Early in his NBA career, Shaquille O’Neal was a member of the Orlando Magic and had a penance for shattering the glass of a basketball backboard during the slam dunk process. To highlight two occasions of this happening during NBA games, Reebok releases the ‘Shattered Backboard’ colorway of the original Shaq Attaq sneaker.
For the upper of the ‘Shattered Backboard’ Shaq Attaq by Reebok, a combination of different leathers and synthetics. The blue material has a crackled texture everywhere the color is applied as a reminder of Shaq’s backboard-breaking dunks.
The insoles also are said to have dates and relevant stats from the games Shaq actually shattered backboards in, but this feature wasn’t displayed in the official stock pictures Reebok has published and we have yet to hear back about this.
Between the Orlando Magic colorscheme and the actual basketball history used in this sneaker’s storytelling, the ‘Shattered Backboard’ Shaq Attaq isn’t just one of 2014’s best Reebok Shaq colorways, this tops them all.
The Reebok Shaq Attaq – ‘Shattered Backboard’ is available now on the Reebok webstore and in select retailers for $160.
