Dark blue, Nike shorts with a drawstring elastic waistband and red trim on the front of the left leg and back of the right leg. There is a blue and white star on a red field beneath this red trim. This is an alternate pair of shorts to be worn by Kobe Bryant during the 2012 Olympic Games. The men's basketball team won gold during the 2012 London Summer Olympic games.
The 2012 Summer Olympics, also known as the Games of the XXX Olympiad were held in London, England with 204 countries, 5,992 men and 4,776 women athletes participating. With the inclusion of women’s boxing, these Games became the first with female competitors in every sport and the first at which each country entered, had a female representative. Women’s boxing debuted and mixed doubles in tennis was held for the first time since the 1924 Games. American Michael Phelps won his 22nd medal making him the most decorated Olympic athlete of all time. Every athlete to win a medal at these Games was drug tested and as of 2017, 31 medals had been rescinded due to doping. The United States won the medal count with 104.