All-Star sauce!
All-Star weekend has evolved over the years, from simple showcases to full-scale events, the NBA’s premier regular-season event is bigger and better than ever. A huge part of the weekend (for us, at least) is the sneaker game the best players in the NBA bring to the big game on All-Star Sunday. And while game-specific, flashy kicks haven’t always been in vogue (it starting gaining traction circa 2001-2004), it’s become an event in itself. But there was still a lot of heat floating around prior to that time, too. So we’ve gone back through the archives, starting at MJ’s All-Star Debut in 1985, to bring you 40 of the best All-Star Sneakers!
Michael Jordan // Air Jordan 1 “Chicago” — 1985
Michael Jordan // Air Jordan 3 “Black Cement” — 1988
Michael Jordan // Air Jordan 4 “Black Cement” — 1989
Michael Jordan // Air Jordan 5 “Metallic” — 1990
Michael Jordan // Air Jordan 6 “Infrared” — 1991
Michael Jordan // Air Jordan 7 “Bordeaux” — 1992
Michael Jordan // Air Jordan 8 “Aqua” — 1993
Scottie Pippen // Nike Air Maestro Flight — 1994
Grant Hill // FILA Hill 1 — 1995
Jason Kidd // Nike Air Zoom — 1996
Shawn Kemp // Reebok Kamikaze II — 1996
Michael Jordan // Air Jordan 11 “Columbia” — 1996
Shaquille O’Neal // Reebok Shaqnosis— 1996
Michael Jordan // Air Jordan 12 — 1997
Kevin Garnett // Nike Air Garnett — 1998
Michael Jordan // Air Jordan 13
Kobe Bryant // addias KB8 — 1998
Tim Duncan // Nike Air Foamposite Pro “Pearl” — 1998
Allen Iverson // Reebok Question — 2001
Kobe Bryant // adidas Crazy 1 “Sunshine”
Ray Allen // Air Jordan 16 “Midnight Navy” — 2001
Rasheed Wallace // Nike Air Force 1 PE — 2001
Kobe Bryant // Air Jordan 3 “True Blue” — 2003
Tracy McGrady // adidas T-Mac III — 2004
LeBron James // Nike LeBron 3 — 2005
LeBron James // Nike LeBron 4 “Graffiti” AS — 2007
Rasheed Wallace // Nike Air Force 1 PE — 2008
LeBron James // Nike LeBron 6 — 2009
LeBron James // Nike LeBron 7 — 2010
LeBron James // Nike LeBron 8 — 2011
Kevin Durant // Nike KD 3 — 2011
Kobe Bryant // Nike Kobe 6 — 2011
Derrick Rose // adiZero Rose 1 “Simeon”
Kevin Durant // Nike KD 4 “Galaxy” — 2012
LeBron James // Nike LeBron 9 “Big Bang” — 2012
Kobe Bryant // Nike Kobe 7 “Galaxy” — 2012
Rajon Rondo // Nike Air Foamposite One “Galaxy” — 2012
Kobe Bryant // Nike Kobe 8 “Area 72” — 2013
Kevin Durant // Nike KD 5 “Area 72” — 2013
LeBron James // Nike LeBron 11 “Gumbo League” — 2014
Kobe Bryant // Nike Kobe 11 Elite — 2016
Russell Westbrook // Air Jordan 30 “Galaxy” PE — 2016
LeBron James // KITH x Nike LeBron 15 — 2018
Damian Lillard // Bape x adidas Dame 4 — 2018
LeBron James // Nike LeBron 16 “Watch the Throne” — 2019
Kemba Walker // Steve Wiebe x Air Jordan 10 PE — 2019
Special Mention:
Zach LaVine // Nike Air Foamposite One — 2015
While Zach didn’t participate in the official All-Star Game, he did don these wild “All-Star” Nike Air Foamposite Ones in New York City for the 2015 Rising Stars game — these were too fresh not to include!