Nike Zoom Kobe 6 'Grinch' 2010
Colorway: Volt/Black/Green Apple/Crimson · Style code: 429659-701 · Release date: December 25, 2010 · Price: $800 · Availability: Available now
More colorways: Nike Zoom Kobe 6 'Bred' (429659-001) · Nike Zoom Kobe 6 'Black Del Sol' (429659-002) · Nike Zoom Kobe 6 'Helicopter' (429659-005) · Nike Zoom Kobe 6 'China' (429659-006) · Nike Zoom Kobe 6 'Purple Gradient' (429659-010)
Christmas Day basketball is a scheduling tradition that turned into a footwear one. Nike has used the fixture for decades as a release window, building colourways that a national audience sees on court and can buy the same morning, and Bryant's line was among the most reliably featured. This pair arrived on that date in 2010. Its green is usually explained by a cartoon character, though the design reference runs the other way: the sixth model's textured upper was built around snake imagery, and green mamba scaling with black eyes fits the shoe's own logic better than a holiday joke does. The red accents pull it back toward the season regardless. Nicknames attach themselves to shoes without permission, and this one has long since stopped mattering what the designers intended.