{"id":699723,"date":"2026-04-05T15:01:32","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T15:01:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/699723\/"},"modified":"2026-04-05T15:01:32","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T15:01:32","slug":"jalen-brunson-suits-up-in-ultra-rare-kobe-5-at-msg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/699723\/","title":{"rendered":"Jalen Brunson Suits Up In Ultra-Rare Kobe 5 At MSG"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Jalen Brunson put on a show at Madison Square Garden on Friday night. The Knicks dismantled the Bulls 136-96 in dominant fashion. Brunson finished with 17 points and 10 assists. He also brought one of the more eye-catching sneakers seen on an NBA floor this season.<\/p>\n

Brunson took the floor <\/a>in an exclusive player edition Nike<\/a> Kobe 5 that nobody has seen before. The shoe is bright pink, covered in heart graphics, and completely one of a kind. <\/p>\n

For a player who has quietly become one of the more interesting footwear choices in the league, this one stands out even by his standards.<\/p>\n

Brunson has worn multiple Kobe colorways throughout his career and is a known admirer of the late Laker’s legacy. This particular PE takes that appreciation somewhere new<\/a>. A hot pink Kobe 5 with scattered heart detailing is about as unexpected as it gets from a player of Brunson’s profile.<\/p>\n

The Kobe 5 is already one of the most beloved basketball silhouettes of the past two decades. Player exclusives built around this shoe carry serious weight among collectors. <\/p>\n

Brunson wearing a never-before-seen<\/a> version in a blowout win at the Garden gives this PE an automatic place in Kobe 5 history. New York is playing great basketball right now. The fits are keeping pace with the wins.<\/p>\n

Jalen Brunson Kobe’s<\/p>\n

The Jalen Brunson Nike Kobe 5 PE runs in a vibrant hot pink from the upper all the way through the midsole. A white swoosh provides the only real contrast against the bold pink base. <\/p>\n

Further, both sides of the shoe are covered in a scattered heart pattern featuring pink, purple, and red hearts of varying sizes. The overall look is playful and unapologetically loud. <\/p>\n

The Kobe 5 silhouette is naturally low and streamlined, which makes the pink colorway hit even harder against the court. As a one of one player exclusive, it’s very unlikely that this shoe will ever see a retail release.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jalen Brunson put on a show at Madison Square Garden on Friday night. The Knicks dismantled the Bulls…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":699724,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3768],"tags":[7,288,304,2772,6,1136,191,67,3810,3806,87897,87898,12897],"class_list":{"0":"post-699723","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-knicks","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-jalen-brunson","10":"tag-knicks","11":"tag-kobe","12":"tag-nba","13":"tag-new-york","14":"tag-new-york-knicks","15":"tag-news","16":"tag-newyork","17":"tag-newyorkknicks","18":"tag-nike-kobe-5","19":"tag-pe","20":"tag-sneakers"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116352705201049336","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/699723","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=699723"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/699723\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/699724"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=699723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=699723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=699723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}