{"id":141548,"date":"2023-07-21T12:17:56","date_gmt":"2023-07-21T04:17:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/?p=141548"},"modified":"2024-04-02T11:06:00","modified_gmt":"2024-04-02T03:06:00","slug":"nike-kobe-4-protro-philly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/2023\/07\/21\/nike-kobe-4-protro-philly\/","title":{"rendered":"The Nike Kobe 4 Protro &#8220;Philly&#8221; Returns in the Summer of 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>[Update 2 Apr 2024] Just ahead of its 13 April release on Nike SNKRS, official images of the Nike Kobe 4 Protro &#8220;Philly&#8221; have been disclosed. Check them out in the gallery above!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[Update 19 Mar 2024] Contrary to the 11 May release date originally announced, the Nike Kobe 4 Protro &#8220;Philly&#8221; has been confirmed to drop on 13 April. Find them on Nike SNKRS then with an RRP of US$190!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[Update 8 Feb 2024] New details about the Nike Kobe 4 Protro &#8220;Philly&#8221; as well as images have now emerged thanks to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/sneakerknockerzllc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">@sneakerknockerzllc<\/a> and &nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/knowing_kicks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">@knowing_kicks<\/a>. Browse the gallery to check them out and stay tuned for updates to come!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[Update 29 Dec 2023] New images of the Nike Kobe 4 Protro &#8220;Philly&#8221; have surfaced, courtesy of  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/knowing_kicks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" title=\"@knowing_kicks\">@knowing_kicks<\/a>. Take a detailed look at the pair via the top slider above, and stay tuned for more information!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"45\" src=\"https:\/\/snkrdunk.s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/20104413\/Untitled-9-e1658285982845.webp\" alt=\"LINE\" class=\"wp-image-21980\" srcset=\"https:\/\/snkrdunk.s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/20104413\/Untitled-9-e1658285982845.webp 1200w, https:\/\/snkrdunk.s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/20104413\/Untitled-9-e1658285982845-300x11.webp 300w, https:\/\/snkrdunk.s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/20104413\/Untitled-9-e1658285982845-1024x38.webp 1024w, https:\/\/snkrdunk.s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/20104413\/Untitled-9-e1658285982845-768x29.webp 768w, https:\/\/snkrdunk.s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/20104413\/Untitled-9-e1658285982845-282x11.webp 282w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Kobe Bryant may have built his legacy in Los Angeles, but Kobe himself was built in Philadelphia, graduating from Lower Merion High School. Alongside the <a href=\"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/2023\/07\/17\/the-nike-kobe-8-protro-venice-beach-returns-in-summer-2024\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Nike Kobe 8 Protro &#8220;Venice Beach&#8221;<\/a>, the Kobe 4 Protro &#8220;Philly&#8221; will also be released in the summer of next year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nike and Bryant&#8217;s estate resumed their partnership in March 2022 but only a few releases have been made since then. Now, with the announcement of the <a href=\"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/2023\/06\/30\/nike-confirms-relaunch-of-kobe-bryant-line\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kobe line&#8217;s relaunch<\/a> on this year&#8217;s Mamba Day, more models\u2014actual retros and retrofitted ones\u2014will be released in the foreseeable future. One of which includes the pair-in-question.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Save for the hits of &#8220;University Red&#8221; that highlight the collar lining, laces, and frames of the white profile Swooshes, &#8220;Varsity Royal&#8221; takes up most of the upper&#8217;s real estate. Below, achromatic accents define the rear portion of the Zoom-cushioned sole unit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For its finer minutiae, the Black Mamba&#8217;s &#8220;8-23-78&#8221; birthdate is inscribed along the insoles, with reflective 3M stars adorning the collar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Nike Kobe 4 Protro &#8220;Philly&#8221; will be released via select Nike Basketball retailers as well as online on Nike.com on 11 May 2024. One pair will retail for US$190.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Elsewhere, check out the <a href=\"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/2023\/07\/21\/the-jordan-tatum-1-pure-money-arrives-in-a-clean-white-aesthetic\/?slide=right\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jordan Tatum 1 \u201cPure Money\u201d<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/snkrdunk_int\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/snkrdunk.s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/20154621\/Magazine-Bottom-Banner-copy.webp\" alt=\"Magazine-Bottom-Banner\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Update 2 Apr 2024] Just ahead of its 13 April release on Nike SNKRS, official images of the Nike Kobe 4 Protro &#8220;Philly&#8221; have been disclosed. Check them out in the gallery above! [Update 19 Mar 2024] Contrary to the 11 May release date originally announced, the Nike Kobe 4 Protro &#8220;Philly&#8221; has been confirmed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":43,"featured_media":195882,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,21,18,3,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-141548","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-brands","category-calendar","category-latest-news","category-nike","category-releases"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141548"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/43"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=141548"}],"version-history":[{"count":51,"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141548\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":235884,"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141548\/revisions\/235884"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/195882"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=141548"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=141548"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=141548"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}