{"id":400778,"date":"2014-08-26T10:35:11","date_gmt":"2014-08-26T15:35:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/?p=400778"},"modified":"2018-12-31T06:06:41","modified_gmt":"2018-12-31T11:06:41","slug":"10-years-running-huarache-2k4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/10-years-running-huarache-2k4\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Years and Running: A Salute to the Nike Air Zoom Huarache 2k4"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <strong>Nike Air Zoom Huarache 2k4<\/strong> released during a unique transition time for performance basketball\u00a0sneakers. The Nike LeBron James series had just launched less than a year before the Huarache&#8217;s release. All eyes were on Jordan Brand&#8217;s next move, as they commenced the\u00a0next chapter of their legacy by delivering the Air Jordan XIX,\u00a0<span style=\"color: #252525;\">the first Jordan release after MJ&#8217;s third, and final, retirement. On-court sneakers memories were being made during the 2004 NBA All-Star Weekend\u00a0by the likes of Tracy McGrady and LeBron James, who wore mismatched\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #252525;\">adidas T-Mac 3s and a &#8220;Wheat&#8221; colorway of his first signature shoe, respectively, and Carmelo Anthony had recently arrived on the scene with a Jordan signature in addition to eye-opening PEs from the storied brand. It was an interesting time for sneakers, and the Huarache 2k4 could&#8217;ve easily gotten lost in the shuffle.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Eric Avar-designed 2k4\u00a0showed face for the first time a few days before the 2004 NBA All-Star Game on the feet of Kobe Bryant in a Lakers road game against the Houston Rockets. Prior to the sighting, Bryant was often spotted in player exclusive versions of the Nike Air Flight Huarache during the first half of the 2003-2004 NBA season &#8211; his first year with Nike &#8211; so employing The Black Mamba as the poster child for the 2k4 was organic and ideal. Three days later, the &#8220;LA&#8221; edition appeared in the All-Star Game &#8211; also debuted by Kobe Bryant &#8211; and became an<span style=\"color: #4b4b4b;\">\u00a0exclusive to Niketown LA and NikeTown.com<\/span><span style=\"color: #4b4b4b;\">\u00a0in its first meeting with the masses.<\/span>\u00a0Yet,\u00a0the shoe would make an even bigger splash during March Madness, as a number of college basketball notables, such as David Lee, Jarrett Jack, Tony Allen and Daniel Ewing, wore it during the 2004 NCAA Tournament. The 2k4 became available to the public during the second week of the NCAA Tournament for $125, and to make it even more admirable, consumers were given the opportunity to add personal messages of inspiration to the shoes through NIKEiD.com.<\/p>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<p>Throughout the following summer, the Huarache 2k4 became a staple on basketball courts all around the nation during AAU tournaments, the Olympics, various summer leagues and pickup games. Bryant began the next NBA season the way he ended the 2003-2004 campaign by opening up in the classic design before switching to the 2k5 version. It may not have technically been his own, but Bryant\u2019s name eventually became synonymous with the 2k4.\u00a0 What started off as a simple shoe that carried the same moniker as the Fab Five-famous Flight Huarache in the 90s, became an instant classic of its own in a matter of months. Its sleek silhouette, sheer simplicity and prototypical aesthetics &#8211; mixed with modern technology &#8211; made for a shoe that instantly transcended generations.<\/p>\n<p>More recently, Nike Basketball opted to return the Huarache 2k4 to the shelves, as it appeared in multiple colorways during 2012. It was also reissued on NIKEiD to the delight of many who were a fan of the shoe in the early 2000s. As if it were a brand new creation, the 2k4 began to appear on the feet of many NBA athletes and college basketball players, including Rajon Rondo &#8211; a first-time wearer of the shoe in college &#8211; who recorded a career high of 44 points during the 2012 Eastern Conference Finals in the &#8220;Volt&#8221; colorway.<\/p>\n<p>10 years later, the Nike Air Zoom Huarache 2k4&#8217;s influence and DNA is ever-so-present in Nike Basketball&#8217;s latest silhouettes, namely the Nike Hyperdunk series. It is still, and forever will be, considered one of the most innovative and influential designs ever created.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #252525;\">The Huarache 2k4 could&#8217;ve easily gotten lost in the shuffle, but it emerged from the mid-2000s as one of, if not the best performance basketball shoe of the last decade.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Nike Air Zoom Huarache 2k4 released during a unique transition time for performance basketball\u00a0sneakers. 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