There’s a longstanding tradition whereby Nike creates special PEs of LeBron James’s current signature shoe for some of the nation’s elite high school hoops programs. The tradition goes back the better part of a decade, and just this year has spawned eye-popping editions for LA’s Fairfax High as well as the alma mater of LBJ himself, Akron’s St. Vincent-St. Mary. And now, add one more to the list: an “Away” Nike LeBron 12 Christ the King PE, following their “Home” edition debuted in March.
The innovative hoops shoe is done up in the signature palette of the NYC high school, a perennial fixture in regional and national rankings. Burgundy cloaks the upper’s Hyperposite and Megafuse, paired with gold on the latter, while white works the branding and inner-lining for a bold, head-turning aesthetic.
Amid a sea of LeBron 12s that actually got a public release — the LeBron 12 Christ the King will not — is this one of the model’s best?
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