Nike‘s Kobe 9 Elite Low HTM is not only one of Nike Basketball’s greatest performance innovations, but perhaps one of the greatest pieces to come out of the HTM collaboration – the Swoosh’s CEO even dubbed the Kobe signature a “modern classic” in his recent conversation with Gary Warnett for 032c. Unlike is original low-top Kobe 9 brethren, the Elite edition of the sneaker is a faithful takedown of the Nike Kobe 9 Elite, eschewing Engineered Mesh in favor of a Flyknit upper while retaining the high-top’s carbon fiber reinforcements.[more…]