The NBA x Nike Air Force 1 Low “Phantom” takes a familiar idea and gives it a calmer, almost hidden twist. At first glance, it just looks like another clean white AF1, the kind everyone has owned at least once. But once you look closer, the shoe starts talking. The mesh tongue feels straight out of an NBA home jersey, and the black tongue tag gets a little life from its orange basketball graphic.

Nike didn’t stop there. The league logo sits quietly under the black leather heel tab, then shows up again on the insoles. The big surprise is underneath: a large NBA hit pressed into the translucent outsole, almost like a watermark you only notice when the light hits right. It’s subtle, which fits the AF1’s long history of letting details carry the attitude instead of loud colors.

Some shops dropped early pairs already, and the wider Nike.com launch rolls out late 2025/early 2026.

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