Patrick Johnson 
Hip-hop and basketball are often synonymous with players wanting to be rappers and vice versa. That’s why we’re so excited about this latest Nike Basketball apparel collection that pays tribute to the gaudy era of southern hip-hop album covers that frequently featured designs from Pen & Pixel, a Houston-based company with a penchant for photoshopped revelry that specialized in the ridiculous.
Nike Basketball’s homage comes in the form of a handful of t-shirts featuring iced-out diamond encrusted basketballs featuring the likes of Kyrie Irving and Kobe Bryant. We can only hope that more are on the way featuring LeBron, Paul George, and the rest of the Swoosh’s hoops roster. Kyrie’s might be the best so far, with multiple overlays of a seriously grim-looking Kyrie, his signature logo shining in diamonds and a flaming ‘fear is not real’ wordmark at the bottom just resting there unexplained. Fear might not be, but a spherical world is, Kyrie. Prices range from $35 – $40 USD.
Grab your favorite tee today at Sneaker Politics and be on the lookout for each to arrive via Nike.com in the near future.
