Adidas Harden Vol. 3 J 'Imma Star'
Colorway: Gold Metallic/Footwear White/Core Black · Style code: EE9369 · Release date: May 10, 2019 · Price: $2832 · Availability: Available now
More colorways: Adidas Harden Vol. 3 'Voyager' (F36443) · Adidas Harden Vol. 3 'Purple' (EE3959) · Adidas Harden Vol. 3 'Ivory' (EE3961) · Adidas Harden Vol. 3 'Coral' (D96990) · Adidas Harden Vol. 3 'Wanted' (EE9509)
adidas paid for this line before it existed. In 2015 the company signed James Harden to a thirteen-year contract reported at two hundred million dollars, an offer his previous sponsor held the right to match and declined to. The first signature model followed in late 2016, built on full-length Boost with a low cut and a leather upper, designed around a player whose game runs on hesitation and a step-back rather than on vertical explosion. By the third volume the formula had been refined rather than replaced. This is the grade-school build, sharing tooling with the adult pair and sized for the audience a signature line actually depends on: children who pick a player first and a shoe second. Metallic gold across the upper is not a subtle way of making that argument, and junior sizing is where a basketball line either takes root or quietly stops mattering.