Nike releases — and sells out — WNBA star Caitlin Clark’s model of Kobe Bryant’s sneaker

Caitlin Clark’s model of a preferred Nike sneaker, the place the WNBA celebrity etched her title subsequent to the late NBA icon Kobe Bryant, dropped and offered out shortly on Monday morning.

The Kobe V Protro retails for $190 and incorporates barely extra splashy variations of blue, crimson, and gold, colours of her group, the Indiana Fever.

They had been made accessible on-line at 10 a.m. EDT, and Nike’s preliminary providing of the sneakers was gone in minutes.

It wasn’t instantly clear what number of pairs Nike offered or when the following providing could be made accessible.

The Protros already appeared within the resale markets, with the web vendor eBay that includes scores of pairs for greater than $350.

A rep for Nike couldn’t be instantly reached for touch upon Monday.

Nike described the sneakers’ shades as “Midnight Navy, Vivid Crimson, vibrant hits of College Gold, and polished off with a high-gloss end that glistens below the highlight.”

Earlier than his retirement in 2016 and dying in a 2020 helicopter crash, Bryant was arguably basketball’s most well-known up to date title.

And likewise, Clark has turn out to be the world’s largest title in girls’s basketball, if not the game at giant.

Clark completed her beginner profession on the College of Iowa final yr as her sport’s all-time main scorer earlier than successful the WNBA’s Rookie of the 12 months award.

She was named Time Journal’s Athlete of the 12 months for 2024.

Additionally on Sunday, Clark and Minnesota Lynx ahead Napheesa Collier had been named captains for the WNBA’s All-Star Recreation, which will probably be held on July 19 at Fever’s house courtroom, Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis.