{"id":893592,"date":"2019-02-14T18:18:11","date_gmt":"2019-02-14T23:18:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/?p=893592"},"modified":"2019-02-19T17:09:38","modified_gmt":"2019-02-19T22:09:38","slug":"nate-robinson-dunk-contest-kryptonate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/nate-robinson-dunk-contest-kryptonate\/","title":{"rendered":"Nate Robinson Won the Dunk Contest as “KryptoNate” 10 Years Ago Today"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s a bird! It’s a plane!<\/p>\n

It’s Nate Robinson<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

On This Day in Sneaker History<\/em>, the 5’9 flyer by way of Washington jumped over Dwight “Superman” Howard to win the 2009 NBA Slam Dunk Contest.<\/p>\n

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photo by Nathaniel S. Butler\/NBAE\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Switching shoes and rotating jerseys, Robinson had the whole arena green with envy as he unveiled the “KryptoNate” Nike Air Foamposite Lite<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

A ‘posite PE that would hit House of Hoops as a limited launch, the shoes catapulted Nate over the defending champ, 6’11 center Dwight Howard, for one of the most memorable moments in Dunk Contest history.<\/p>\n

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The ultimate display of heart of over height, relive Nate’s epic performance – and Dwight being a great sport – in the video below. Also check out shoe shots via GOAT<\/a> of the slept on sneaker that’ll still turn heads.<\/p>\n