{"id":130840,"date":"2023-06-22T14:21:30","date_gmt":"2023-06-22T06:21:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/?p=130840"},"modified":"2023-06-22T14:21:48","modified_gmt":"2023-06-22T06:21:48","slug":"the-jumpman-officially-unveils-the-jordan-luka-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/2023\/06\/22\/the-jumpman-officially-unveils-the-jordan-luka-2\/","title":{"rendered":"The Jumpman Officially Unveils the Jordan Luka 2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Luka Don\u010di\u0107 is a rare generational talent and a basketball ne plus ultra. What he lacks in athleticism, he more than makes up for with an expansive repertoire. A repertoire that Jordan Brand designed his second signature around.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He expresses: \u201cI still can\u2019t believe I have my own signature shoe with Jordan Brand, and now we\u2019re already on the Luka 2. The technology keeps getting better, and I hope people feel the same special connection with this one that I have.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The sole unit of the Luka 2 has been retrofitted to maximize the omnidirectional moves that make the four-time All-Star so lethal. The sole unit of the Luka 2 retains the mix of Formula23 Foam and an IsoPlate mid-foot system from its predecessor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The shoe also includes a brand new medial Cushlon 3.0 wedge foam, building on the Luka 1&#8217;s capacity to keep each player in place while establishing separation, which places the foot at the ideal banking angle for executing crossovers, Hesi movements, and euro steps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Five colorways have been unveiled: The <a href=\"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/2023\/06\/21\/the-jordan-luka-2-celebrates-20-years-of-the-quai-54-tournament\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&#8220;Quai 54&#8221;<\/a>, in celebration of the French streetball tournament&#8217;s 20th anniversary, will be released on 8 July; the &#8220;Nebula&#8221; on the 27th; the <a href=\"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/2023\/04\/06\/jordan-luka-2-release-date\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&#8220;Luk.AI&#8221;<\/a> will be availed to Nike Members earlier on 5 July, with a wider release on the 11th; the <a href=\"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/2023\/05\/17\/jordan-luka-2-tropical-twist-release-date\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&#8220;Matador&#8221;<\/a> will hit stores on 3 August; and the last of which pays homage to his home country&#8217;s Lake Bled, to be out on 14 September. Each pair will carry an RRP of US$130.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Elsewhere, have a first look at the <a href=\"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/2023\/06\/22\/first-look-dime-x-asics-gt-2160\/?slide=right\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dime x ASICS GT-2160<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/snkrdunk_int\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/snkrdunk.s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/20154621\/Magazine-Bottom-Banner-copy.webp\" alt=\"Magazine-Bottom-Banner\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Luka Don\u010di\u0107 is a rare generational talent and a basketball ne plus ultra. What he lacks in athleticism, he more than makes up for with an expansive repertoire. A repertoire that Jordan Brand designed his second signature around. He expresses: \u201cI still can\u2019t believe I have my own signature shoe with Jordan Brand, and now [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":43,"featured_media":130845,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,2,21,18,3,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-130840","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-air-jordan","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\/130840"}],"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\/43"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=130840"}],"version-history":[{"count":52,"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130840\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":130918,"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130840\/revisions\/130918"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/130845"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=130840"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=130840"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=130840"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}