Nice color way on the 9s. The only thing that I dislike about the shoes are the shoe strings. I would have purple shoe laces as the original laces.

The concord purple 9s were advertised to pay homage to the Black Mamba back when he was a sneaker free agent. These are good looking shoes but they are disappointment because they aren't what was advertised. First off they aren't forum blue - laker fans know what I'm talking about. Second thing Kobe's Player Edition had the number 8 on the back these have 23. It would have been awesome if they could have added that detail. Overall these look more like Golden State Warrior Blue then Laker Purple.

these shoes look even better in person. love that concord patent leather and the chrome eyelets make these shoes pop!