{"id":116364,"date":"2023-05-15T11:23:51","date_gmt":"2023-05-15T03:23:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/?p=116364"},"modified":"2023-05-19T12:09:05","modified_gmt":"2023-05-19T04:09:05","slug":"the-nike-ja-1-hunger-releases-on-25-may","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/2023\/05\/15\/the-nike-ja-1-hunger-releases-on-25-may\/","title":{"rendered":"The Nike Ja 1 \u201cHunger\u201d Releases on 25 May"},"content":{"rendered":"

[Update 19 May 2023] It’s been a year of controversies for Ja Morant. Twice now, he’s been suspended for brandishing a gun during an Instagram livestream, with the second suspension expected to be longer than the eight games of the first. This, even more embarrassing considering it happened in the off-season. With this growing infamy in the narrative, Nike has pulled out his upcoming “Hunger” sneaker out from their apps and partner retailers.<\/strong><\/p>\n

If there’s anything to discern from this, the Swoosh pulled the same move before terminating their contract with Kyrie Irving after his anti-Semitic remarks. Although they haven’t offered any official word on this, the future isn’t looking too bright for the Grizzlies superstar.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Ja Morant and Nike are releasing the next iteration of the newly debut Nike Ja 1<\/a>, in the form of a mismatched colorway titled “Hunger”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This comes in the midst of Ja Morant’s suspension by the Memphis Grizzlies on 14 May, after he allegedly flashed a gun once again during an Instagram Live. This comes two months after he was involved in a similar incident, in which he was suspended by the NBA for 8 games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In terms of the mismatched shoe design itself, one side comes in University Red while the other in Game Royal on the mesh uppers. To tie up the design, a jet-black Swoosh arrives on the midpanel, while a speckled midsole highlights the basketball shoe. Morant’s number “12” arrives on the heel, while his signature logo appears in gold on both tongues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whether the news of his latest controversy will impact the release of the Nike Ja 1 “Hunger” remains to be seen. But for now, it’s slated to drop at Nike and select retailers come 25 May, at a retail price of US$110. Stay tuned for more updates.<\/p>\n\n\n

In other sneaker-related news, check out the UNDEFEATED x Converse Chuck 70 Mid<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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[Update 19 May 2023] It’s been a year of controversies for Ja Morant. Twice now, he’s been suspended for brandishing a gun during an Instagram livestream, with the second suspension expected to be longer than the eight games of the first. This, even more embarrassing considering it happened in the off-season. With this growing infamy […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":116383,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,21,18,3,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-116364","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-brands","category-calendar","category-latest-news","category-nike","category-releases"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116364"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=116364"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116364\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":118487,"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116364\/revisions\/118487"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/116383"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=116364"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=116364"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=116364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}