Check Out a First Look at the Nike Kobe 10 EM Protro 5 AM Flight Protro

Published July 14, 2026 at 5:00 PM

Quick Facts

Featuring a rippling mix of blue shades across the engineered mesh upper, the Swoosh switches to black for a bit of contrast.
Four lines are added in red at the heel as a reference to Kobe’s ankle stitches.
The Nike Kobe 10 Protro 5 AM Flight will be released Holiday 2026.

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If you thought Jayson Tatum’s Achilles recovery was fast-tracked, you must not know about The Mamba. When Kobe Bryant went down with his own season-ending non-contact injury in 2013, the Lakers’ legend came back in under a year, besting Tatum’s recovery time by more than a month. Kobe tore his Achilles in April, and by August, he was jumping off of nearly 40-foot diving boards to test his recovery and try out a new social media platform called Vine (RIP).

Kobe’s High Dive Protro

In 2015, when Kobe debuted his 10th Nike silhouette, the first colorway of the new model paid tribute to his relentless recovery and that high dive jump, covering the snakeskin upper in Blue Lagoon pool water shades. After lying dormant since 2015, the Protro return of the Nike Kobe 10 is kicking off with the OG colorway at the end of the year.

The Nike Kobe 10 EM Protro 5 AM Flight popped up on our radar in February, and now we’ve got a few first-look photos of the Protro colorway. Featuring a rippling mix of blue shades across the engineered mesh upper, the Swoosh switches to black for a bit of contrast. Four lines are added in red at the heel as a reference to Kobe’s ankle stitches.

Nike Kobe 10 Protro 5 AM Flight Release Details

The Nike Kobe 10 Protro 5 AM Flight will be released Holiday 2026 through Nike and select retailers in-store and online. Available in unisex sizing, the retail price is set at $200. For all the latest Nike Kobe news and drop info, download the Sole Retriever App.