Kicks On Court<\/a> to see the player’s tribute on Martin Luther King Day.<\/p>\nLast night, Nike supplied some of their brand members with special grey, black, red and green colored sneakers as a tribute to the African-American heritage and Martin Luther King Jr. Each sneaker features a predominately grey foil-like upper with hints of black, green and red throughout the upper. Players including Kobe Bryant, Rudy Gay, Nate Robinson and Luol Deng wore sneakers such as the Kobe V, the Zoom Sharkalaid and the Blue Chip II in this special colorway. Click here to view these kicks plus more worn by Ray Allen, Gerald Wallace, Rasheed Wallace and others.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\nLos Angeles Lakers wearing the Nike Zoom Kobe V "MLK Tribute"<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nKobe Bryant in the Nike Zoom Kobe V "MLK Tribute"<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nNike Zoom Kobe V "MLK Tribute"<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nRudy Gay turning the corner in the Nike Zoom Sharkalaid "MLK Tribute"<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nNate Robinson shooting a jumper in the Nike Blue Chip II "MLK Tribute"<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nOJ Mayo (left) and Leandro Barbosa (right) in the Nike Air Max Rise "MLK Tribute" and the Adidas TS Lightning Creator, respectively<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nLuol Deng in the Nike Blue Chip II "MLK Tribute"<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nDante Cunningham (left) and Caron Butler (right) in the Nike Air Max Rise "MLK Tribute" and the Nike Zoom Flip'n, respectively <\/figcaption><\/figure>\nMarcus Thornton laying it up in the Nike Hyperize "MLK Tribute"<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nDerrick Rose sporting the Adidas Young Guns <\/figcaption><\/figure>\nRay Allen shooting in the Air Jordan 12 Retro PE<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nGerald Wallace in the Air Jordan 12 Retro PE<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nMonta Ellis in the AND1 ME8 "MLK Tribute"<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nJosh Smith (left) and Kevin Durant (right) in the Adidas TS Commander LT and the Nike KD2, respectively <\/figcaption><\/figure>\nRasheed Wallace shooting in the Nike Air Force 1 Hi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nMike Conley defending in the Adidas Young Guns and Steve Nash driving in the Nike Cradle Rock <\/figcaption><\/figure>\nJoe Johnson shooting a fadeaway jumper in the Jordan 16.5 <\/figcaption><\/figure>\nPics via Yahoo<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A plethora of tributes, hidden messages and stories can be formulated through sneakers (see Sneaker Geeks). Last night, we spotted…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":149,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1225551],"cultivate_rss":[],"class_list":{"2":"type-post"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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