Dawn Staley Wasted No Time Rocking A'ja Wilson's New Nike Shoes
On February 3, Las Vegas Aces icon and 2024 WNBA MVP A'ja Wilson posted an X video of her reacting to her new Nike signature shoe as it was (apparently) revealed to her for the first time.
The video is captioned, "one time for the sneak 👟😏," and shows Wilson clearly emotional about what appears to be the culmination of a ton of hard work between her and Nike in releasing this highly-anticipated shoe.
At the video's end, the words, "check back tomorrow" were shown on the screen, which suggested that these shoes will be revealed to the world on Tuesday.
one time for the sneak 👟😏 pic.twitter.com/n2HvWIz1Pp
— A'ja Wilson (@_ajawilson22) February 4, 2025
And that's exactly what ended up occurring, as several accounts have posted about the first signature sneaker, the A’One, which is initially launching in a "Pink Aura" colorway in May 2025.
Nike has unveiled @_ajawilson22’s first signature sneaker, the A’One 👏
— B/R Kicks (@brkicks) February 4, 2025
Her “Pink Aura” launch colorway is set to release May 2025 pic.twitter.com/B0E5NU4MS7
While this was the first time that the general basketball community got to see Wilson's new shoes (which have been receiving rave reviews), clearly some received an exclusive first look and were even given Wilson's shoe in advance.
One of these is Dawn Staley, who was Wilson's coach on the South Carolina Gamecocks.
Soon after the shoes were revealed, Staley made an X post that showed her flexing a pair of the new shoes on her feet along with a video of her reaction to the kicks the first time she unboxed them.
"Let us all “A” for the A’ONEs! @_ajawilson22," Staley wrote in the post's caption.
Let us all “A” for the A’ONEs! @_ajawilson22 pic.twitter.com/GEAJHbCcdH
— dawnstaley (@dawnstaley) February 4, 2025
Perhaps we'll see Staley rocking Wilson's shoes on the sidelines when her Gamecocks face Georgia on February 6.
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Grant Young covers Women’s Basketball, the New York Yankees, and the New York Mets for Sports Illustrated’s ‘On SI’ sites. He holds an MFA degree in creative writing from the University of San Francisco (USF), where he also graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing and played on USF’s Division I baseball team for five years. However, he now prefers Angel Reese to Angels in the Outfield.
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