For all you sneaker heads out there KB24.com announced the release of Kobe’s new shoes for yesterday, March 29. Available at Foot Locker.

The Nike Men’s Zoom Kobe II Signature Basketball Shoe features a full-grain leather upper featuring a full-length fit sleeve with a full-length Zoom Air unit in the sockliner for ultimate fit, cushioning, and comfort for quick cuts and high jumps.

New Natural Motion Phylon midsole allows the beset transition and court feel for elite athletes.

A carbon fiber midfoot shank provides superior support and stability.

Natural Motion pods in the outsole combine with herringbone for unprecedented traction and court feel.

6 NEW wallpapers from Nike and read what Kobe has to say about the shoes after the jump.

“The most important thing for me is that the shoe works on the court. From the technology to the design, it has to capture what I’m trying to execute and get done. So when players put this on, I want them to feel like this shoe holds everything they need…to do what they need to do.”

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Read quotes from Phil, Kobe, Tex, Lamar, Luke, Dahntay Jones, Chucky Atkins, Coach Marone, Mike Miller.

Phil Jackson
“He’s in a league all to himself. What you admire in Kobe is that he’s going to attack, he’s going to be in that mode and he’s going to continue to go at a team until either you take him out of ballgame or else they stop him.”

“We just kept going back to him as he rose to the occasion. He asked to stay in the ball game as the second unit came back in. I let him ride the energy. He rode the curve real well.”

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With Laker news coming a little slow, until gametime tonight, here’s a lakerFRESh desktop wallpaper of the title banner you can download.

Available in 3 Sizes for you liking (1024,1280, 1650).

More will be coming in the future, let me know what players you’d like to see in the next ones. Links Below. Enjoy.

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Phil Jackson
“I don’t know how you can have 36 assists when Kobe is going one-on-one as often he’s going. But maybe there was something to that that I didn’t see.”

Kobe Bryant
“Luke and Lamar both make my life a lot easier when they’re out there because they’re so good at recognizing situations on the floor. They’re great passers, so teams can’t just front me or overplay me in certain areas. I think we as a team understand that in certain situations, they’ve got to bring it to me in the post or in the mid-post to allow me to facilitate or attack myself.”

Mark Madsen
On receiving bruises from Kobe in practice:
“No,” Madsen said, “I think I got beat up more from Shaq [O’Neal] than from Kobe. I got beat up more from Rick Fox and Derek Fisher. That’s the honest truth.”

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Lamar Odom
“Another amazing performance. Another story to tell my kids and my family.”

Nate McMillan
“Kobe had probably one of the best games of his career. What can you do? A guy’s fading away with two defenders on him, three feet behind the three-point line, with a hand in his face.”

Kobe Bryant
“My daughter’s waiting up for me and I’m sure she doesn’t give a damn. She just wants to watch ‘Care Bears.’ “

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Kobe Bryant
“We didn’t sustain it. We did OK the first half. The third quarter, it just caved in on us.”

Lamar Odom
“I felt all right. I don’t think it made a difference, though. I think we need soul-searching as a team. We don’t understand how to take advantage of things we need to take advantage of. It’s March.”

Phil Jackson
“Luke ran out of gas, and Lamar just wasn’t ready to play. We just have to get our legs underneath us and we’ll be fine.”

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