Throwback Thursday - Reebok Shaqnosis
 Shaq bounced out of Baton Rouge early for the NBA becoming the first pick of the ‘92 draft. Immediately he laced a sneaker deal with Reebok and immediately began tearing down backboards while wearing his Shaq signature shoes. One of the most recognizable shoes Shaq wore while on Team Reebok was the Shaqnosis. This hypnotizing upper was far ahead of its time for style, but fit right in with other mid 90’s Reebok basketball shoes including the Kamikaze and the Blast.
Diesel’s Shaqnosis’ were slightly different from those released to the general public. He laced up in a higher high top that gave the shoe more strength for his size 22 feet! (Now he is size 23) Never mind the unique style of the shoes, the tech was not sacrificed in any way. The shoes sported Reebok Hexalite cushioning in both the forefoot and the heel including the cup form that went up the sides a little bit for added heel support. Maybe remembered more for its looks, the Shaqnosis still has not been seen at retail doors since its release 14 years ago. Only time will tell if Reebok brings the Shaqnosis back, but we can only hope. Hypothetically, if they were to return, would you buy? |
Throwback Thursday - Reebok Shaqnosis
Throwback Thursday - Reebok Shaqnosis
Throwback Thursday - Reebok Shaqnosis
Throwback Thursday - Reebok Shaqnosis
Throwback Thursday - Reebok Shaqnosis
Throwback Thursday - Reebok Shaqnosis
Throwback Thursday - Reebok Shaqnosis
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lol good post matt, and no i would not buy, i think they are ugly
Comment by g-man — April 24, 2008 @ 1:21 pm
I would buy them! They cant cost that much + I’ll get that Magic jersey from mitchell and ness
Comment by NPF 65 — April 24, 2008 @ 1:24 pm
Maybe for the right price.
Comment by solesaved — April 24, 2008 @ 1:25 pm
i think i would cop. and that mitchell and ness jersey is sick. especially the blue with the pin stripes. i almost copped that in december.
Comment by matferryhead — April 24, 2008 @ 1:26 pm
Correct me if I am wrong, but weren’t these only $100 back in the day?
Comment by Nice Kicks — April 24, 2008 @ 1:32 pm
One element will go if these are retroed.
Either the Dunkman (if Reebok drops them) or, could you imagine, the Vector (if Shaq brand drops them).
My money’s on the former, but they should definitely be done. And in some colorways that make known the capability of the wacky styling. Folks with epilepsy had to look away from these shoes.
Comment by Kuahmel — April 24, 2008 @ 1:35 pm
man shaq should have stayed wit reebok
Comment by YYsMen — April 24, 2008 @ 1:36 pm
they would definitely see the clearance rack if they were released again…good post though Matt
Comment by flyasthesky — April 24, 2008 @ 1:37 pm
i would buy these…ive wanted them since back in the day lol
Comment by TR3V!N — April 24, 2008 @ 1:38 pm
you guys are trippin hard to not want to see these come back.
Reebok NEEDS something other than just the same old Pumps. Bring these, the Kemps, and the Blasts back and celebrate the GOOD days of reebok basketball.
Nice post as usual Matt. Thursday is always my favorite day of the week.
Comment by sneakFREAK — April 24, 2008 @ 1:39 pm
KEEP EM COMING! I REMEMBER THESE. I WAS YOUNG BUT YEP, THESE ARE CLASSIC. wasn’t 100$ allot for that time though?
Comment by bkbigjay — April 24, 2008 @ 1:42 pm
sneakfreak I am with you
I would love for people’s ages to be put next to their names to be honest because i bet a lot of the hate is coming from youngins who think that if it aint a Jordan or and Air Force 1 its wack.
I am glad Matt rewinds things each week so some of you kids can learn about the shoes from the past that built this culture. Jordans and AF1s are important, true, but they def aren’t everything.
peace
Comment by mic check 212 — April 24, 2008 @ 1:42 pm
I honestly cant remember what the price was but it was def not much more than $100. That was a lot of scrap, but J’s were $135 then just to give perspective.
Reebok, I love the Pumps, but bring these back PLEASE!
Comment by Jazzy Mae — April 24, 2008 @ 1:47 pm
I still want these, the Shaq I and the Shawn Kemp Kamikaze.
Too many YOUNG PEOPLE trying to be “sneakerheads,” not knowing the past influences the future. Do your research, these are fresh.
Comment by Darneezy — April 24, 2008 @ 1:49 pm
nice but i dont know if i would cop. would definitely get the kamikazes (which they need to drop again)
Comment by snkradkt — April 24, 2008 @ 2:11 pm
wow. flashbacks. they were an cool idea, but if they were 2 b release again, they should do it limited pairs cause everybody would not cop these crazy. i know i wouldn’t.
Comment by MizzDette — April 24, 2008 @ 2:31 pm
buy buy buy.
Waiting 4 the return of The Kamikaze….
Comment by Boath — April 24, 2008 @ 2:48 pm
great throwback matt. you never cease to amaze me with what you got in the crates. I agree that some “young people” may not respect the past, but I’m certainly not young.. I hated these then and I still think they are god awful. I’m not trippin hard at all. not glad that phrase came back and would not be glad to see these come back.
Comment by jibbycanoe — April 24, 2008 @ 3:05 pm
Them wack as hell, they was wack back in 96 too reebok was jus trying to do something unseen cause them AJ11 was killin the game
Comment by Keiso — April 24, 2008 @ 3:08 pm
I would buy! I like them when I was a kid!!
Comment by hoy — April 24, 2008 @ 3:33 pm
I will buy!
Comment by hoy — April 24, 2008 @ 3:33 pm
don’t know how many people would cop in this day and age..plus the shaq logo is considered whack in today’s market..but man what a great article!! bring back memories!
Comment by atxboy25 — April 24, 2008 @ 3:41 pm
THE KEMPS NEED TO COME BACK!!!!
Comment by mexiking — April 24, 2008 @ 3:47 pm
YOU CANT RETRO EVERYTHING!. This shoe is a classic of its time. leave it alone.
Comment by CUZO 904 — April 24, 2008 @ 4:14 pm
BANNED
Comment by Jbixxelr — April 24, 2008 @ 4:53 pm
That was too easy and I love the site but too few news posts
Comment by Jbixxelr12 — April 24, 2008 @ 4:54 pm
Basketball kicks today have no flavor other than the endorsements attached to them. There’s a reason why the mid 90’s are considered the golden era of kicks. They were more than just kicks, they were like wearable art.
Art is interpretive, as long it invokes a reaction good or bad its done its job.
As opposed to if you look at the way things are now with Basketball kicks, for example I’m sure the tech in the Kobe line is great but the design of the shoes themselves is super plan and regular, if you’re not like on the gym floor and were to just rock them with jeans on the regular no one would look twice at them.
Comment by Foxmulder — April 24, 2008 @ 5:24 pm
would not buy em cause i cant be rockin shaqs id buy if they got no shaq sign on em
Comment by yero — April 24, 2008 @ 6:32 pm
14 years ago! wow, that’s a grip of time…..didn’t realize they were that old. Yeah, I don’t know about these, tho. I would pass just b/c they are hideous no matter how good the memories are that are associated with them.
Btw, Shaq should wear them in the playoffs! Go Suns!
Comment by TechNutt — April 24, 2008 @ 7:06 pm
80’s-90’s had the best kicks
Comment by jon — April 24, 2008 @ 8:22 pm
Wow…blast from the past. I don’t think they should be retroed but if I came up on a deadstock pair i’d buy them quick!
Comment by nikeindabutt — April 24, 2008 @ 11:30 pm
Cool to see but wouldn’t buy if retroed.
Still love the Shaq logo though!
Comment by Dan Love — April 25, 2008 @ 12:03 am
UMMMM, AM I THE ONLT ONE WITH EYES? BECUASE IT LOOKS TO ME THAT COMMENT 25 SAID SOMETHING THAT SHOULD HAVE HIS ASS KICKED THE HELL OFF!!!!! THAT LOOKS TO BE A RACIST COMMENT, AND IF IT NICEKICKS, YAL NEED TO DO SOMETHING A.S.A.P.!!!! THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE A SITE TO EXPRESS YOUR FEELINGS ABOUT FOOTWEAR AND APPAREL, AND SOMEONE LEAVES A COMMENT LIKE THAT??????
NICEKICKS.COM, DON’T IGNORE THIS..DO SOMETHING!!!!
Comment by 716'sfinest — April 25, 2008 @ 12:19 am
i would cop them right when they hit the retailers, these are straight serious when i tell you they put in work to the game, i hope they come out again.
Comment by Jkard — April 25, 2008 @ 12:33 am
I LOVE THROWBACK THURSDAY
Thank Matt for hooking me up with these pictures.
Comment by TASJ7045 — April 25, 2008 @ 12:51 am
ummm, interesting, maybe i would cop… they’re cool, and its the DIESEL…. fo sho’
Comment by cheyo — April 25, 2008 @ 12:56 am
The 2nd shaq shoe was most likely the cleanest of them all. The two that were release after the Shaqnosis were also cool. I bought the Reebok Preacher ( I think) in a black and Ice colorway. Get this, the shoe was made for NE pat wide reciever Irving Fryar but Shaq started wearing it. They just made it in Laker colors. Shaq’s next shoe looked a lot like the preacher. Many of his shoes went on sale which is how I had so many of them. I did’nt buy the Shaqnosis but I thought they were ok. The Haq II in the white black and royal blue= CLASSIC! I sold them to a guy in my dorm my Freshman year for used for 20 bucks….Damn Damn Damn!
Comment by J.King — April 25, 2008 @ 1:46 am
Yes, Matt, these shoes were very affordable compared to the market back then.
Comment by J.King — April 25, 2008 @ 1:47 am
Hey Reebok, bring back the last (2) pairs of signature shoes that was made for Shaq, the one’s with the “CLEAR” soles? I can’t think of the name of the 2 t-shoes? Dunks? or something like that? You need to bring those babies back??? I’m a BIG LAKERS Fan but, I really loved those 2 t-shoes!!! I still have Shaq’s very last signature shoe from Reebok. It’s a classic t-shoe now, so I don’t rock’em anymore!!! But would love to cop another pair? Ya hurd me???
Comment by ken — April 25, 2008 @ 2:59 am
“Hey Reebok, bring back the last (2) pairs of signature shoes that was made for Shaq, the one’s with the “CLEAR” soles? I can’t think of the name of the 2 t-shoes?”
Comment by ken — April 25, 2008 @ 2:59 am
The Reebok Shaq Preacher was one of them. (1st)
Comment by J.King — April 25, 2008 @ 3:14 am
i remember i had these wen i was younger
Comment by Ty Fetti — April 25, 2008 @ 3:29 am
Didn’t like when was kid still don’t but if people want them bring them back
Comment by 90snikehead — April 25, 2008 @ 3:51 am
i would rock those! Shaqnosis is a definit buy!
Comment by illmatic@ya — April 25, 2008 @ 4:23 am
The Shawn Kemps White,black, and green. But i would have to disagree if Reebok was to release these maybe a year and a half from now near the september month i can really see them coming back. The Pumps are kinda getting old it’s been about 7 years now. Lets move on Reebok.
Comment by QuTheGreat — April 25, 2008 @ 6:34 am
HARD
Comment by purp man — April 26, 2008 @ 3:09 am
Nice post! Noticed that you’ve done big man shoes lately (Robinson, Ewing, Shaq). In that light, you think you can feature what was on Olajuwon, Mutumbo, and Mourning’s feet? That’d be sick!
Comment by kream — April 26, 2008 @ 4:27 am
RETRO THE KAZIEZ
Comment by hatemydresscode — April 26, 2008 @ 1:30 pm
these are pretty sick. i wouldnt buy them if they were retored but i agree with someone else on here that if i saw them anywhere in my size i would definitely cop em!!!!!
Comment by iceman — April 26, 2008 @ 2:59 pm
This is sick one of the best retro kicks ever made. hope they come out and definitely cop em. ya dig!
Comment by celebrity — April 26, 2008 @ 3:10 pm
one of d best retro kicks ever made. would definitely get em. Ya Digg1
Comment by celebrity — April 26, 2008 @ 3:11 pm
i remember dese shoes i had em wen i was a jit but wouldnt buy dem now tho
Comment by tjb305 — April 26, 2008 @ 3:15 pm
dem r hard.I wish shaq would roll wit reebok again his shoes now r retarded
Comment by soulie17 — April 26, 2008 @ 3:48 pm
Yes. Cop 4 sures — OG 4 sures
Comment by Fabilezzille — April 26, 2008 @ 8:16 pm
Release them …, Def. Cop
Comment by Jkonly3 — April 26, 2008 @ 8:16 pm
The 2nd shaq shoe was most likely the cleanest of them all. The two that were release after the Shaqnosis were also cool. I bought the Reebok Preacher ( I think) in a black and Ice colorway. Get this, the shoe was made for NE pat wide reciever Irving Fryar but Shaq started wearing it. They just made it in Laker colors. Shaq’s next shoe looked a lot like the preacher. Many of his shoes went on sale which is how I had so many of them. I did’nt buy the Shaqnosis but I thought they were ok. The Haq II in the white black and royal blue= CLASSIC! I sold them to a guy in my dorm my Freshman year for used for 20 bucks….Damn Damn Damn!
Comment by Shaq4Prez — April 26, 2008 @ 8:17 pm
lol shaq can kep those pieces of crap…hell no i wouldnt buy them if they came back out
Comment by MatthewC — April 27, 2008 @ 12:23 am
i got them now in my current rotation and i do not want them retroed….
if they do i will cop.
shoes like those and the blue bakins should never be remade
Comment by k9 — April 27, 2008 @ 3:27 am
HELL YEAH I WOULD BUY THIS SHOES.YOU ALL CRAZY IF YOU WOULDNT
Comment by ej — April 28, 2008 @ 12:38 am
if they returned id definitely cop i love these sneakers
Comment by greenmaker24 — April 28, 2008 @ 6:01 am
these shoes are butt naked, and yall are flamingos, and clowns suck, and my car has bass, and your mom likes big butts, icannot lie, and nipple puffs are delicious
Comment by t schmed — April 28, 2008 @ 9:03 am
yeah t schmed you tell them their butts are chameleomsjhhdfg
Comment by lala — April 28, 2008 @ 9:04 am
A**nosis! I worked at a shoe store in Orlando at the time of Penny and Shaq when those came out and couldn’t give them away! They eventually went on sale for $29.99 and still nobody bought them! they’re horrible like all reebok!
Comment by gonzo23 — April 28, 2008 @ 9:50 am
i wuld definately buy if they came back out again
Comment by MF TRIZZLE — April 28, 2008 @ 1:54 pm
uhhh……NO. Bring back the Emmit smiths! They were the sickest reeboks. They had the look of the first Iversons, with the visable hexalite in front and back on the side of the shoe. Black and white. Mid-tops. Clear sole….ahh man! Those were the shyte. Can we get a pic somebody?
Comment by Jerronimo — April 28, 2008 @ 3:41 pm
iWould love if da ol’ skool basketball shoes would come bck, dey seem like da best shoes to hoop n and dey be da most comfortable… iRemember iHad da last pair of Pippen’s dat came out when iWas yung… i’m 18 years ol’ and i’m love’n des shoes
Comment by Dey Yungen — April 28, 2008 @ 8:46 pm
bring dem out i gotta have them
Comment by ajohn — April 29, 2008 @ 9:24 am
are the going to be released in wal mart lol!!!!!!1
Comment by kicksaholic — April 30, 2008 @ 12:13 pm
i would buy.but if they get retro’d take the shaq logo off
Comment by delgado — April 30, 2008 @ 5:41 pm
Y’all should find the black n light blue shaq’z
Comment by C.tatum — May 1, 2008 @ 10:35 am
sdfsdwsd
Comment by samuel Stewart — May 1, 2008 @ 2:32 pm
of course i will buy them. I wait 14 years for those to come out, beacause 14 years ago my father he didnt want to buy me those, so you know, hurry up!!!!
Comment by sergio — May 1, 2008 @ 2:33 pm
Bring them back!!! I will buy 3 pairs!!!
Comment by Rorro — May 3, 2008 @ 9:09 am
Also, bring back the Kamikaze I, I will buy another 3 pairs
Comment by Rorro — May 4, 2008 @ 9:08 am
I am wearing mine right now as i type…
str8 fire
Comment by k9 — May 7, 2008 @ 12:57 pm
I would definately buy them but in the white on black version, had those and loved them.
Comment by Deltona — May 11, 2008 @ 4:53 pm
haha, is it wrong for me to admit, I still have a 99.% deadstock US sz10 pair of these Shaqnosis???
I remember seeing these in the old school Jammers? (old school Australian NBA/NBL bball mag) just had to buy them..!!!
Comment by anthony W — May 14, 2008 @ 5:49 am
these suckkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk big hairy mexicans
Comment by t schmed — May 14, 2008 @ 9:04 am
where can i find these
Comment by Anthony — May 16, 2008 @ 12:06 pm
love it whats the price
Comment by shabazz — May 16, 2008 @ 8:14 pm
i had these shoes when they first came out when i was in the sixth grade. then my feet hit a growth spert from 10 to 11 1/2 that summer. These are the only shoes i have ever loved.
Comment by joshua hubbard — May 28, 2008 @ 8:09 am
Hell to the yehh i would buy this
Comment by mitchell — May 30, 2008 @ 1:33 pm
Hey there…..those were the first pair of shoes i purchased for myself as an adult i paid 145.00 us bucks for them and they lasted me 7 years those were undoubtedly the best made shoes ever…if i could find em again i would buy em and still pay the 145 bucks lol !!!!!!!!!!!!
Comment by Dave — June 6, 2008 @ 4:28 pm
anybody know some1 whos sellin these in a 12-13 maybe even 11.5…plzazzzz let mekno
Comment by aP007 — July 1, 2008 @ 11:11 pm
Ill buy em for watever it takes….anybody kno of these in a 11-13 pleaze let me kno
Comment by ap007 — July 18, 2008 @ 12:53 am
I have a pair of these only wore once. I am from UK and went to America and these were the 1st pair of shoes I bought for the sport. Think I paid over $100 for em, but it was the height of Shaq’s career.
I am going to be putting them on Ebay this week, so if anyone is interested, e-mail me stevoal@hotmail.com
Comment by Stevoal — August 12, 2008 @ 7:24 am
all hataz need 2 stop the trash talking … Talking all that trash and yet when they see someone with some shaqnosis they necks be breaking and then they be saying to themselves damn I wish I had these.
P.S. 2 the fool who said he wouldn’t wear the nosis because of the logo…hmm hello dummy that’s what makes them shaqnosis…get your weight up…you probably them pop wearing fusion jordans and the fake ones by the way.
Peace
Any1 selling size 7 or 7.5 hit me up I’ll mula 4 them
Comment by staks — September 1, 2008 @ 12:01 am
i would definately buy. ive been trying to find them for eight years. i still have my original authentic shaq magic jersey any orlando warm up suit. omni pumps only hold me over so long….BRING THEM BACK!!!
Comment by psschef — September 10, 2008 @ 2:57 pm
Hahaha, my brother and I both had a pair of these shoes when they first came out. They were really comfortable and I’d totally buy them again.
Comment by Emily — September 24, 2008 @ 5:44 pm
they should bring back reebok blast, icepick and kamikaze
Comment by lo — November 13, 2008 @ 7:35 am
i had a pair when i visited the us in ‘94 and they are the best trainer ever..strong,comfortable,supportive and the best looking trainer ever! forget air max 95 cos these are the real real and if they bring them back i’ll be first in the queue
Comment by mrgobby93 — January 1, 2009 @ 8:54 am