San Antonio Spurs guard DeMar DeRozan set the sneaker world abuzz over the weekend by unveiling a purported Nike Kobe A.D. 2018 model that is expected to release on ‘Kobe Day’ — Aug. 24. Kobe Bryant himself then wore the pair during an appearance at the Drew League.
The release would represent a fifth iteration of a Kobe A.D. silhouette. The initial pair, a low top, came out after the Los Angeles Lakers legend retired. It was then released with a cover over the laces, in a mid-top version, and more recently
The Nike Kobe A.D. 2018 that DeRozan and Bryant wore was eye-popping in the sense of both colorway and the model being a bit of a deviation from previous pairs in the signature line.