When it comes to signature shoes, it’s tough out there for superstar NBA players. We all felt reverberations stemming from the avalanche of snark that accompanied the release of Steph Curry’s Under Armour Curry 2 Lows back in June. Jokes abounded at the expense of the two-time defending MVP’s kicks that looked like tennis shoes your pops might wear on vacation or your mom got you at Stride Rite the day before fourth grade.
Well, now the Houston Rockets’ James Harden can join his Western Conference rival in the hall of shoe shame courtesy of his Adidas Harden 1 “Triple Blacks,” which leaked to the Internet on Tuesday via Sneakerwatch. The new Hardens, which resemble a cross between some arctic outerwear and a NASA experiment possibly designed for space travel, delighted the masses, particularly on Twitter, thanks to how very, very uncool they appear to be
Dang, that is cold. Mostly accurate, but cold nonetheless. Sneakerwatch also relayed that the Harden 1 “Triple Blacks” aren’t due to hit the market until December, which leaves Harden and his team at Adidas plenty of time to go back to the old workbench and maybe make a few changes should public opinion sway them at all.
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