The Best Christmas Day Sneakers From Around The NBA

For years, Christmas Day was one of the few opportunities players had to get really creative with their sneakers, as they weren’t beholden to the traditional sneaker regulations. Colorful kicks became the norm on Christmas — along with special uniforms — and while Christmas Day uniforms and sneaker restrictions are no longer a thing, players still hold onto some special colorways for Christmas.

Some use the opportunity to be on the Christmas Day stage to show off a new colorway to be released to the public, while others just rock some custom player exclusives. Either way, the results are some spectacular looks on the court and just about everyone gets in on the action.

Warriors-Lakers featured three of the biggest names in the NBA with their own signature lines, so we’ll start there. LeBron debuted the new “SuperBron” 16s, which hit the SNKRS App during the Lakers win over the Warriors, despite James leaving in the third with a groin injury.

Steph Curry wore his “Christmas in the Town” Curry 6s against the Lakers, with a white and icy blue look.

Kevin Durant wore some “Scrooge McDuck” KD 11s for the occasion.

Lance Stephenson broke out a classic LeBron Christmas sneaker with the red LeBron 10s.

Thunder-Rockets featured plenty of special signatures as well, led by James Harden in his Christmas Harden Vol. 3’s.

Russell Westbrook’s Why Not Zero.1’s were likewise extremely colorful and festive.

Paul George’s Christmas Day kicks weren’t a holiday themed look, but instead the third installment of his PlayStation themed kicks.

P.J. Tucker stole the show, per usual, with the super rare LeBron 6 “Stewie Griffin” PEs.

In Boston, Kyrie Irving wore his soon to be released Kyrie 5 “Ikhet.”

Jaylen Brown wore the T-Mac Millennium Christmas sneaker.

Joel Embiid wore the Under Armour HOVR Havoc “The Process” PE’s in a Christmas colorways.

The opener was headlined by Giannis Antetokounmpo in the red Kobe A.D.s.

In the nightcap, Donovan Mitchell had the Christmas adidas Pro Vision PE.

Thabo Sefolosha wore a festive version of his Air Max 90, which still blows my mind that someone in the NBA plays in those.

To bring it all together, Damian Lillard rocked the white Dame 5s.