 Draft Day\" width=\"650\" height=\"440\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-491725\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nike Kobe 11 Draft Day<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_491726\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-491726\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" onerror=\"this.src='https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/files\/2023\/12\/404-dead-image.jpg'\" class=\"size-full wp-image-491726\" src=\"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/files\/2016\/04\/draft-day-kobe-11s-03_o565wr.jpg\" alt=\"Nike Kobe 11 Draft Day\" width=\"650\" height=\"460\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-491726\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nike Kobe 11 Draft Day<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_491727\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-491727\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" onerror=\"this.src='https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/files\/2023\/12\/404-dead-image.jpg'\" class=\"size-full wp-image-491727\" src=\"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/files\/2016\/04\/draft-day-kobe-11s-04_o565wx.jpg\" alt=\"Nike Kobe 11 Draft Day\" width=\"650\" height=\"431\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-491727\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nike Kobe 11 Draft Day<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_491728\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-491728\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" onerror=\"this.src='https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/files\/2023\/12\/404-dead-image.jpg'\" class=\"size-full wp-image-491728\" src=\"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/files\/2016\/04\/draft-day-kobe-11s-05_o565x4.jpg\" alt=\"Nike Kobe 11 Draft Day\" width=\"650\" height=\"446\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-491728\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nike Kobe 11 Draft Day<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sneakerfiles.com\/nike-kobe-11-draft-day\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sneaker Files<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well thought stories persists as the driving force behind the ongoing Nike Kobe 11 campaign. 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