Given all that has happened in 2020 and its reputation as a great performance basketball shoe, it should be no surprise that Kobe Bryant’s signature shoe was the shoe worn the most by NBA players inside the Orlando bubble during the NBA’s 3-month restart to finish the 2019-20 season. And of course, the honor of who wore the most Kobe’s inside the bubble had to belong to a Los Angeles Laker. A Laker that yelled out “Kobe!” after he made his first playoff buzzer-beater.
According to research from ESPN’s Nick DePaula, Lakers center Anthony Davis wore a whopping 18 different pairs of Kobe’s Nike signature shoes during the Lakers run to a 17th NBA Championship.
Kobe sneaker stats in the NBA Bubble:
• 102 players wore a Kobe sneaker
• 280 total Kobe shoes worn
• 70 players wore a Kobe 5
• 21 players wore 39 different Kobe 5 PEs
• @AntDavis23 wore most Kobe 5s of anyone — 18 different pairs
• 12 players wore 5s in the #NBAFinals https://t.co/DKwFvJMlaX pic.twitter.com/QnTuf6XRzD— Nick DePaula (@NickDePaula) October 26, 2020
Kobe’s shoes are still very popular within the league and of course with the Lakers, his memory and legacy were major things that the Lakers leaned on throughout the season as they brought the franchise back to title glory.
