After providing a glimpse of the Nike LeBron 18 at practice earlier this week, LeBron James gave his latest signature shoe a proper debut Thursday ahead of the Los Angeles Lakers' scrimmage against the Dallas Mavericks.
The new sneaker features a split design from the forefoot to the heel, which according to Nike, is both technical and symbolic.
"At this point, LeBron has spent half his life with Nike," designer Jason Petrie said. "We wanted to make him a shoe that played with this idea of two halves. How could we keep improvising on the Max Air value that LeBron loves, but use the forefoot half to sharpen the low-to-the-ground, micro-shifts that LeBron needs to cut and transition down the floor? We've gotten near-surgically detailed on these features so that the sum of the shoe's parts come together for LeBron, and for every kind of player."
The LeBron 18 will be available to the public beginning in September.