{"product_id":"nike-kobe-9-elite-low-protro-michael-jackson-moonwalker-2025","title":"Nike Kobe 9 Elite Low Protro 'Michael Jackson Moonwalker' (2025)","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"background-color: #f8f4ef; border-left: 4px solid #8B2020; padding: 12px 16px; margin-bottom: 16px; border-radius: 4px;\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e🚚 Shipping Policy\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOrder Processing:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1–3 Business Days  |  \u003cstrong\u003eDelivery:\u003c\/strong\u003e 7–10 Business Days\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eNike Kobe 9 Elite Low Protro 'Michael Jackson Moonwalker' (2025)\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTwo icons, one silhouette. The \u003cstrong\u003eNike Kobe 9 Elite Low Protro 'Michael Jackson Moonwalker' (2025)\u003c\/strong\u003e connects Kobe Bryant and Michael Jackson through a shared register of excellence — two figures whose dedication to craft, performance, and cultural impact placed them in a category that required entirely new vocabulary to describe. The colorway builds around three purple tones in a deliberate progression: Hyper Grape — a vivid, fully saturated purple with clear chromatic presence — dominates the Flyknit upper as the palette’s primary force, directly referencing Michael Jackson’s signature use of purple across his most iconic stage costuming and visual identity. Cave Purple — a deeper, darker purple with more tonal weight — appears at the midsole and structural zones, anchoring the palette’s lower register and preventing Hyper Grape’s saturation from reading as ungrounded. White enters at key separation points to provide the chromatic relief that allows both purple tones to read at their full intensity without competing into visual noise. A Metallic Silver Swoosh moves across the Flyknit surface, its reflective finish catching light in a way that evokes the specific quality of stage lighting — the kind of light that defined Jackson’s performances as spectacles of precision and presence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Kobe 9 Elite Low Protro’s Flyknit upper — the construction technology that Nike introduced with the Kobe 9 in 2014 as a significant shift from the mesh-and-panel upper architectures of earlier Kobe models — provides the textile surface across which the Moonwalker palette operates. Flyknit’s knitted structure gives Hyper Grape a yarn-depth quality distinct from the surface-level color application on woven mesh or scaled leather: the color lives within the construction rather than on top of it. A full-length Lunarlon midsole delivers the impact protection and cushioned response that defined the Kobe 9’s performance specification, within the Elite Low’s low-cut collar that kept Kobe’s guard-position agility unrestricted. The translucent outsole carries a moonrock graphic — a surface detail embedded beneath the rubber that references Jackson’s most culturally enduring movement, visible underfoot in the pause between steps. Kobe Bryant was a documented Michael Jackson admirer; the Moonwalker colorway places that personal connection onto the Kobe 9 Protro as a tribute to both the man and the parallel between two careers defined by the refusal to accept anything less than the highest standard of performance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eKey Features\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNike Kobe 9 Elite Low Protro silhouette — 2025 Protro return of the 2014 Kobe 9 Elite Low, Nike’s first Flyknit basketball shoe\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMichael Jackson Moonwalker colorway — Hyper Grape, Cave Purple, and White tribute palette referencing MJ’s iconic purple stage identity\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHyper Grape Flyknit dominant upper — vivid saturated purple living within the knitted construction’s yarn depth rather than applied on top of a surface\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCave Purple midsole and structural zones — deeper tonal anchor grounding the palette’s lower register beneath the Hyper Grape upper\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhite separation detailing — chromatic relief allowing both purple tones to read at full intensity without competing into visual noise\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMetallic Silver Swoosh — reflective finish evoking stage-light quality across the Flyknit surface\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMoonrock graphic translucent outsole — embedded surface detail referencing Michael Jackson’s moonwalk, visible underfoot\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFlyknit upper construction — the knitted architecture Nike introduced with the Kobe 9 in 2014, providing structural support with minimal weight\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFull-length Lunarlon midsole — impact protection and cushioned response within the Elite Low’s low-profile stack\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLow-cut Elite Low collar — unrestricted guard-position ankle mobility in the Kobe 9’s original low-cut format\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eStyle:\u003c\/strong\u003e Kobe 9 Elite Low Protro\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eColorway:\u003c\/strong\u003e Michael Jackson Moonwalker\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eYear:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2025 (original 2014)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBrand:\u003c\/strong\u003e Nike\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCategory:\u003c\/strong\u003e Basketball \/ Retro Performance\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHandle:\u003c\/strong\u003e nike-kobe-9-elite-low-protro-michael-jackson-moonwalker-2025\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Nike","offers":[{"title":"Men's \/ Men's US 6.5 \/ Women's US 8 \/ EU 39","offer_id":67605426897027,"sku":null,"price":167.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Men's \/ Men's US 7 \/ Women's US 8.5 \/ EU 40","offer_id":67605426929795,"sku":null,"price":167.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Men's \/ Men's US 7.5 \/ Women's US 9 \/ EU 40.5","offer_id":67605426962563,"sku":null,"price":167.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Men's \/ Men's US 8 \/ Women's US 9.5 \/ EU 41","offer_id":67605426995331,"sku":null,"price":167.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Men's \/ Men's US 8.5 \/ Women's US 10 \/ EU 42","offer_id":67605427028099,"sku":null,"price":167.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Men's \/ Men's US 9 \/ Women's US 10.5 \/ EU 42.5","offer_id":67605427060867,"sku":null,"price":167.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Men's \/ Men's US 9.5 \/ Women's US 11 \/ EU 43","offer_id":67605427093635,"sku":null,"price":167.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Men's \/ Men's US 10 \/ Women's US 11.5 \/ EU 44","offer_id":67605427126403,"sku":null,"price":167.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Men's \/ Men's US 10.5 \/ Women's US 12 \/ EU 44.5","offer_id":67605427159171,"sku":null,"price":167.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Men's \/ Men's US 11 \/ Women's US 12.5 \/ EU 45","offer_id":67605427191939,"sku":null,"price":167.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Men's \/ Men's US 12 \/ Women's US 13.5 \/ EU 46","offer_id":67605427224707,"sku":null,"price":167.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0713\/3950\/7843\/files\/DM_20260928235646_001.jpg?v=1790611063","url":"https:\/\/pairavenue.com\/products\/nike-kobe-9-elite-low-protro-michael-jackson-moonwalker-2025","provider":"PAIR AVENUE","version":"1.0","type":"link"}