Even though the Heat look very beatable right now, the marquee NBA matchup in 2010 is Lakers-Heat on Christmas Day. Today new pictures leaked of Kobe's special edition Christmas "Grinch" shoes that he'll be wearing. File these ones under "so bad they're good" I guess? They'll be available in limited release on December 26th in the LA area. Photos from marqueesole.com.
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