Etched into the heel is the word Freak vertically scrawled in handwritten-font, to further pay tribute to the famed MVP star. To finish off the shoe, support ridges are highlighted in a light blue, while the soles of the shoe stays with the desert-tan theme. Warmer tones are used to emphasize the details of the shoe, including the Nike Swoosh, adorned in a bright red on the side, the deep orange laces, and an eye-catching yellow heel tab. The alphabet-detailing is accented in an array of colors and is printed on both the tongue and the heels. The shoe comes in a Desert Sand/Sail/Camellia/Gym Red color scheme where the neutral tones are seen throughout the silhouette. The Nike Zoom Freak 2 is priced at $130 USD, and scheduled to follow its “Naija” debut with a black/white option on August 7th “Bamo” on September 18th and white/cement on October 1st.Nicknamed the Alphabet Soup growing up, due to his hard to pronounce last name, Antetokounmpo and his accolades are being honored with the sneaker’s new design in alphabet lettering. Support at the heel is achieved by a soft foam solution. (By comparison, the Nike Zoom Freak 1 has a traditional midsole/outsole build.) Furthermore, a Zoom Air unit was added to the model with no foam above or below it to minimize obstruction between foot and Zoom Air and Zoom Air and floor. With this knowledge, the Nike Zoom Freak 2's outsole was separated into two pieces bridged together with a supportive shank in the midsole. To this end, Klein and his team studied the forward's feet and discovered they required unorthodox support when propelling into and landing from the Euro-step. Led by Nike Basketball Senior Design Director Ross Klein, the model's design was approached with one core mission: to maximize the effectiveness of Antetokounmpo's Euro-step. First teased unofficially in March 2020, the silhouette – which has been compared to the Nike PG 1 – officially debuts on July 25th, 2020 in a “Naija” colorway inspired by the Milwaukee Bucks forward's Nigerian heritage. The Nike Zoom Freak 2 is Giannis Antetokounmpo's second signature sneaker with Nike.

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