Not only players like Stephen Curry, LeBron James… but also the shoes they use are highlights at NBA All-Star 2024.
NBA All-Star Week 2024 ended with many ups and downs, depending on the perspective of the events in the eyes of fans. But one thing that is indisputable is that many beautiful shoe models have appeared with the world’s top basketball stars.
Shoe enthusiasts have been treated to a series of new colorways, some beautiful “retro” models and even a few pairs that have never been seen in public. Below is a roundup of notable shoes that have hit the market. Stars throughout the 3 days of NBA All-Star 2024.
Kevin Durant: Nike KD 4 “Galaxy” and Nike KD 16 “All-Star”
The Phoenix Suns star appeared at All-Star week with a bit of nostalgia mixed with modernity.
Kevin Durant played the first half of the match wearing Nike KD 4 “Galaxy”, the Retro shoes that accompanied KD in the 2011-12 season. The “Galaxy” color scheme was Durant’s choice in the previous All-Star match. 12 years, where he won the NBA All-Star Game MVP title.
In the second half of the match, Kevin Durant returned to his latest signature line, the Nike KD 16 All-Star version, the 9th color scheme of this shoe model.
Paolo Banchero: Air Jordan 38 Low PE
Paolo Banchero left his mark at his first NBA All-Star game with the most prominent color shoes of the game. This is not a random choice, Banchero was inspired by the green color of the Seattle Reign Club, the women’s professional soccer team for which his mother played decades ago.
Tyrese Haliburton: Nike Kobe 6 Protro PE
As a player representing the home team hosting All-Star 2024, Tyrese Haliburton was specially commissioned by Nike to create a special PE color scheme for the match. This version has creamy white as the main color, combined with mint green and sky blue to create a quite bright color scheme.
Tyrese Haliburton almost pocketed the MVP title with this Kobe 6 PE model, scoring 32 points in the match and finishing second only to Damian Lillard with a vote of 5-7.
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: Converse All-Star BB Trilliant “What The”
Not wearing the most outstanding shoes, but Shai definitely has the most unusual shoes for NBA All-Star 2024. Converse’s design team gave the Oklahoma City Thunder defender a very unique pair of knit-style shoes.
Jaylen Brown: ANTA Kai 1 and a strange pair of shoes
Quite surprisingly, the Boston Celtics star appeared at NBA All-Star wearing Kyrie Irving’s brand new signature shoe. But even more surprising was that in the second half of the match, Jaylen Brown played with a pair of shoes that had never appeared in public.
This unique shoe model has no branding and is 100% black. Netizens have begun to speculate that this may be a private shoe model that Brown is directly participating in research and development.
Nikola Jokic: 361 Big3 Future High PE
Champion and reigning NBA Finals MVP Nikola Jokic has parted ways with Nike to become the face of 361, a shoe brand from China.