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After a great deal of secrecy, the shoe-loving world got its first look at Kobe Bryant in the Nike Kobe 9 at Lakers practice on Wednesday.
The extremely high-cut shoe is a design departure from his last few shoes, which went low starting with the Kobe V and later introduced option inner ankle sleeves with the VII and 8.
You can expect more later today, according to Nike Basketball on Twitter. (And we'll update when they share more.)