photo by Doug Pensinger \/Allsport<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nThe Flightposite made its NBA All-Star debut in Oakland in February 2000 and was worn on court by several NBA All-Stars including Jason Kidd of the Phoenix Suns whose PE pair featured his #32, Allan Houston of the New York Knicks whose iconic PE pair featured custom Knicks colors and his nickname \u201cH20\u201d embroidered on the tongue and Tim Duncan whose pair was also given the #21 PE treatment as well.<\/p>\n
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The two most sought-after Flightposite PE samples, however, are the Kobe #8 PE version as well as KG\u2019s \u201cThe Future\u201d black PE pair in his size 15 which featured a rare KG logo in special font, \u201cThe Future\u201d and \u201cGarnett\u201d written along each heel pull tab, and his #21 embroidered along the lateral aspect.<\/p>\n
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2008 re-releases and limited-edition 2014 retro launches were met with limited fanfare, with 2019 pairs proving fitting tributes to this late-90s Nike classic, a perfect fusion of streamlined engineering and biomechanics, performance, aesthetics, and function.<\/p>\n
The 1999 Nike Air Flightposite: Because beauty isn\u2019t hard to define.<\/p>\n
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Select photos courtesy of @sneakernews, @onfootarchives, @doc_downes, @thegallerybyroundtwo, and @tony0214<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"photography by Rob Mata Form Follows Function. Celebrating 20 years to the day since it released for the first time,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":328308,"featured_media":871732,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1224791,1225493,1225514,34],"tags":[4,1225484],"cultivate_rss":[],"class_list":{"2":"type-post"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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