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Unexpected NBA Players with signature shoes

Unexpected NBA Players with signature shoes

More than fifteen years ago, LeBron James signed his first shoe deal with Nike. His first customized shoe, the Nike Air Zoom Generation, was already waiting for him the moment he made his way into the NBA. It only took a year before Nike decided to give him his first real signature shoe, the Nike Zoom LeBron II.

Most of the time, a signature shoe is reserved for the best of the best players in the NBA, who is also quite popular. That way, there is a big chance that their signature shoes will be bought by the fans. Other active players who have earned their signature shoes are Steph Curry, Kyrie Irving, Kevin Durant, James Harden and Paul George.

But, sometimes you can wonder how some players have managed to get their own signature shoe. We’ve selected some players who you wouldn’t expect to have their own shoe.

Matthew Dellavedova – PEAK

Dellavedova might not be the best of the best in the NBA, or close to that, but he is really popular in Australia, his home country. He is one of the signature athletes for Peak Australia. Delly’s first signature shoe was released in 2016, the Delly 1, and it’s available in four different colorways. At first, the shoe was only going to be released in Australia, but PEAK then decided to release it globally.

Kevin Love – 361 Degrees

Nowadays, Love has a sneaker deal with Nike, but from 2011 until 2015, he had a deal with the Chinese brand 361. The expectation was that Love’s name would help to spread the brands’ name worldwide, as they were already using slogans such as ‘One Love’ and ‘Love Starts Here’. His first signature shoe under the brand was the ‘Kevin Love 1’.

Evan Turner – Li-Ning

Turner signed with one of the biggest Chinese athletic apparell brands, Li-Ning, in 2010. He isn’t the first NBA player that Li-Ning signed, as it previously had signed a deal with Baron Davis. They have released several shoes among which the ‘Brassmonkey’ and the ‘Turningpoint’. In 2017, the ‘Evan Turner Speed 4’ was released. His NBA teammate, CJ McCollum, signed with the company in 2017. Li-Ning’s most famous signature athlete is Dwyane Wade.

George Hill – PEAK

Hill is one of the signature athletes of PEAK USA, together with Dwight Howard, Tony Parker and Lou Williams. His shoes are named ‘the Monster’.

Rajon Rondo – Anta

Rondo signed with Anta back in 2013, who immediately designed his first signature shoes: the ‘RR1 Basketball Shoes’. Since then, they have released several signature shoes, among which, the ‘Monkey Year SE Basketball Shoes’, the ‘RR Rajon Rondo Control-5 Professional Basketball Shoes’ and the ‘RR Rajon Rondo Five Toe Drive Signature Basketball Shoes’.

Michael Carter-Williams – Li-Ning

Photo: Li-Ning

Carter-Williams also has a deal with Li-Ning, and in 2017, they released the ‘Michael Carter-Williams Men’s Professional Basketball Shoes’.

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