Nike Basketball is famous for its thematic releases, especially its Christmas-themed sneakers. While the golden era of these holiday collections has come and gone, the label still comes forward with new colorways on the latest signature sneakers. For 2024, we’ve already gotten a preview of Ja Morant’s Nike Ja 2 in the X-Mas Tree Topper color scheme and have now just received our first look at LeBron James’ Nike LeBron 22 in an X-Mas colorway.
Taking on a split design, Christmas colors of white, red, and dusty cactus cover the upper of the left pair. A metallic shine is applied to the dusty cactus portions, wrapping around the toebox, collar, and midfoot, while the white Swoosh cutout is trimmed with red nylon. This red nylon extends onto the heel tab and forms LeBron’s signature.
The fuzzy white rope laces add to the winter theme, contrasting the dusty cactus perforated tongue and the dusty cactus-shaded branding window. Along the medial side, we see a small embroidered Swoosh in red land near the toe, with other red hits coming placed on the TPU eyelets. On the right pair, the color palette flips to feature red details on most of the upper accented by blue on the nylon piping and heel tab.
Below is a midsole with a top-loaded shank plate near the heel, a top-loaded Zoom Turbo unit in the forefoot, a bottom-loaded Zoom Air unit in the heel, and a full-length Cushlon 2.0 foam. Outside this packed sole unit is a snowflake embroidered on the medial side. Finishing the design is a two-tone green and white rubber outsole.
The Nike LeBron 22 X-Mas will release on December 26, 2024, through Nike and select retailers online and in-store. Available in men’s sizing, the retail price is $190. Download the Sole Retriever mobile app to stay updated on the latest releases, raffles, news, and more in the sneaker and streetwear world.
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