Air Jordan Luka 1 GS 'Reverse Orca'
Colorway: White/Black/Volt · Style code: DQ6513-107 · Release date: November 8, 2022 · Price: $217 · Availability: Available now
More colorways: Air Jordan Luka 1 GS 'Black Lime Glow' (DQ6513-003) · Air Jordan Luka 1 GS 'Bred' (DQ6513-060) · Air Jordan Luka 1 GS 'Legend of 7' (DQ6513-104) · Air Jordan Luka 1 GS 'My Dawgs' (DQ6513-106) · Air Jordan Luka 1 GS 'The Pitch' (DQ6513-108)
Jordan Brand gave Luka Doncic a signature line in 2022, and the first shoe was designed around a specific problem: a guard who wins with changes of pace and direction rather than straight-line speed needs lateral containment more than he needs bounce.
The answer was an IsoPlate foot frame, a structure that holds the foot over the platform through hard cuts, paired with Formula 23, an injected foam Nike described as among the more sustainable performance cushioning it had produced. The upper is a single piece carrying a haptic print that shifts colour with the angle of the light, a nod to the deceptive, off-speed play the designers said they were working from. The adult model released through 2022 at 110 dollars, with the first pairs arriving at the end of June; this grade-school version followed in November at 80. Reverse Orca keeps the palette blunt (white panels, black blocking, a single volt accent) against the black-led makeup it takes its name from.