It’s been a couple of days since the tragic death of the NBA legend and Los Angeles Lakers, Kobe Bryant and the Nike company has made a huge ‘gesture’.

They have withdrawn all the products of the deceased basketball player to not ‘profit from his death‘ and is that just passed away, collectors and other people put on sale signed products from him for a huge price, so to avoid such things and resale of the product, they have taken them out of the market.

According to information from ‘ESPN‘, the Nike company confirmed the departure of Kobe Bryant products, which had generated a lot of profits for how popular they were, in addition to these always had direct influence of the basketball player.

Mind you, at the moment all Kobe Bryant products have been removed from the Nike online store and their supply in the physical stores has been significantly reduced , looking for them to be ‘scarce’ and that there is no chance that Some ‘opportunist’ takes advantage of his death.

Once his death was confirmed, the value of Kobe Bryant’s products went up and a signature of his worth thousands of dollars.

Nike had the launch of a new Kobe Bryant tennis collection called ‘Kobe 5 Protro‘, which is designed in white, black and a golden trophy, which had the endorsement and influence of the NBA legend, so They have a serious problem at the door.

The official launch was scheduled for February 7 but after Kobe’s death they plan to postpone it for later in the situation and it is even considered to suspend it, a fact that has not been confirmed but could happen.

Kobe Bryant was not only an image of Nike, but he was a partner who actively participated in the elaboration of his products, so he thought about the design, colors, detail and other elements, so it was a fundamental piece for success of its ‘brand’ and that is why this gesture of withdrawing its products.

Nike has pulled all Kobe products from its web store — a Lakers logo gift card is available as a related item. Employees at the Beaverton, OR campus have been gathering around a 35-foot lakeside poster of Bryant all throughout the day to pay their respects and comfort each other. pic.twitter.com/LLM0C4O38C — Nick DePaula (@NickDePaula) January 27, 2020

Source: Sopitas