Vanessa Bryant reveals unseen Nike Kobe 9 Elite High Protro sneakers

Vanessa Bryant drops a never-before-seen colorway of the Kobe 9 hightop kicks on her Instagram.

Vanessa Bryant looks on before the women's gold medal game between France and the United States during the Paris 2024 Olympic Summer Games at Accor Arena. | Kyle Terada-Imagn Images

Less than a week after the Nike Kobe 9 Protro “Mambacita” shoes dropped on May 2 in honor of Kobe Bryant and his wife Vanessa Bryant’s daughter Gigi, Vanessa revealed some new Kobe 9 Elite High Protro sneakers in a unique color.

Vanessa just gifted the “Mambacita” shoes with the perfect Gigi tributes on them to her friends like Pau Gasol and his wife where they came in an elite box.

Cat Gasol | Kat Gasol/Instagram

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The widow of Kobe also revealed a lot of sneakers recently like the triple-black Year of the Mamba Kobe 5 photos, as well as some amazing Kobe 6 colorways in purple, and showed off the Kobe 6 “Sails” around the NBA All-Star game.

Vanessa also recently dropped six that are coming out this spring, including the Kobe 9 Elite High Protro kicks, but not in the new maroon color she just put on her Instagram.

Vanessa Bryant/Instagram

Vanessa Bryant/Instagram

Vanessa Bryant/Instagram

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Those are some super high hightops in a never-before-seen colorway.

You can see another other color scheme of the Elite Highs she originally released for the spring collection below called “What The Kobe.”

Vanessa Bryant has Revealed many upcoming Nike Kobe Shoes Releases 🐍

All expected to Release in the next Months! pic.twitter.com/Ncm3p141Do

— INSANE SNEAKER™ (@insane_sneaker) April 2, 2025

They were also available in the Christmas editon reds (and also in white as well as black ones). Russell Wilson and his wife Ciara sure enjoyed these over the holidays.

Dec. 14, 2024: Steelers quarterback Russell Wilson receives a present from Vanessa Bryant before facing the Eagles. | @ciara/Instagram

Those are all pretty sweet, but which would you go with?

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