| Going Old School with the Kobe 4 MLPS Edition | | | | obviously inspired by the blue-and-white colors of |
| One of the most nostalgic shoes ever released | | | | Lakers team back when it was a Minneapolis |
| by Nike has to be the Zoom Kobe 4 MLPS Edition. | | | | franchise in the 1950's. The name of the shoe |
| The shoes are part of Kobe Bryant's fourth Nike | | | | itself justifies this. The MLPS in "Zoom Kobe IV |
| campaign, and were released December of 2008. | | | | MLPS Edition" means "Minneapolis". The aesthetic |
| The design and aesthetic is cool as ice, with a | | | | of the shoes are literally Lakers-like as it really |
| color schema of light gray and sky blue, and | | | | looks like lake water made into a shoe. Although |
| boasting innovative features that only the Kobe 4 | | | | Kobe didn't really witness first-hand the glory days |
| brings. This is one of the colorway releases for | | | | of the Minneapolis Lakers (as he wasn't even born |
| Kobe IV and the inspiration for this particular | | | | yet at that time), it is part of his team's great |
| design is very evident. | | | | legacy, as he will be too in the future. It is only |
| The sky blue and gray color scheme was | | | | right that he pay homage to his predecessors. |