HBCU basketball teams will wear signature shoes of NBA stars

Adidas introduced that 5 HBCUs will get team-exclusive editions of footwear worn by NBA stars.

Footwear worn by Anthony Edwards, Damian Lillard, Donovan Mitchell, James Harden, and Trae Younger will probably be featured by HBCU basketball groups between Feb. 5 and Feb. 12. 

Listed below are the fashions and the college that will probably be sporting them. 

Arkansas Pine Bluff – The AE 1 

The UAPB version of Minnesota Timberwolves star ahead Anthony Edwards’ AE 1 sports activities a golden higher paired with black mesh. The Lions’ brand seems on the medial collar. 

The 𝐆𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐋𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 will probably be rocking your favourite hooper’s favourite hoop shoe.

Introducing the 𝐔𝐀𝐏𝐁 𝐀𝐄 𝟏 𝐏𝐄, made solely for the Golden Lions’ Males’s + Ladies’s Basketball groups. Consider That.

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Alabama State – Dame 8 EXTPLY

The Hornets’ iteration of the Dame 8 EXTPLY sports activities a tonal brilliant yellow higher. Black Adidas branding on the edges provides the one little bit of visible selection for this in any other case monochromatic aesthetic. 

Alcorn State – Trae Younger 3 

The Braves Staff Unique incorporates a mixture of suede and artificial purple higher with gold Three Stripes branding on the lateral and medial sides. Alcorn branding seems on the rear pull tabs. 

Grambling State- D.O.N. Concern No. 5 

Grambling’s team-specific version of Donovan Mitchell’s D.O.N. Concern # 5 is outfitted within the faculty’s black and gold with Grambling’s “G” brand on the insoles. This isn’t the most recent faculty model of a Mitchell; final season, the model launched a Grambling iteration of the Cavaliers’ star guard’s earlier sneakers, the D.O.N. Concern #4. 

Prairie View- Harden Vol. 8 

These Harden Vol 8s sport a black mesh and purple foam higher. Prarie View branding seems on the pull tabs. As with Grambling, that is their newest iteration of team-exclusive Harden footwear, as that they had their model of the predecessor to the Harden Vol.8, the Harden Vol.7, final season. 

There was no indication from Adidas if any of those sneakers will see retail releases.