Any fan who follows basketball closely will remember how the first videos of Zion Williamson’s monster dunks and other moves began to appear online as early as the middle of the previous decade.

For those who follow a bit less closely, that was during the time when he was still in high school!

In addition to being insanely spectacular as a player at the time, he was also incredibly effective, so according to good old American customs, he became “the next big thing”. Even Drake wore his Spartanburg high school jersey on his IG post in 2017!

Any fan who follows basketball closely will remember how the first videos of Zion Williamson’s monster dunks and other moves began to appear online as early as the middle of the previous decade. For those who follow a bit less closely, that was during the time when he was still in high school! In addition to being insanely spectacular as a player at the time, he was also incredibly effective, so according to good old American customs, he became “the next big thing”. Even Drake wore his Spartanburg high school jersey on his IG post in 2017!

Air Jordan Zion 1

Basically, after an impressive and dominant high school career, there wasn’t a college in the U.S. that didn’t want Zion wearing their jersey (he got his first offer as early as a freshman in high school!), and he chose one of the most famous ones, Duke. Although he had injury problems during his freshman season and did not win the title, he showed great talent at this level as well with an average of 22.6 points, 8.9 rebounds, 2.1 steals, and 1.8 blocks, and also became one of the few first year players who recorded 500 points, 50 steals and 50 blocks. Before him, only Kevin Durant and Anthony Davis accomplished this, and that’s pretty good company, isn’t it?

All of this led to Zion being selected as the 1st overall pick of the 2019 NBA Draft by the New Orleans Pelicans after that one college season. Due to another injury during preseason, he played his first NBA game only about halfway through the season and he did it again in an impressive way. During one 3-minute period, he scored 17 points while finishing the game with a total of 18 minutes and 22 points with a shot percentage of 72.7 percent! This season, especially as of lately, he has raised his game to an even higher level and we think we can expect exciting great things from him and the Pelicans in the future.

This season, especially as of lately, he has raised his game to an even higher level and we think we can expect exciting great things from him and the Pelicans in the future.

The most interesting piece of information for us is the one about his choice of a “partner” for footwear and the decision was great for Jordan brand.

Zion immediately became the main ambassador of the Jordan 34 model, then for the 35s, and now we are quite excited about his own Jordan Zion 1 signature model!

At the moment, we can mostly write about a really striking design with a dominant Z pattern on the sides. Perhaps a little less noticeable is the letter W, which is located on the toebox, which also further reinforces that part of the sneaker exposed to higher wear and tear.

Many will remember that Zion had a problem with sneakers in one game while playing for Duke, so great attention was given to making the sneaker as durable as possible. At the same time, it was made sure not to make the final product bulky like a boot 🙂

The multi-directional pattern on the sole at first seems very similar to the one that proved to be a great success on the Nike Kyrie 7 model so the Jordan Zion 1 really has a lot of positive aspects. Another minor similarity with Kyrie’s rear flagship model are the bottom two lace eyelets that provide additional side foot locking. Beneath the entire foot, from heel to toe, is the Air Strobel technology, which has been bringing superior comfort to the signature models of Kevin Durant and Paul George for some time now. To make things even better, below this, and above the sole, there is also Zoom Air, which, along with comfort, brings an excellent movement energy return.

We mentioned that a lot of attention was paid to balancing the durability of the sneaker and its overall weight, and this can be seen not only on the excellent materials of the upper but also on the minimalist tongue, which best shows this connection through reinforcements only where necessary. Speaking of other signature lines, this is somewhat similar to the solution on the Nike LeBron 18 model, and the last model we will mention is that of Russell Westbrook with which a shared feature is the sole is divided into two parts.

All of this together leads us to the conclusion that this is the model you will want in your “rotation” to play in the gym. On the other hand, according to the first available colorways and Zion’s Jordan 34 and 35 PE editions that had crazy color combinations we are sure this sneaker will also be a lifestyle hit!