Adidas originals kareem abdul jabbar biography

For the first time in a decade, basketball’s first-ever signature sneaker is making its return.

The Adidas Jabbar, which made its debut in 1978 for Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and last released in 2014, will release this week in its original “Royal Blue” colorway with both high-and low-top versions. White leather covers the majority of both sneakers, while the striping makes use of blue leather and the toe cap grey suede.

The high-top then features a blue leather collar, while the low uses the same treatment for its mustache.

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A silhouette of Jabbar taking his legendary sky hook shot and his signature appear on the tongue tag in blue for the high-top and gold for the low.

While basketball sneakers had featured names of athletes prior to Abdul-Jabbar, the Adidas Jabbar was the first made specifically for a player.

Converse’s Chuck Taylor All-Stars were originally known as “No-Skids”