{"id":470929,"date":"2015-11-05T17:17:21","date_gmt":"2015-11-05T22:17:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/?p=470929"},"modified":"2019-01-23T00:57:21","modified_gmt":"2019-01-23T05:57:21","slug":"nike-kd-iv-n7-throwback-thursday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/nike-kd-iv-n7-throwback-thursday\/","title":{"rendered":"Nike KD IV &#8220;N7&#8221; \/\/ Throwback Thursday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As the Oklahoma City Thunder look to capture their once prominent stronghold on the Western Conference, that task will be readily possible with the return of noted NBA superstar Kevin Durant. With his game continuing to respond from recovery, his notable Nike KD 8 signature silhouette seems to hold up well as various colorways and iterations have been spotted during this young season. However, recently, the latest iteration of his Nike KD &#8220;N7&#8221; series surfaced on the web and it provided the best inspiration for our newest edition of <strong>Throwback Thursday<\/strong> as we focus on the<strong>\u00a0Nike KD IV &#8220;N7&#8221;<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>To see more, involving the eclectic history of this makeup then flip through the pages below to enjoy.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">History of Nike N7<\/h2>\n<p>Dating all the way back to the year 2000, Sam McCracken developed the initiative to sell Nike products exclusively to Native American tribes in order to boost their growth and development, specifically through donations aimed at health promotion and disease prevention programs. According to the N7 Fund\u2019s official site, the \u201cN7\u201d name derives from the Native American wisdom of Seven Generations that states: \u201cWe must consider the impact of our decisions on the seventh generation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Serendipitously, seven years later the N7 lineage would begin.<\/p>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">The Next Superstar: Kevin Durant<\/h2>\n<p>After being drafted second overall to the Seattle Supersonics, the consensus surrounding the talented forward was that it would be just a matter of time before he blossomed into a superstar. Garnering Rookie of the Year honors, KD and the Supersonics would relocate to Oklahoma City and a perennial contender would emerge soon after. With his ties beginning to run deep through the state, Durant began to showcase philanthropic work through both personal and professional endeavors.<\/p>\n<p>This couldn&#8217;t have been any more obvious than with the emergence of his signature line garnering the N7 aesthetic, and subsequently giving back to the Native American laden territory of Oklahoma.<\/p>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Nike KD IV &#8220;N7&#8221;<\/h2>\n<p>With Kevin Durant being a vital member of the Oklahoma City community and being a premier star within the NBA, it only made sense for Nike to push this notable player and cause to the forefront. Beginning in 2012 with the Nike KD IV, the N7 makeups of the aforementioned silhouette would employ two different color ways with one involving a mostly white upper and the other employing a black makeup. Both models would be seen with vibrant accents throughout and detailed imagery along the upper.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, &#8220;Everyone Leaves A Footprint&#8221; would be the tagline for the N7 Collection. Furthermore, the turquoise color-scheme highlighted within his signature shoe is highly symbolic of friendship and community in Native American culture, and is the foundation color of the N7 collection. Profits from the collection would help support the N7 fund that looks to create funding for Native American and Aboriginal grassroots sport and fitness programs for youth.<\/p>\n<p>During the 2012 contest against the Clippers in which Durant sported the Nike KD IV &#8220;N7,&#8221; he would tally 22 points in a loss.<\/p>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Legacy of the Nike KD N7 Lineage<\/h2>\n<p>As time has gone on, each of Kevin Durant&#8217;s subsequent signature silhouettes have incorporated the N7 makeup, and have grown to be a fan favorite of many. In addition, a variety of KD&#8217;s NBA bretheren have spent time on the hardwood in various N7 models such as Jordan Crawford who donned the &#8220;N7&#8221; Nike KD IV.<\/p>\n<p>Along with the sartitorial influences, KD&#8217;s kicks have helped inspired various eccentric masks created by freehand profit, that blends the two aforementioned silos into a rather remarkable &#8220;gas-mask&#8221; type aesthetic, as done by Freehand Profit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the Oklahoma City Thunder look to capture their once prominent stronghold on the Western Conference, that task will be&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":149,"featured_media":470971,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1224791,1225493,34],"tags":[1083,1206296,1206833,1225484],"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>Nike KD IV &quot;N7&quot; 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