{"id":955277,"date":"2020-12-29T15:14:47","date_gmt":"2020-12-29T21:14:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/?p=955277"},"modified":"2020-12-29T15:18:32","modified_gmt":"2020-12-29T21:18:32","slug":"kobe-bryant-rumor-mamba-shoe-company","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/kobe-bryant-rumor-mamba-shoe-company\/","title":{"rendered":"Kobe Bryant Reportedly Explored the Possibility of Starting a Sneaker Company"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Kobe Bryant always searched for more. Whether on or off the court, the Mamba strived for greatness in every aspect. According to a set of Tweets, Bryant explored the possibility of leaving Nike and starting his own sneaker company. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter aligncenter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I met with Kobe Bryant in late December 2019. Kobe wasn\u2019t happy with Nike and was going to leave it in 2020. Kobe was going to start Mamba, a shoe company owned by players. He passed away weeks later. What he was about to do in business was going to eclipse his sports career.<\/p>&mdash; Shervin (@shervin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/shervin\/status\/1343804762022678528?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 29, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Kobe Bryant met with Shervin in late December of 2019, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/shervin\/status\/1343804762022678528?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Shervin<\/a>. Bryant was reportedly exploring the idea of starting Mamba, a shoe company owned by players. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/darrenrovell\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Darren Rovell<\/a>, a former ESPN Sports Business Analyst, responded to the Shervin&#8217;s statements in a Tweet and later with an exclusive quote to Snkrs Day about the meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter aligncenter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Can we chill with this? Kobe, like all athletes, was willing to explore at the end of a deal. He took a damn pitch meeting. The shoe wasn\u2019t his shoe idea. That\u2019s all it was. Let\u2019s not make this like it was a far down the road project. It wasn\u2019t. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/E0ImF4CWWl\">https:\/\/t.co\/E0ImF4CWWl<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Darren Rovell (@darrenrovell) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/darrenrovell\/status\/1343938342707220487?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 29, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>It was a pitch meeting. He was exploring his options, He wasn&#8217;t far along in separating from Nike. That&#8217;s garbage. [what Shervin said was] unfair. He [Kobe] doesn&#8217;t deserve to be dragged when he can&#8217;t defend himself. It&#8217;s sad enough that he&#8217;s not here with us.<\/p><cite>Darren Rovell<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kobe Bryant always searched for more. 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