{"id":571522,"date":"2017-12-15T15:53:48","date_gmt":"2017-12-15T20:53:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/?p=571522"},"modified":"2017-12-15T15:55:07","modified_gmt":"2017-12-15T20:55:07","slug":"kyrie-irvings-designer-ben-nethongkome-discusses-kyrie-4-process-asnkrsdaya-cast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/kyrie-irvings-designer-ben-nethongkome-discusses-kyrie-4-process-asnkrsdaya-cast\/","title":{"rendered":"Kyrie Irving’s Designer Ben Nethongkome Discusses Kyrie 4 Process On Snkrs Day Cast"},"content":{"rendered":"

words \/\/ Nick DePaula:<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

In advance of the new Kyrie 4 unveil today, Snkrs Day caught up with Nike Basketball designer Ben Nethongkome for a deep dive into the process of creating Kyrie Irving’s latest signature sneaker.<\/p>\n

Built with the Celtics franchise point guard’s speed and quickness in mind, along with his unique shiftiness and performance demands, Nethongkome was tasked with delivering a standout hoop shoe for one of the game’s greatest players. Irving is the basketball category’s 20th signature athlete in its storied history — the Kyrie 4 is the very first signature shoe that Ben was able to get his hands on designing. No pressure.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

“You get excited to get an opportunity like this to work with a signature athlete your whole life, and that\u2019s always been the ultimate goal,” he says.<\/p>\n

Click below to listen to the entire episode with Ben Nethongkome, which starts at the 9:08 minute mark and details Kyrie’s input along the way, how the Nike Basketball team reacted to his league-shifting trade to the Boston Celtics, and whether or not you can keep an eye out for a plant-based or flat earth-inspired colorway.<\/p>\n

Be sure to also subscribe to the Snkrs Day Cast on iTunes<\/a> for future episodes and interviews.<\/p>\n