Jordan Brand’s new flagship shoe gets national exposure on Christmas Day. Briefly.
Heat guard Dwyane Wade debuted the recently-leaked Air Jordan 2011 last night, putting in 18 points with 5 rebounds and 6 assists to help Miami smack the Lakers 96-80 in their Christmas Day match. After a quick first quarter teaser wear of the White/Red colorway, he switched to the Air Jordan 2010.
Wade wasn’t the only shoe headliner.
Nike’s “Stoplight Pack” also got plenty of airtime. LeBron James poured in a triple double in his Nike LeBron 8 “Run On Red” shoe, while Thunder forward Kevin Durant exploded for 44, 7, 4, 2 and 2 in his Nike Zoom KD III “No Yield For Yellow” and Lakers guard Kobe Bryant contributed 17, 6 and 7 with his green mamba-inspired Nike Zoom Kobe VI “Green Means Go” in the Lakers loss.
Non-sig athletes, including Chris Bosh, Glen Davis and David Lee, also celebrated the day by wearing red/green-themed shoes.
Choosing not to rock the boat with a surprising color-up, Gilbert Arenas opted for the Air Jordan 9 Retro Premio BIN23.
Plenty of Christmas kicks to cover…
The Stop-light analogy held, Heat red=stop, Lakers Green=keep those scores coming.
Dwight’s Blue BEASTs 8) , Gil’s PEMIO’s, what’s Q wearing BTW? 8) .
, Sugar Ray wearing the same very cool J’s as Q 8) .
Jameer’s Silver/Green/Red 8) , KG’s Anta’s 8) , P2 8) , Hedo 8) , I was expecting something outrageous from Nate
Red Rose 8) , Felton in a cool Red/Green Infiltrate 8) .
K-Mart’s FPI’s 8) , Nenê’s Heat Check’s 8) , and Ibaka’s Infiltrate’s.
Q had the Jordan Hardcourt Classic One. Same ones Ray Allen was rockin’
Cheers, they got that good, old school Team J look.