{"id":419216,"date":"2014-12-05T17:34:01","date_gmt":"2014-12-05T22:34:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/?p=419216"},"modified":"2022-09-15T07:41:15","modified_gmt":"2022-09-15T12:41:15","slug":"chronological-look-all-suede-player-exclusives-on-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/chronological-look-all-suede-player-exclusives-on-court\/","title":{"rendered":"A Chronological Look at All-Suede Player Exclusives On Court"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sure, the biggest <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/tag\/kicks-on-court\/\">Kicks On Court<\/a><\/em> news from last night centered around Kyrie Irving and the debut of his first signature shoe, the <strong>Nike Kyrie 1<\/strong>. But there were other sneaker notables, such as King James&#8217; wear of the &#8220;Data&#8221; Nike LeBron 12 and Carmelo Anthony&#8217;s debut of a blue suede Jordan Melo M10 PE. The latter marks the fourth Melo player exclusive that has featured an all-suede construction in four years, which seems to be an ever-increasing fashion theme with player exclusives these days. Today, we take a brief look back at the most recent player exclusive debuts &#8211; from Carmelo Anthony, LeBron James, Rasheed Wallace and others &#8211; on court that were constructed predominately in suede.<\/p>\n<h2>9. Nike Air Max LeBron VII &#8220;Phantom&#8221;\u00a0Suede PE<\/h2>\n<p><strong>When<\/strong>: February of 2009-2010 NBA Season<br \/>\nKing James first wore suede on the NBA hardwood during the 2009-2010 NBA campaign, his last season in Cleveland. The &#8220;Phantom&#8221; LeBron VII&#8217;s leather panels and mudguard were swapped out for black suede on a pair he wore against the Boston Celtics in a nationally televised game.<\/p>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<h2>8. Jordan Melo M7 &#8220;Black Suede&#8221; PE<\/h2>\n<p><strong>When<\/strong>: March of 2010-2011 NBA Season<\/p>\n<p>Carmelo Anthony debuted a black and white Jordan Melo M7 in a late-season game against the Boson Celtics. The all-leather, stitched construction that makes up most of the Jordan Melo M7s was transformed into black suede and nubuck on this pair.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<h2>7. Jordan Melo M8 &#8220;Blue Suede&#8221; PE<\/h2>\n<p><strong>When<\/strong>: April\u00a0of 2011-2012 NBA Season<\/p>\n<p>Carmelo Anthony pulled out blue suede version of the\u00a0Jordan Melo M8 while scoring 43 points in a Sunday afternoon game against the Chicago Bulls right before the postseason. The\u00a0blue suede was\u00a0complimented by hits of orange and white on the branding, lace eyelets, midsole and inner liner.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<h2>6. Nike Air Force 1 &#8220;Blue Suede&#8221; PE<\/h2>\n<p><strong>When<\/strong>: November\u00a0of 2012-2013 NBA Season<\/p>\n<p>Rasheed Wallace came out of retirement and signed with the New York Knicks at the start of the 2012-2013 NBA season. In one of his first games of that season, Sheed\u00a0sported a\u00a0blue suede Nike Air Force 1 Hi PE. As with all of his Air Force 1 PEs, Sheed&#8217;s logo was incorporated\u00a0on the heel panel and overlapped by the swoosh.<\/p>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<h2>5. Nike LeBron X &#8220;Black Suede&#8221; PE<\/h2>\n<p><strong>When<\/strong>:\u00a0January\u00a0of 2012-2013 NBA Season<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #4b4b4b;\">In Ray Allen&#8217;s first return to Beantown since his departure to South Beach, LeBron James was actually the center of attention &#8211; at least sneaker-wise &#8211; as\u00a0he sported an all-suede, black and red\u00a0<\/span><strong style=\"color: #4b4b4b;\">Nike LeBron X PE<\/strong><span style=\"color: #4b4b4b;\">\u00a0that featured a speckled midsole and a white outsole.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<h2>4. Nike LeBron X &#8220;Red Suede&#8221; PE<\/h2>\n<p><strong>When<\/strong>:\u00a0February of 2012-2013 NBA Season<\/p>\n<p>In\u00a0a 2012 NBA Finals rematch right before the 2013 All-Star break, LeBron James matched\u00a0up with\u00a0Kevin Durant and the Oklahoma City Thunder in his debut of a plush, all-red suede Nike LeBron X PE.<\/p>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<h2>3. Jordan Melo M9 &#8220;Blue Suede&#8221; PE<\/h2>\n<p><strong>When<\/strong>: November of 2013-2014 NBA Season<\/p>\n<p>Carmelo Anthony posted a big double double of 34 points and 15 rebounds while wearing a blue suede version of the Jordan Melo M9. Featuring a Game Royal suede base and multiple Orange accents (midsole, laces, inner lining), this particular makeup was available at select retailers overseas shortly after Anthony debuted it on court.<\/p>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<h2>2. AND1 Tai Chi &#8220;Blue Suede&#8221; PE<\/h2>\n<p><strong>When<\/strong>: January of 2013-2014 NBA Season<\/p>\n<p>Brooklyn native Lance Stephenson dropped a career high of 28 points against the New York\u00a0Knicks, a game in which he broke out an all-blue suede\u00a0<strong>AND1 Tai Chi PE<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<h2>1. Jordan Melo M10 &#8220;Blue Suede&#8221; PE<\/h2>\n<p><strong>When<\/strong>: December\u00a0of 2014-2015 NBA Season<\/p>\n<p>On a night where Kyrie Irving and his debut of the Nike Kyrie 1 was the focal point, Carmelo Anthony also took the chance to debut a new shoe of his own. Anthony laced up his latest all-suede shoe &#8211; this time opting for 100% blue suede on the Jordan Melo M10.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sure, the biggest Kicks On Court news from last night centered around Kyrie Irving and the debut of his first&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":149,"featured_media":419234,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[835,1219126],"tags":[1225537,1225551],"cultivate_rss":[],"class_list":{"2":"type-post"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.0 (Yoast SEO v24.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>A Chronological Look at All-Suede Player Exclusives On Court | Snkrs Day<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"With Carmelo Anthony&#039;s blue suede Jordan Melo M10 last night, we take a look at all of the recent suede 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