Tag: Lebron XXIII

An intial look at the “Grand Opening” Lebron XXIII

Brandon King

The “Grand Opening” colorway is inspired by the first game colorway of the Air Zoom Generation, his first signature shoe.  They sport an engineered FlyKnit upper with a wine and black woven section that forms a rand, in a “First Game” colorway callback. An iridescent Swoosh adorns the lateral side, while a gold-plated LJ23 logo is seen on the medial. Stitched inside the medial collar is “10-29-2003”, the date of LeBron’s debut, which took place against the Sacramento Kings.  An additional golden LeBron logo sits at the rear heel, completing…

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LeBron James Debuts the Nike LeBron 23 On-Court

Brandon King

As he prepares for his 23rd season, LeBron James was wearing a wear test iteration of the LeBron 23 in a recent training session.  The LeBron 23 will be a lower collared silhouette, a feature that has been an integral design element of every model since the XX. The black upper seems to feature an angular outsole that wraps along the foot on both the medial and lateral sides.  White the tooling has yet be disclosed, one could surmise that they will be equipped with the latest implementation of Zoom…

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