{"id":15984,"date":"2016-04-07T19:46:53","date_gmt":"2016-04-07T23:46:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thatdope.com\/sneakers\/kobe-bryants-farewell-to-his-massive-fanbase-in-china\/"},"modified":"2016-04-07T19:46:53","modified_gmt":"2016-04-07T23:46:53","slug":"kobe-bryants-farewell-to-his-massive-fanbase-in-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thatdope.com\/sneakers\/kobe-bryants-farewell-to-his-massive-fanbase-in-china\/","title":{"rendered":"Kobe Bryant\u2019s Farewell To His Massive Fanbase In China"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-url=\"1\/\" readability=\"44.4883828996\">\n<p><\/p>\n<p>While Kobe may play the Hero\/Villain role here in the United States, he\u2019s a certified god in China. For two decades, his fans in the Far East have revered him like we do Michael Jordan, and today Kobe Bryant, Nike, and Wieden+Kennedy Shanghai partnered up to give his China fanbase a proper video farewell, which continues the \u201cDon\u2019t Love Me. Hate Me.\u201d ad campaign started by Nike a decade ago. Check out the video below and stay tuned for Nike to roll out its own good-bye campaign as The Black Mamba approaches his final NBA game next Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Source: adweek<\/p>\n<p><style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[<![CDATA[\n#ebay-embed * {vertical-align:middle}\n#ebay-embed table  {margin:0 auto !important;padding:0 !important; clear: both;}\n#ebay-embed table:nth-child(2) {}\n#ebay-embed table img {border:0 !important}\n#ebay-embed table tr td {margin:0 !important;padding:0 !important;vertical-align:middle}\n#ebay-embed table tr td[colspan=\"3\"],\n#ebay-embed table tr td[colspan=\"5\"] {line-height:0 !important}\n#ebay-embed table tr td a img {height:auto;margin:0 !important;padding:0 !important;display:inline-block;}\n#ebay-embed table tr td img {height:1px;margin:0 !important;padding:0 !important;display:inline-block;}\n#ebay-embed table tr  {margin:0 !important;padding:0 !important;}\n#ebay-embed table tr td table tr td[align=\"right\"] br {display:none !important}\n#ebay-embed table tr td table tr td[align=\"right\"] form {float:left !important}\n#ebay-embed table tr td table tr td[align=\"right\"] form input[type=\"text\"] {float:left !important;width:240px;margin:0 5px 0 0 !important;padding:9px !important}\n#ebay-embed table tr td table tr td[align=\"right\"] form img {display:none !important}\n#ebay-embed table tr td table tr td[align=\"right\"] form input[type=\"submit\"] {float:left !important}\n]]]]><![CDATA[>]]><\/style>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sneakernews.com\/2016\/04\/07\/kobe-bryants-farewell-massive-fanbase-china\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While Kobe may play the Hero\/Villain role here in the United States, he\u2019s a certified god in China. For two decades, his fans in the Far East have revered him like we do Michael Jordan, and today Kobe Bryant, Nike, and Wieden+Kennedy Shanghai partnered up to give his China fanbase a proper video farewell, which continues the \u201cDon\u2019t Love Me. Hate Me.\u201d ad campaign started by Nike a decade ago. Check out the video below and stay tuned for Nike [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15985,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[10],"tags":[187],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Kobe Bryant\u2019s Farewell To His Massive Fanbase In China<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"While Kobe may play the Hero\/Villain role here in the United States, he\u2019s a certified god in China. 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