The Kobe 9's were the first shoe in his line to have this high collar. The first shoe to be made out of Nike's lightweight and strong flyknit material, this was an eye catcher to any person who watches basketball. The shoe was new and innovative, and it represented society at the time, as it was moving forward with new things coming out. This shoe was always releasing with new colorways, and it changed the way that people looked at basketball shoes, and shoe design in general. When this shoe was originally put out to the public in 2013, it was very expensive, limiting the types of people that could own it.