It's John Wall's world right now. The Wizards' point guard was named as a starter for the All-Star Game for the first time Thursday, his second All-Star appearance, he's getting a small amount of buzz for MVP, and Thursday night, Adidas revealed its newest edition of his J Wall 1's to honor his trip to New York next month.
From Adidas:
Designed in tandem with the 2015 NBA All-Star uniforms, the adidas NYC All-Star footwear collection is inspired by the attitude and culture of New York City basketball, music and fashion. Each shoe will feature a clean, premium aesthetic in an iconic white, black and gold color scheme. The white uppers are highlighted by subtle snakeskin textures, black accents and hits of metallic gold.
The J Wall 1 features a double layered white mesh upper for increased comfort and breathability. White leather snakeskin texture is featured around the laces, top of the tongue and ankle. Black accents include the full-length adiprene+ midsole, metallic toe cap, FITFRAME and three-stripes. The J Wall 1 NYC All-Star is finished with metallic gold J Wall logos on the tongue and lateral side.
It's a really great design. Let's take a look.
Adidas has been working with new textures this year and the pavestone-like texture on the upper and the wavy tire design on the midsole gives it something distinct, even with such a clean design.
The tripes on the sides of the upper are a nice nod to Adidas' branding, and you need them to balance out the curve. The design on the pull tab is a little much, but it's a tiny detail, and man, that logo.
The gold is a cool design spec, and it also kind of reminds me of the old Wizards uniforms, which Wall wore when he first hit DC. The disconnected W on his name gives the tongue a nice touch, and again, you see the texture at play here, as well as below on the midsole and outsole.
The bottoms aren't visible when you wear them of course, and that's probably a good thing. i get the whole "nod to all the elements at play" and the idea behind separating the "WA" and "LL" but it looks a little weird. I like how small the midsole is on these, some of the recent editions have had monstrous midsoles. The J Wall 1s are much sleeker.
The Adidas J Wall 1s launch February 13th and will run you $115.
