Caitlin Clark’s model of a preferred Nike sneaker dropped on Monday morning, and the WNBA celebrity etched her title subsequent to the late NBA icon Kobe Bryant.
The Kobe V Protro retails for $190 and incorporates barely extra splashy variations of blue, pink, and gold, colours of her workforce, the Indiana Fever.
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 beneath the highlight.”
Earlier than his retirement in 2016 and demise in a 2020 helicopter crash, Bryant was arguably basketball’s most well-known modern title.
And likewise, Clark has grow to be the world’s largest title in ladies’s basketball, if not the game at massive.
Clark completed up 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 Sport, which shall be held on July 19 at Fever’s house court docket, Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis.
