About the shoe
The Kobe 9s were available in three different configurations, with high and low top versions of the Elites, and a low top version of the EM (engineered mesh). This was also the first Nike model to introduce the light but strong Flyknit material on a basketball shoe.
Player editions
PEs and colorwaysPEs
Apr 18, 2026 Landry Shamet
‘High Elite What the Kobe’
Apr 10, 2026 Landry Shamet
‘High Elite Masterpiece’
Mar 25, 2026 Gary Payton II
‘Oregon State Beavers’ PE
Mar 11, 2026 Jordan Hawkins
‘EM Think Pink’
Dec 15, 2020 De’Aaron Fox
‘What the’ Kobe 9 Elite
Jan 24, 2020 Lonzo Ball
‘Silk’
Dec 20, 2019 Tobias Harris
‘Moonwalker’
Oct 21, 2018 De’Aaron Fox
KRM EXT ‘Red Mamba’
Oct 20, 2018 Josh Hart
‘Showtime’














