I don’t like Kobe. I think he’s a punk. I don’t care if he’s a great player, a clutch player, whatever. Can’t stand him. Jussayin’. So when I saw these posters on Hypebeast, I had to giggle. He looks absolutely ridiculous. Of course it’s all for his newest signature shoe, the Nike Zoom Kobe V, which is totally dedicated to Bruce Lee (the colorway matches the yellow and black jumpsuit that Bruce Lee wears in The Game of Death, and details like the claw marks are from Enter The Dragon). I’m just going to wait for the Kobe lovers to chime in. But guys, look at these posters. Corny! Kobe is no Bruce Lee. And Bruce Lee never wore Nikes.
love kobe but this looks uninspired. i’m waiting for his jackie chan line…
just saw the trailer for finishing the game and they were wearing nikes. funny.
when marketing tries too hard to be kitschy cool you end up with something like this.
are those nunchuck sneakers Kobe be swingin btw?
did a 10 year old kid use microsoft paint for this?
omigod, on the floor! never thot I’d see god, and here he is — Kobe meets Bruce! two gods-in-one!
Lakers Rule All Heaven, Earth and Cosmos.
I agree. I can’t stand this rapist either. But maybe he’ll want to be in Finishing the Game 2 now.
I’m pretty sure the whole point of those are to look as goofy and corny as possible…
And Jackie Chan doesn’t deserve a damn line. He’s a punk who’s just churning out bad movies and making chinky eyes now.
Yeah, I gotta say I agree these are intentionally made to be in the corny 70s movie poster style. I don’t think anyone can do “Bruce Lee” except Bruce Lee without looking goofy as hell, so I’m sure they’re just having some fun with this kind of marketing.
Kobe actually practices Jeet Kune Do and has been for a few years. I was at an event a little while ago where he invited out Shannon Lee, and he talked about how Bruce inspires him as a player. Nobody’s saying he’s Bruce Lee, and I highly doubt Kobe would either. And I’m not the biggest Kobe fan in the world, but the “rapist” jokes are kinda old man…
It’s weird, the art design is just all over the place. The inspiration seems to range from corporate ‘motivation’ posters to Hollywood souvenir shots with your kid posing in a fake movie poster. It’s like Kobe just walked in to pose in front of a white screen and they pulled the templates out of diy greeting card software from the late 80s/90s.
**shields down**
Soooooo NOT a Kobe-fan….but that’s just me.
And what’s the marketing “message”???…that these will make you a cool kung fu basketball master, or something?? FAIL.
**SHIELDS UP!!**
lol, wow…so much hate. Whatever happened to just having some fun in marketing? I think it’s pretty harmless.
no seriously, was this done in microsoft paint?
oh i think we all get it was supposed to be cheesy, but what about just BAD lol
I’m glad you guys write about movies and pop culture, but clearly you guys with the exception of Justin don’t know about basketball.
@G2, I think Sarah and Winston (former sports journalist) may have issues with them fighting words.
Really? Wait, why?! I cant even do a roundhouse kick in those shoes, they’re so heavy. Looks more like a 70′s porn poster than an Martial Arts Bill…
As if I needed another excuse to hate Kobe Bryant. Idiot.
Shouldn’t BRUCE LEE be promoting a BRUCE LEE tribute shoe?
Quit hating, these shoes are h0tt. K0be is the man.