Nike Kobe 4 Protro Gift of Mamba

[@DK_Raiders117]

I actually hit on these and going to gift them to my brother as a surprise on his birthday. He was so disappointed that he didn't hit. It low key ruined his day. He surprised me with the Space Jams back in the day. So I've always wanted to return the favot, the moment, and the blessing. We're both hard core Kobe fans.

[@AljomarJularbal]

you the mf man 🫡 God bless you

[@JustinD007]

That's a bro right there !!!!

[@mon9409]

You the best man! More Ws for you!

[@garsleezy]

I have a big bother and honestly that dude has given me the best gifts. Love that dude.

[@justintremblay7203]

W bro 👏

[@Papikeister]

I just watched this and before the video was over I went to StockX, purchased a pair, and then my door rang and the Ja Christmas' arrived! What a sneaker day! I know how hard/good of a critic Chris is so when he gave this review I knew what these shoes were hitting on! Thanks Chris!!!

[@Torment92121]

Your knowledge of the history of shoes like these always amazes me. If there is a sneaker museum somewhere, you should be on their board of directors.

[@SreySongz]

So happy I was able to get my hand on these! I was also able to hit on the reverse grinches. I'm looking forward to seeing more Kobes being produced.

[@blkheart96]

My first SNKRS hit in a long time. Struck out on the reverse grinch twice, still in shock I hit on these. I will definitely ball in them.

[@noxtanagnes]

Is it snug to your size or its good true to size?

[@blkheart96]

@@noxtanagnes true to size

[@noxtanagnes]

@@blkheart96 i got kd16 sz9 and i always elite socks which is thick socks and feets snug but breathable. Is the kobe 4 same with kds fitting?

[@noxtanagnes]

@@blkheart96 bro do you have a pair and played in indoor or outsole? How does it feels?

[@blkheart96]

@@noxtanagnes I can't speak for KDs as I don't own any of them. I have JA 1s and Giannis Immortality 3s, and the Kobe's fit better than both of those IMO.

[@gabearmstrong3668]

I remember getting the launch colorway of the Kobe 4 back in '09. I really loved that sneaker...would like to get of Kobe 4's again hopefully next year.

[@richardpabst6691]

“Thats Mamba” 😂 that was an awesome opening line sir

[@jstar_the_poet]

Three Things: 1. I got a W on SNKRS for these! First Kobe cop ever, and from the sounds of it, I was really lucky! 2. I was thinking the exact same thing as Chris: these are not only going to be a shoe I wear casually, but this teacher just found his new shoe for parent conferences and other formal occasions! :-) 3. That Little Monsters shirt? Stellar AF!

[@haze1313]

With these and the Reverse Grinches I can give Nike a tiny bit of benefit of the doubt for making them exclusive, cause they're "special" or whatever. But if the Philly 4s that come out later are hard to get then I know this whole Protro shit is a joke. Those kind of colourways used to sit in stores. This whole Protro thing was supposed to be so that everyone can still ball in Kobes but Nikes gonna Nike.

[@D3L3T3]

Protro began 2018...it's been BS

[@shayp3kicks]

First off--- Review goes crazy!!! But it always does. Second-- I will be headed to the resale market to grab these seeing these details 😢.. 3rd The depth of knowledge you have makes me both want to do reviews and not at the same time lol . Hard to compare anything and anyone to this kind of depth wow

[@Crnicelad]

Nah man, keep doing your reviews - they're awesome! Cheers!

[@robthedamian]

@weartesters He’s the only one YT who reviews with this much depth. The FootDoctor is actually pretty good too. Everyone else just reiterates the Colors of the shoe and say why they like it and/or don’t.

[@dcdread5983]

Very nice pair for sure🔥🔥! It’s a travesty Nike doesn’t make enough for the people who actually want to wear and enjoy them. For my size, it’ll cost me $450 from a reseller which is a damn shame!!!

[@zureai]

To be fair, any Dead stock Kobe is gonna resell for around that price unfortunately. I picked up a pair of DS Kobe 9.. $400 cad. Smh 🤦‍♂️. Definitely not worth it for a shoe. But it was worth it to me lol

[@dcdread5983]

@@zureai I get it. Have to pay to play! It certainly it isn’t cheap

[@captaindorsey]

I paid resell and these are worth every penny IMO!! I hate it but I couldn’t let these slip by!!🔥🔥🔥

[@dcdread5983]

@@captaindorsey If you don’t mind me asking, which site and how much???

[@captaindorsey]

@@dcdread5983 I went through GOAT. My size was $440 after all fees and tax’s.👍🏻

[@danielrobles8288]

I’ve hit twice for Kobe’s on sneakers, first I got the V Chaos then just recently I got the Reverse. I get 10 times more excited unboxing Kobe’s than I do air Jordan’s idk maybe it’s because they don’t release as often. 10/10 for these!

[@Emman29]

A moment of silence for everyone who took an L (including me)on both kobe shoes this month......

[@AnthonyWilliams_83]

Nike gets an "A" for execution on the sneaker but yet again a "D" on release!! MAKE MORE KOBE'S!!!!!!!

[@stevoncampbell2115]

Nike gets a long big fat F minus ➖ plus on the release availability of these KB's. Hell I got a rare in depth picture of Gigi with mom Vanessa at Mamba Sports Academy on court playing with my lil cousins and still can't get a blessing from SLIKE, shit just lame asf

[@Kingrke1]

I think these was a limited release 🤷🏽‍♂️

[@dzdiyos]

they're not going to lol. they know its a money maker. super cringe

[@Spoofaged]

Rep factory's be firing up soon tho 😂

[@dcrijo]

I played w/ those MJ 21 lows and they destroyed my feet. These Kobe 4's are dope, thanks for the review!

[@jgonzalez78]

Jordan 4s destroyed my feet…not making that mistake again

[@lloyddizon1604]

Yep another impossible kicks to get.

[@Sneakyfied]

Impossible to get indeed! These really go hard

[@standingmaximumverticaljump]

The Minneapolis colorway remind of the Nike Air Mag from Back To The Future 2.

[@kirbyaugustine761]

Just like you said Chris, there was a time that you could buy Kobe’s without all the markups. My size on StockX is $400. I’m good. I guess the best thing is you can’t truly be disappointed when you know you don’t stand a chance. Thanks Nike.

[@fai9allica]

Thanks for the great review! Other reviews advised to go for +0.5 shoes size but your review made me convinced to go for my true size. Order on the way!

[@nicholasjosephfurysr]

Can somebody please explain to me why Nike supposedly doesn’t support the resell market but makes shoes like this so limited. Fine you want to make the Gift of Mamba limited but the Grinch and Reverse Grinch are shoes every sneaker head/ball player wants in their collection. Why won’t they just keep restocking the shoe?

[@balfanze]

man, if the Ws on snkrs only went to ppl who intended to WEAR their sneakers, maybe there would be enough to go around?? Still prbly not, but it just kills me after these releases and then immediately on ebay ppl post their "got em" screenshots, selling for 3x retail 😩

[@variandavid377]

They really knocked it out ofthe park with the Kobe 1 protro….and maybe that set the bar too high for them, which is such a cop out. None of the other Kobe releases have truly lived up to the first release. I can understand why this one would be a limited release but why are all the other releases limited too? Just GR Kobes already. On another note, those look clean as hell….absolutely dress shoes , especially since thanks to Cole Haan…..a lot of dress shoes now have the look of a hard bottom but the feel of a sneaker.

[@tomdrake3787]

At least Nike made 10 pair available to purchase this time

[@Yooooo91]

That’s Mamba is hilarious 😢

[@soulo2914]

Why are shoes so impossible to get now? I missed on these and the reverse Grinch's.

[@zacharymulford4172]

I come here for on court performance reviews, I am not a sneaker head like some of yall, but this might be the most beautiful shoe I have ever seen. This seriously makes me want to get into collecting shoes (but still using them of course).

[@THEsoulquarian]

I got a rare W on these. Looking forward to getting these on feet.

[@NY_7]

The Little Monsters shirt is awesome.

[@cjvaye99]

I got these on stockX and omg they literally came the next day I was amazed and these shoes are incredible

[@zabadooz.9751]

Shockingly hit for retail on SNKRS. Can't wait to hoop in them. Definitely throwing in some different laces though to give them a pop of color. Maybe the extra red laces from my Grinches. Thanks for the review, btw. I've never had 4s so was happy to hear TTS was the move! 🙌

[@Willmelendz]

Hit on these! They should be arriving this weekend!

[@chrisvalle7249]

I can’t remember the last time I got a pair of anything and putting them on first day. I’m on day 2 😂 they’re like gloves on your feet so Comfortable 👏

[@durtysouth85]

that might be my 1st Kobe if i can get my hands on one, nice shoe!

[@chriscater3434]

Love Little Monsters one of my favorites ever ❤

[@slinsanity]

LOL the beginning “..but hey thats mamba”

[@BRADCASTLIVETV]

The nostalgia of the “ after these messages, we’ll be right back” clips..I’m old 😅

[@GGUOD444]

Dang I hit on a half size up. Hopefully they fit right over time

[@xrondog6x]

How did it fit? .5 size was the right choice?

[@jaybird634]

That colorway is 🔥! Thanks for the review . God bless , and Merry Christmas .

[@Sneaky_freek]

Not the biggest Kobe 4 fan, but these are tough as f*ck...any time you murder out a Kobe, it's gonna be a banger...mine arrived yesterday and I love em...top 5 shoe of the year for me.

[@1TIMEF1l]

Lucky i hit on these and the reverse this month. I’m a huge Kobe fan so I’m gonna hold these for the collection

[@veezus24]

Thanks for replying to my question on ig. The glue job on my Kobe 4 gift of mamba was not very good. Love the channel and reviews.

[@IILuckySe7eNII]

The snake pattern on the suede will fade away after a couple cleanings. 😢 I got an L on this release, but I have the FTB which has the same pattern. Btw, it is a great balling shoe!

[@SocraticMind89]

That Kobe 4 outsole was legendary

[@ashtonturner2862]

I'm personally waiting for the Venice Black Mambas to drop this summer.

[@Cship28]

I couldn’t believe I hit on these with how low the stock was, I wore the grinches 3 years ago straight out the box to hoop in and can’t wait to do the same with these

[@bread4228]

exactly what they were made for, ball out mane.

[@hworth3]

Man I need to be close to phenom because sneakers is a Mitch! I haven’t hit on anything in 8 years bruh.

[@AkaThePistachio]

i just took Ls on both the philly and camo yday so paid resale for these, so excited to play in my first pair of Kobes

[@abrahamdoubleg]

I'm glad you stated your opinion about what they look like, in the very end of the video. I also thought that they looked like dress shoes. And that your brother got away with it as well. Two thumbs up for me as well.

[@shikaka2325]

Is the time to buy now? These aren’t going down right? Any help is much appreciated

[@joserod05]

My Kobe 8 protros have the same box too! I noticed it last night

[@ChibiTheEdgehog]

They dont necessarily need heat for that pattern they can press the sued and it will mash the fibers together into a leathery gloss. However, kinda hard to tell what technique they used

[@WearTesters]

They use heat during the moulding process to ensure the design stays within the materials. They've been doing this with footwear for decades with shoes like the Air Jordan 6 and 8 rear panels and ever heel counter gets heat pressed for its shape. Not only do they need heat, but they use it almost 100% of the time.

[@eddie3600]

i hope they keep the scales black and add different colorways, i would love to see different colorways.... also probably cause of the lighting, if they made the heel counter shine purple with the gold Kobe signature, 🤌🔥

[@mcdanieldarrell3746]

Your great review made taking a L even more devastating 😂

[@CDSXCalibur]

“That’s MAMBA!” 🐍 I like what you did there. 😮

[@kktv0720]

O/7 on this and 0/7 on the reverse 6s. The last Kobe I was able to buy are the Kobe 4 Snakeskin in 2019. I passed on the Kobe V chaos in 2019 thinking the 6s would be next to release in 2020 which is what I've been wanting since I was 18, everyone know what happened next. I hope Nike does something for all the real Kobe/basketball fans who were not able to get his shoes then.

[@hipking23]

I thought Vanessa Bryant told Nike to stop with the limited releases?

[@rxflyfishing1316]

And Nike told her “do you want money or not? Take it or leave it “

[@MaddNomad1015]

I honestly can’t imagine them being easy to get with how she gifts them to her new celebrity friends. Lmao. Part of the coolness for them is the limited availability.

[@c.jawsmacky3130]

Just grabbed these for 240 in my size. I’m pumped.

[@deejaay]

Go go gadget REPS! Since I can't get these in-hand when I want

[@justinc5043]

I thought the whole point Vanessa made by the original split up with Nike was over the availability of Kobe retros? What a farce

[@pnoymagnetix10]

@weartesters any chance you have a hi-res photo of Kobe wearing and posing with the undefeated protros? Would love to use that as a wallpaper 😊

[@damiantreat7929]

They need to start releasing some of these in store so normal people can have a fighting chance at getting them

[@flokimuyukijones670]

The store owners and employees would just backdoor them to resellers and share in the profits lol.

[@reyorbci3398]

Man... I am happy you got em... But dang.... Third time I tried to cop a Job via raffle... It just sucks to not have em available for anyone who wants to ball in them. Now imma enjoy your video and thanks for all your work over the years. Keep it up

[@marckevinbalao1815]

Can you make a video on how to properly putting on your Jordan 1 High's and Jordan 1 Low's with Loose Lace on both.

[@zureai]

And how come some channels, I’m allowed to do PiP on my iPhone… is that a feature the content poster has to turn on or something

[@robbierichgannon25]

Back in the day, i didn't know you could "resole" a sneaker. I ended up throwin away my OGs Kobe 4 Carpe Diem that my mom bought me... One of my biggest regret.

[@OsazeMc]

Idea. Nike/JB should manufacture and sell the polyurethane insoles for specific sneakers separately. I mean they should obviously be placing them in the shoes themselves as they were once in their original forms.

[@simonfrancisphotography8856]

Not sure abt the shape/silhouette but I love the colourway! Wish they'd do that snake design on some Jordan 1s or Dunks or Blazers or anything on gr lol... Great review as always guys!

[@ChrisGabeEnd02]

I hit on the SNKRS pass here and picked them up yesterday

[@hotwheelsmustang1662]

I tried right at 7am card on file everything. And couldn’t get it

[@micaelerykosoquila9575]

I missed on this one but l hit on the reverse grinches so i really can’t complain, but definitely wanted this bad boys too

[@thomascalderon598]

I also got my pair, and one of my co workers got his as well but it apparently included a large poster of each championships that kobe got. Is there a special edition??? He got his pair from new york.

[@donaldhodge6549]

Somehow, I hit on these on the SNKRS app. One of 3,000 size 10.5.

[@litesoutproduction]

So question for you.. after the New Year I will be sourcing either these or the Original Grinches for about 400-450$ ..which one would you go for if you were me?

[@jonbrodes1290]

You the man cheat chesmas! Merry Xmas happy new year! Yeah pumped for these philly n gold medal! 6 still my fav Kobe

[@jg66191]

Which one of the reverse grinch and these would you recommend to own and to hoop on Sunday basketball league?

[@BasketBowlers]

I'm in the camp where Nike should take into account orders of Kobe's prior to 2020 when doing the drawings. Even my purchases from the outlet show up on SNKRS.

[@WearTesters]

Nike prefers to cater to the vultures rather than the ones that carried them to where they are today.

[@S.A.N.503]

These are fire! I'm gonna call these The Batman Kobes.

[@BETRNSX]

Reminds me of the Kobe 8 YOTS colorway.

[@Badasi12b]

I gave up on trying to get his protros. I own only OGs because i feel i was one of the few people who actually cared about his shoe line when he was still with us. The protros are literally for hype beasts and fake kobe fans mostly trying to make a quick buck off his death. It's sickening. I own almost every pair of kobes from his nike line. All OGs and i didn't have to struggle to get any of them. Hell a few pairs i literally walked into a store and got them on a price drop (the 6s). And my brother got my all black 1s in the store during the release window on sale for $90. Hell the black and purple 1s were in the nike outlet for $89.99 a few months before his passing. Unbelievable!

[@jhonbohorquez2892]

Yes Sir is a dress shoe thank you for the review! I just got my! It cost a bit but we only live one time besides is my favorite color! And I ordered true size! So yeah like you say is limited so you can’t go wrong!❤

[@raijinrasetsuii8820]

man how i missed that ABC cartoons stinger when there was a transition to commercials

[@DeMar_DeRozan]

I hit on these on SNKRS and was thinking of selling them for the money but after thinking ,these Kobe’s are so hard to get for retail that I might as well beat them to death at my high school basketball games since I will regret later in my life and I needed new basketball shoes 🙃

[@zureai]

How do you guys get Kobe’s in raffles in Canada??? I’m not trying to pay resell prices or stock x prices lol…

[@by_run]

Didn’t get lucky in grabbing a pair. Would have loved to have a pair to play in.

[@Dx916x]

What’s the difference between the small and large scale designs? Is it by size of the shoe??

[@oscarsantos3163]

Kinda disappointed that I didn’t cop. Wanted them to ball. Hopefully in the future they come out with the 8s and 9s

[@DaddySeed]

Solid review...so mad i couldnt get my hands on these.

[@jgonzalez78]

What sizing would you recommend for Kobe 5 protro bruce lee’s?

[@kevinr175]

There are basically the FTB Snake from 2019. I actually like those better. The yellow pops and blue accent is dope even though. This is just too much black

[@sovannapin5092]

Chris is there fly wire in this color way?

[@alancarlosmadamba8081]

Damn the resell in my country is 2.5x the Standard Retail Price. There goes the dream of getting a Kobe. Damn resellers.

[@nexelg]

Not those Kobe 4s, the best released was that "Black snake" colorway released last 2019.

[@marcdalmeida7970]

Hey Chris have you tried Cole Haans, for dress shoes?

[@aries200782]

Chris select one Kobe 4 gift of mamba or Kobe 6 Reverse Grinch? Happy New Year man! :)

[@DailyDoseOfLaughter.1]

Good Morning! ❤

[@realmamaknows]

Had to go down half a size, missed out on mine by three people. Gonna have to play in thin socks 😬

[@GreekSneakCollector]

These are so beautiful!!

[@vicious274]

Great shoe and awesome tshirt Chris!

[@krazyshady902]

Why aren't these sold in many stores ?