Monday, October 27th, 2008 at 7:59 am  |  29 responses

KG Will Ring In Opening Night In Style

The Big Ticket has some extremely limited sneaks.

KG Will Ring In Opening Night In Style
by Chris O’Leary

In honor of the man’s first NBA championship, adidas has something special lined up for Kevin Garnett on opening night.

KG will be wearing a special customized 2008 champions version of his Team Signature Commander shoe when his Celtics host LeBron and the Cavs in Boston on Tuesday night. The shoe is as much a tribute to KG’s first championship ring as it is the Celtics legacy.

The white, green and gold colors are inspired by the Larry O’Brien trophy, while the insole has the dates and scores of all six of the 2008 Finals games and the NBA champions logo.

Now, why these shoes will be so difficult to get a hold of. There were only 17 pairs made–you guessed it–in honor of the C’s 17 world championships. That doesn’t mean that you can’t get a pair, though. You can bid for one of the 17 pairs at the Celtics shop, starting Tuesday at 8 p.m. ET in conjunction with the game’s tip-off.

All cash raised from the auction will go to the Boston Celtics Shamrock Foundation, which benefits local children through education and community support programs.

adidas has also made limited edition Celtics’ championship jerseys, warm-up jackets and a Superstar 1. All of these will be available at the NBA Store in New York, the Celtics Shop and the TD Banknorth Garden Pro Shop.

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  • Andrew Posted: Oct.27 at 8:22 am
    cool

  • riggs Posted: Oct.27 at 9:05 am
    what is going on with designers these days….?

  • Co Co Posted: Oct.27 at 9:15 am
    Yikes! Waaay too much going on with that shoe…..

  • Co Co Posted: Oct.27 at 9:20 am
    But I should also say that I’m not into sneakers so take that for what it’s worth…

  • Ben Osborne Posted: Oct.27 at 10:23 am
    Thanks, Chris.

  • Justin Walsh Posted: Oct.27 at 11:11 am
    sweet shoes; also love the number of shoes made coinciding with the number of celts rings.

  • Chris O'Leary Posted: Oct.27 at 11:21 am
    It’ll be cool to see KG wearing these tomorrow night (can’t believe we’re just a day away). I like the design myself, but when there are only 17 pairs made, you could throw Dino Radja on the shoe and still have the demand through the roof. Maybe not Dino Radja, but you get my point. Eric Montross? Scalabrine?

  • Froggiestyle Posted: Oct.27 at 12:04 pm
    fail! marketing numbnuts foil another good idea

  • Roy Posted: Oct.27 at 1:35 pm
    looks nice though. :D

  • B Deezy Posted: Oct.27 at 1:45 pm
    these kicks are crazy nice…its a shame i wont be able to get ‘em…

  • Boing Dynasty Posted: Oct.27 at 1:49 pm
    I have 18 pairs of these.

  • mat smith Posted: Oct.27 at 2:09 pm
    I wanted shoes with my face on too! when I was five….

  • kizit50 Posted: Oct.27 at 2:42 pm
    wow, these are lookin sweet. am not usually into lotsa colours with kicks, but these are nice. well done KG, Celts and Adidas!!!!

  • thesubwayconnection Posted: Oct.27 at 2:47 pm
    Great, except for those checkers. Green and gold. . .

  • Hub Hoops » Blog Archive » T-Minus 28 hours... Posted: Oct.27 at 4:23 pm
    [...] Even cooler, I think, are the kicks Kevin Garnett will be sporting. [...]

  • B. Long Posted: Oct.27 at 4:23 pm
    If I was a Boston Celtics fan I would cop these.

  • s.e.a.n Posted: Oct.27 at 4:35 pm
    I agree subway those checkers have got to go.

  • mitch Posted: Oct.27 at 5:26 pm
    these look awesome

  • Hibachi Posted: Oct.27 at 5:52 pm
    i like them

  • Chris Ujma Posted: Oct.27 at 7:36 pm
    special? unique? they look just like a high-top lovechild of the Las Vegas Gil All Stars http://theassociation.blogs.com/the_association/images/472ki6x.jpg

  • Teddy-the-Bear Posted: Oct.27 at 9:22 pm
    Awesome. Don’t listen to thesubwayconnection, he likes skateboarding shoes…

  • Andrew Posted: Oct.27 at 10:15 pm
    Chris – exactly what I thought. I made my non-sneakerhead bro by those Gilzeros because they didnt have my size. I’m pi$$ed I missed out on them.

  • Reno Posted: Oct.28 at 12:27 am
    The shoe reminds me of a “Ketupat”…its an Indonesian traditional food..google it, you’ll see the resemblence

  • VC Posted: Oct.28 at 1:44 am
    KG is my man but comeing from a CAVS who gives a F^$&

  • chintao Posted: Oct.28 at 3:01 am
    I have to agree with mat smith. I mean, KG never leaves home without his face, right? Everywhere he goes, he’s wearing his face. Why does he need to put pictures of himself on his shoes? It’s going to be weird to see him wear these things.

  • ♦MyKal♠ Posted: Oct.28 at 3:40 am
    Hot.- the shoes- (oh and me)

  • SLAM ONLINE | » Your Chance To Win KG’s Rare Kicks Posted: Oct.29 at 8:43 am
    [...] First, the good. Since the people at adidas have a whole lot of love for SLAM readers, they’ve set us up with a pair of Kevin Garnett’s Championship Edition Commander sneaker. Yeah, one of the extremely limited (17 pairs made, people) sneaks I wrote about earlier this week. They’re a size 15–the same as KG’s–and we’re giving them away here on the site. Good news, right? I’d go as far as to say great news, even. [...]

  • Matt Posted: Nov.10 at 10:26 am
    coolest shoes ever,I love the celtics ,i have green in my blood.

  • woodley3 Posted: Jan.20 at 4:49 am
    lol at Reno
    i did and ur right

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