10 Signature Sneakers Worse Than Lonzo Ball's

Year: 2010
Joakim Noah’s father, Yannick Noah, won the French Open in 1983 wearing a pair of Le Coq Sportifs. Taking that fact into account, it wasn’t completely shocking for the younger Noah to sign with a brand best known for its tennis heritage. What was surprising, however, was the fact that his 2010 signature line kinda looked like it was designed during his father’s athletic prime.

Year: 2007
Few players in NBA history have had as many forgettable signature lines from as many different brands as Dwyane Wade. At the very bottom of that long list is his third shoe from his first brand, Converse. The Wade 3 packed as many triangular designs as possible on a single shoe to play off Wade's jersey number, and the result wasn’t pretty.

Year: 2011
In the pre-Steph Curry era, Monta Ellis was once Golden State’s most marketable player. That said, it made sense to capitalize on the team’s passionate fanbase by giving a signature line to the man selling the most tickets. The problem was that by the time the ME8 Empire hit the market, And1 had been irrelevant for years—and this design didn’t do a thing to change that fact.

Year: 2012
Similar to Dwyane Wade, Kevin Garnett has been around the block a few times when it comes to signature lines with multiple brands. Unlike Wade, however, KG actually had a few classics. The Anta KG 2, unfortunately, isn’t one of them. Its pseudo-Flywire aesthetic looked a lot more like glued-on plastic than a modern performance feature.

Year: 2016
Despite the fact that he'd just won his second consecutive MVP award, the 2016 NBA Finals are likely a time in Stephen Curry’s life he’d like to forget. If his sub-par performance and the Warriors blown 3-1 lead weren’t enough, Curry also released the most-ridiculed sneaker of the social media era when his “Chef Curry” edition of the Under Armour Curry 2 Low became an instant meme.

Year: 2015
During a press trip to China to promote his signing with Anta, Klay Thompson was photographed looking less than enthusiastic about what was presumed to be his first signature model with the brand. While that turned out not to be the case, the internet was quick to ridicule both Thompson and the sneaker. Little did we know, the actual KT 1 would be even worse.

Year: 2011
It’s ironic that now that John Wall is without a sneaker deal, he’s playing the best basketball of his career. Then again, who would want to draw any attention to themselves in some of the former Wildcat’s past signature models? The lowest point of all comes courtesy of Wall’s debut model: the Zig Slash, Reebok’s attempt to port over its running-based Zigtech technology which worked neither aesthetically or functionally for basketball (or anywhere else).

Year: 1995
Name any aspect of Bryant Reeves’ signature sneaker and you’ll find something to laugh at, beginning with the fact that he had a signature sneaker deal in the first place. Being made by Warner Bros.—yes, the cartoon company—assured “Big Country” a spot in the signature sneaker hall of shame.

Year: 2009
Steven Jackson’s Protégé sneaker was so bad that when he later became the world’s preeminent Spizike designer, we actually applauded the move—not something we can typically say when it comes to copping Spizikes.

Year: 2012
Spalding is a name with legit basketball credibility, serving as the official ball supplier of the NBA since 1983. Shoe credibility? Not so much, save for Hakeem Olajuwon's noble attempt at selling affordable sneakers. Despite that fact, it briefly got into the performance sneaker game behind BYU standout Jimmer Fredette, whose NBA career lasted only slightly longer than his college days.