Giannis Antetokounmpo made his debut in the second round of the playoffs on Sunday afternoon in Milwaukee, taking on a Celtics team that knocked he and the Bucks out in the first round a year ago.
While Giannis had his hands full on the court with Boston, he and Nike are getting set to debut his first signature sneaker at some point this summer. The Nike Zoom Freak 1 will arrive in the coming months, when remains unknown, but we do have our first looks at the shoe, courtesy of The Sole Brothers.
Antetokounmpo’s sneaker will, unsurprisingly, be a low top design, and given his affinity for the Kobe line during his career, one would expect the fit and feel to at least be pretty similar to that. The Zoom Freak 1 features a large, backwards Swoosh that starts on the heel and the model Antetokounmpo holds in the image below is quite the bright colorway.
You can see how the molding comes up from the bottom of the sole to provide some extra stability on the outside of the ball of the foot, and it appears to have a good bit of cushioning in the heel. We’ll have to wait for more official details from Nike to know exactly what tech is going in the sneaker, but given the name, it will have Zoom cushioning for sure.
