With the sudden death of Kobe Bryant on Sunday, the basketball legend's joint shoes with the brand were also hyped up by speculators, and the prices of different sports shoes basically skyrocketed overnight.
There may also be news in your circle of friends that the shameless scalpers have raised Kobe’s sneakers, and the relevant sneakers have even been hyped up to tens of thousands.
is not only the excitement of Chinese scalpers, but also resale platforms such as StockX in the international shoe speculation market have also surged.
For example, sales data of a pair of Adidas Crazy 97 EQT Kobe Bryant 1997 Slam Dunk Contest sneakers show that the shoes were previously sold for about $200, and after the news of Kobe's death came out, it had sold for more than $1,000.
A pair of Kobe co-branded models that cost less than $200 were sold yesterday at a price of as low as $1,000.
Foreign online e-commerce EBAY, marking the price of this pair of shoes at US$1,000. The online sales data of
StockX also showed that the price of the shoes was $200, but the news of Kobe's death suddenly rose to $1,000.
and Kobe 4 Protro unbeaten by the Los Angeles Lakers Commemorative Edition, its resale price almost quadrupled overnight.
Kobe retired from NBA in 2016, but after his basketball career ended, he continued to release sneakers and has long been the spokesperson for NBA. Nike also issued a statement after his death, calling the player a "beloved member of the Nike family." "For any real-time market, real-life events will have an impact on market performance. Following the tragic news of Kobe Bryant's death, interest in products related to him surged, including his most famous sneaker co-branded model."
But there are also conscientious "toe" that are actively preventing unscrupulous scalpers from profiting from Kobe's tragic death. Jaysse Lopez, founder of Urban Necessities, a multi-million-dollar agency, said that after the tragedy, it is not allowed to raise the price of Kobe's branded products. As people start to try to raise prices, the platform will send messages to the seller's mailbox. "Due to Kobe Bryant's recent death, out of respect for his family and heritage, we do not allow sellers of Kobe's products to raise prices. If you raise the price of Kobe's products, we will restore the price to the original listing price."
Another unfortunate news is that the Kobe shoes you buy casually have no value in commemorating Kobe, and they have just become leeks cut by scalpers.
After Kobe's crash, many NBA stars such as Trae Young, PJ Tucker, DeMar DeRozan, Lonzo Ball and others changed into Kobe-related shoes to fight, and paid tribute to the great NBA star together.
Let's see what Kobe shoes the stars wear.
Trae Young In addition to changing into Kobe's shoes yesterday, he also changed his jersey from the usual No. 11 to Kobe's No. 8.
Lonzo Ball's Kobe shoes
Montrezl Harrell's shoes have Kobe's autograph.
PJ-Tucker
Josh Hart's shoes read "Legends live forever" (Forever Legendary Career).
tennis players Coco Gauff (left) and Caty McNally also paid tribute to Kobe Bryant.
But I think Kobe left too many great things during his lifetime, of course, not just a pair of shoes can express it, but more importantly, his "Mamba spirit" and attitude that we deserve to imitate.
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