Vanessa Bryant, widow of Kobe Bryant, gifted the Dodgers with exclusive sneakers from the late basketball star's Nike line. The team expressed their gratitude on social media and players were seen opening their new shoes on Instagram.
Mookie Betts and the Dodgers received some special footwear, courtesy of Kobe Bryant 's widow, Vanessa.On the eighth anniversary of Bryant's last NBA game, Vanessa Bryant gave members of the Dodgers exclusive sneakers in a team color scheme from the late basketball star's signature Nike line.
The club posted a thank you message to Vanessa Bryant with photos of the sneakers on the social media platform X, and shared video on Instagram of players opening their new Nike Kobe 6 LA Dodgers PE shoes. Corrections to the Kobe Bryant statue outside of Crypto.com Arena in downtown Los Angeles were completed.
Betts said he was going to wear them every day, and manager Dave Roberts said: "These are ridiculous. I'm going to rock these with Mamba pride." Bryant scored 60 points for the Los Angeles Lakers against the Utah Jazz at home in the last game of his career on April 13, 2016, often referred to as Mamba Day in a nod to his Black Mamba nickname.Copyright © 2024 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.
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