As he stared down a giant in a modern day David and Goliath showdown, all eyes were on little Nate Robinson’s feet. To add some entertaining theatrics to last night’s high-flying NBA Dunk Competition in Phoenix, Nate debuted his special “Kryptonate” Nike Foamposite Lites, a clever way of getting the edge on reigning dunk champ, Dwight Howard and his Superman alter ego. The glowing green element did its job, getting major love from TNT and the crowd and helping Nate play the Lex Luthor part to perfection as he dethroned Superman in style. Decked out in green from head to toe, Nate’s radiant Kryptonite-inspired Foamposite Lites and matching basketball and Pro-Combat elbow pad were quite possibly as big a story as his gravity-defying leap over his 7 foot opponent.
When we last saw the shoes, New York Knicks die-hard, Spike Lee, was trying to wrestle them away from the champ. No word if he was successful, but surely he is not the only one who would love to get their hands on a rare piece of Slam Dunk history. As far as we know, there are no plans to release the shoe for retail, but it has cemented its immediate status as one of the most memorable Slam Dunk Contest images of the last decade, as well as one of the most incredible PE’s ever seen.
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BELOW ARE THE CURRENT LISTINGS FOR THESE KICKS ON EBAY:
[If kicks below are a random assortment, desired kicks are not currently available on eBay.]
February 15th, 2009 at 6:34 pm
please make this a house of hoops exclusive
February 15th, 2009 at 7:35 pm
the best Nike Foamposite PEs EVER MADE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
omfg dese r fuckn str8 fire!!!!!
February 15th, 2009 at 8:55 pm
WACKALA.
February 15th, 2009 at 8:56 pm
EWl.
February 15th, 2009 at 8:57 pm
fux those r fire
wonder if they r gonna be relased i n the future
February 16th, 2009 at 2:25 am
those are stupid,lovem
February 16th, 2009 at 5:31 am
man it was siicck.. nike please make it for public… i will camp out for it…
February 16th, 2009 at 7:17 am
i only don’t like “K” logo on the foam.
February 16th, 2009 at 7:22 am
These are AWSUM!!!
February 16th, 2009 at 1:25 pm
crazy i dont know if i like em or not
February 16th, 2009 at 1:34 pm
Psst. Been there wore those. igotem’
February 16th, 2009 at 2:03 pm
prob the best foams i have ever seen!
February 16th, 2009 at 5:51 pm
I luv the shoes. Check them out in action.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbQnEN1m6aY
February 16th, 2009 at 7:17 pm
they should release these shits n niccname em the KryptoNates
February 16th, 2009 at 10:25 pm
THESE ARE STR8 FIRE!!! Lose the “K” on the side though.
February 17th, 2009 at 8:38 am
^^^^lmao
That is exactly what I said when i saw the close up pictures.
These sneakers look ok and they are historic considering the slam dunk contest, but my question to you all is without the slam dunk, would they still be hot?
I don’t think so.
They look cool, don’t get me wrong, but they are not as great as everybody is saying. They great cause of the dunk. To keep the hype up, they should be released in very limited quantities. Krtyptonite is limited so why not the shoe?
PS
Try this color grren on the foampisites and flightposite… will it sell?
February 21st, 2009 at 4:27 pm
For all you historians Ron Wright is the designer of Nate’s shoe. Ron’s done some of the dopest shoes at Nike but is a low key kinda guy. He deserves mad credit on this one……
February 24th, 2009 at 2:30 pm
These are so hot they need to be called the “Chronic”
March 3rd, 2009 at 12:33 pm
these sneakers are fire!
March 3rd, 2009 at 12:33 pm
these shits is fireee!