Nike Kobe 10 Elite Low Protro 'Halo' — Release Date, Price & The Story

The drop at a glance

The story

The 'Halo' series is Nike's annual all-white tribute released around Kobe Bryant's August 23 birthday — the Kobe 8 Protro started it in 2023, the Kobe 9 followed in 2024, and the Kobe 3 Protro carried it in 2025. For 2026, the honor goes to the Kobe 10 Elite Low — and it's the model's first retro ever.

The Kobe 10 hasn't been produced since its 2015-16 run, which ended with the 'Fade to Black' farewell collection during Kobe's final season. The Protro rebuild keeps the Flyknit upper and aggressive traction while updating cushioning, all rendered in pristine white-on-white with angelic Halo detailing.

The date lands on what would have been Kobe's 48th birthday, and Halo drops have sold out annually since the series began. First-retro status plus Mamba Week timing makes this the most in-demand Nike Basketball release of August.

The deep cuts

• The Halo series was conceived with Vanessa Bryant as an annual all-white August 23 tribute — the 2023 Kobe 8 'Halo' marked what would have been his 45th birthday.
• 2025's Kobe 3 'Halo' wove diamond patterns into the upper honoring daughter Natalia, whose middle name is Diamanté.
• The Kobe 10 was an Eric Avar design from 2015 — sharkskin-inspired open-weave upper over hybrid Lunarlon-plus-heel-Zoom cushioning.
• The 'Fade to Black' farewell was a 13-shoe collection — all 11 Kobe signatures plus the Huarache 2K4 and Hyperdunk '08 — released March 22 to April 13, 2016, fading white to black toward his final game.

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