words // Brandon Richard
With Derrick Rose’s latest signature adidas basketball shoes officially launching today, it’s only fitting that we take a look back at what the NBA’s reigning MVP has worn on his feet up to his point. An adidas athlete during his short stay at the University of Memphis, Derrick made a big splash in the footwear world when he signed a multi-year deal to endorse the brand professionally in the summer of 2008. Since then, Rose has received special player edition make-ups, a signature line and has become the face of adidas Basketball.
Derrick’s professional career began in personalized colorways of the adidas TS Creator and will hopefully resume this year with his third signature shoe, the adiZero Rose 2. In between, we’ve seen Rose editions of the TS Cut Creator and Supernatural Creator, as well as multiple colorways of the adiZero Rose and adiZero Rose 1.5. Last year he even broke away from his sigs temporarily to lace up the Crazy 8 and adiZero Crazy Light. Below is a look at nearly all of the models Derrick has worn in the NBA, including a few unique colorways for special occasions.
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2008 NCAA National Championship Game – adidas TS Pro Model Tournament Series “Memphis”
2008 Summer League – adidas TS Pro Model
2008-2009 NBA Season – adidas TS Creator
NBA All-Star Saturday Night 2009 – adidas TS Lightning Creator
First Half of 2009-2010 NBA Season – adidas TS Cut Creator
Second Half of 2009-2010 NBA Season – adidas TS Supernatural Creator
2010 NBA All-Star Game – adidas TS Supernatural Creator “All-Star East”
2010 FIBA World Championship – adidas adiZero Rose “USA”
First Half of 2010-2011 NBA Season – adidas adiZero Rose
NBA All-Star Game 2011 – adidas adiZero Rose “All-Star”
Second Half of 2010-2011 NBA Season – adidas adiZero Rose 1.5
February 24, 2011 – adidas Crazy 8 – “Derrick Rose” / “Louisville”
St. Patrick’s Day 2011 – adidas adiZero Rose 1.5 “St. Patrick’s Day”
NBA Playoffs 2011 – adidas adiZero Crazy Light “Derrick Rose”
2011-2012 NBA Season (???) – adidas adiZero Rose 2
Excellent feature. Dude’s worn some really nice shoes…
*drool.. Cut Creators.. awesome looking silhouette..
That TS supernatural creator is SICK!!!! I gotta find that shoe!!!!
very nice feature! very good sneaker story.
sweet!
Adidas are so ugly. Those Crazy Lights may as well as be wrestling shoes. Am I the only one that noticed that the first game D Rose wore the Crazy Lights in the playoffs he jacked his ankle then never wore them again. Also am I the only one who remembers how Lebron made D Rose look like a little girl in the playoffs.
And a nice career it has been!!!
very cool thou i am more a nike guy..thank g-d kb went swooshing! wish he started off on swoosh..wonder what he would have rocked early in his career? jb? a xiv in a laker home aks black toes but white and purple would be ridic!
like those yellow pair
Them Memphis shoes, yuck.
srry those shoes look ugly!!!!!!!!!!
#DROSE HAD HAD A #NIC3SHOECAREER…
Shoes have gotten better and better – 2.0 is the best of the lot.
I MISS YOU DROSE!!
BTW – this needs an update