Matt Varga Ja Morant and his Memphis Grizzlies will seek to avenge a 2024-25 campaign that came to an end at the hands of injury and the eventual champion Oklahoma City Thunder. If you apply Deion Sanders’ everlasting motto, the odds are already looking that good that #12 can make good on that promise. The Nike Ja 3 has been off to a hot start, delivering on high anticipation for his latest signature, and in typical fashion, he’s taking a preview of what’s to come into his own hands.
No doubt on a more elevated platform than his Instagram “leaks” of upcoming colorways, Ja sat down with SLAM Kicks to pull back the curtain on what he and his silhouette has in store. The basketball institutions’ copy references “leaks from overseas [that] spoiled the fun,” and that is, in fact, the caveat we have to include up top: all of these pairs are ones we’ve caught wind of through early in-hand looks. However, those far-away previews can’t substitute for Morant’s personal stamp on these upcoming pairs. To dispense with already-released product, Morant’s cargo included the debut “NY vs. NY,” the wide release “Light Show,” the PE “Peach Jam,” and the reveal “Price of Admission / Max Volume.
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- Nike Ja 3 “NY v. NY”SLAM Kicks
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- Nike Ja 3 “Peach Jam”SLAM Kicks
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- Nike Ja 3 “Light Show”SLAM Kicks
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- Nike Ja 3 “Price of Admission”SLAM Kicks
The “Channel 12,” reportedly inspired by the alternate poster for the 2005 Memphis-set “Hustle and Flow,” is next up in the cadence. Looking further ahead, Ja attaches official titles to variations further down the lin. Throwback Grizzlies colors define the “Scratch 3.0,” the latest in an overarching series for his signatures that comes as the bear-inspired motif comes to compositionally define the Ja 3. The “Spooky Season” is a glow-in-the-dark Halloween edition with insoles of a zombified Twelve on the insoles, and the “Snowed In” brings Morant’s energetic touch to classic Christmas colors, carrying a snow globe badge on the tongue.
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- Nike Ja 3 “Channel 12”SLAM Kicks
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- Nike Ja 3 “Scratch 3.0”SLAM Kicks
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- Nike Ja 3 “Spooky Season”SLAM Kicks
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- Nike Ja 3 “Snowed In”SLAM Kicks
Finally, we get a look at two currently unnamed pairs; a Neapolitan-like “Mink Brown” and a tonal version with stark resemblance to the Kobe 6 “All Star 2.0.” Barring any special edition premiums, each of these pairs is expected to clock in with the usual $130 MSRP. For the pairs without concrete dates, we’ll keep you updated via our Sneaker Release Dates page.
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- Nike Ja 3 SLAM Kicks
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- Nike Ja 3 SLAM Kicks
