Nike Air Futuristic

The Nike Air Futuristic was released in the summer of 2001. With a large Air max unit in the sole to offer impact protection those shoes were worn by many players in the 2001-2002 NBA Season with the rookie of the year Pau Gasol or Tony Parker among them.

Adidas a3 Electrify

The second Adidas basketball shoe with a3 technology was oficially released on July 1st, 2003. Previously Tim Duncan (who had signed with Adidas early that year) worn those shoes in the 2003 NBA Playoffs in his way to win the NBA title and the Finals MVP.

Nike Shox BB4

The first shoe to introduce the Nike Shox technology made its debut for the 2000 Summer Olympic Games at Sidney, Australia. The shoes in USA personalized colours were worn by the Nike members of the USA Team Jason Kidd, Antonio McDyess, Allan Houston, Abdur-Rahim and the recently signed Vince Carter.  To commemorate the Men's Basketball Final in Sydney nike.com offered 500 pairs of the shoe in the gold colour.


The Nike Shox BB4 were officially released in November 2000 with Black/Silver/Lapis colours. At time for the start of the NBA season 2000-2001 those who played for the USA Team in the Olympic Games had their own Nike Shox BB4 with personalized team colours. There was a limited edition of 500 shoes called "Vince Carter All Star".

In 2019 Nike released the Nike Shox BB4 Retro in OG colours

AND1 Tai Chi Mid

The shoe that changed it all for AND1, previously a nearly unknown brand founded in 1993 by a group of students.

In 1998 Vince Carter was selected in the NBA draft and he signed a deal with Puma. However his market value increased a lot after his rookie season so he broke the contract . One of the clauses implied that he couldn't sign with another shoe brand during the 1999-2000 NBA Season so he worn shoes of many brands.  Vince Carter picked a pair of And1 Tai Chi Mid for the 2000 NBA All Star Weekend at Oakland,CA where he won the Dunk Contest. The rest is History.

The And1 Tai Chi Mid was a lightweight shoe released in 1999. It features an asymmetrical colour side that made it really original. It was sold around 75$. Since then it have been released a lot of retro models in many different colours. In 2013 for the 20th anniversary And1 released 1993 pairs of the shoe in the black and white original colours.

Nike Air Flightposite

Released in 1999 at $160 the Nike Air Flightposite was Nike's second generation implementation of Foamposite technology. At that time it was a controversial shoe because of its design and price but nearly 20 years later most of people love them.
The shoe feature a zipper covering the laces. It was ready for the start of the 1999-2000 NBA season and  the 2000 NBA All Star Game several players like Tim Duncan or Allan Houston debuted their own personalized model. Since 2003 Nike had released retro models.