Kobe Bryant has a shoe again, and Nike has its Michael Jordan replica.

The endorsement deal that had been expected for months, since rival Reebok withdrew from the competition for Bryant, or perhaps for a year, since Adidas and Bryant split last summer, was confirmed Monday by a source close to Bryant.

In the wake of Jordan's retirement and Nike's reported seven-year, $90-million deal with high schooler LeBron James, the company reached agreement with Bryant for between $40 million and $45 million over five years, according to a shoe industry insider.

The same insider said that Bryant, who spent several days recently at Nike headquarters in Beaverton, Ore., would receive royalties on a planned signature shoe, which would boost the total value of the deal, though not necessarily into the range of the James contract.

Bryant, in seven NBA seasons on the league's highest-profile team, has won three championships, twice was first-team All-NBA and five times was an All-Star. James led his high school team to the Ohio state title.