We counted down the greatest basketball sneakers in NBA history. Now check out some of the stars in their shoes.
Converse All-Star: Wilt Chamberlain
These were so engrained in the culture that they outlasted Converse as a company (it's now a division of Nike) and didn't get a redesign until 2015, nearly 100 years after the original was first released. -- Adam Reisinger
Puma "Clyde": Walt Frazier
It's more an off-court sneaker these days, but still just as stylish as the day Clyde first slipped them on. -- Adam Resinger
Converse Weapon: Magic Johnson
If you haven't heard the story by now, here's the Cliffs Notes version: Magic Johnson and Larry Bird started the journey from being respectful rivals to close friends while filming a commercial for this sneaker at Bird's home in French Lick, Indiana. But this shoe was far bigger than that one moment -- during the mid-'80s, the biggest stars in the league (not named Michael Jordan) were almost all wearing the Weapon. -- Adam Resinger
Air Jordan 1: Michael Jordan
The perfect player with the perfect shoe, at the perfect time. A time when sports, culture and commercialism combined. -- Jesse Washington
Air Jordan V: Michael Jordan
This shoe took the mesh side panels from the Air Jordan IV and built upon them, adding 3M reflective coating on the tongue and clear soles on the bottom -- two pieces of styling that seemed outlandish at the time but are commonplace now. It was just one of the many examples of how the earliest Air Jordans set the standard for sneakers for years to come. -- Adam Reisinger
Reebok Pump: Dee Brown
The moment Dee Brown pumped up his sneakers before unleashing the dunk to win the 1991 Slam Dunk Contest, you knew these shoes had secured their place in basketball history. Though the pump technology hasn't endured, the memory has. -- Adam Reisinger
Air Jordan XI: Michael Jordan
Would the XI be as fondly remembered if it hadn't been so closely associated with the greatest season ever (72 wins, All-Star MVP, regular-season MVP, Finals MVP, NBA title)? Maybe not, but the sneaker and the moment are forever linked by history as defining greatness. -- Adam Reisinger
Nike More Uptempo: Scottie Pippen
Instead of the large swoosh we'd become accustomed to on Nike sneakers, this model -- worn by Scottie Pippen during the 1996 Finals and Olympics -- focused on the "AIR," literally. There was no missing the giant word on the side of each sneaker. -- Adam Reisinger
Reebok Question: Allen Iverson
If Nike's familiar Air Max technology was NASA, looking at Reebok's honeycomb heel (dubbed Hexalite technology) and "pearlized" red toe on the Questions was like floating through the Mir space station. And the shoe continues its orbit two decades later. -- Dave McMenamin
Air Jordan XII: Michael Jordan
Is there a shoe more associated with a single game than this one? Probably not. You can't think of the Air Jordan XII without thinking of the Flu Game, Michael Jordan's iconic performance in Game 5 of the 1997 Finals. -- Adam Reisinger
Nike Foamposite: Penny Hardaway
No matter where you saw them, you knew you were looking at the future -- like something had come back in time from outer space to land on the feet of basketball players nationwide. And that was before Nike even thought about slapping a galaxy on the side, creating a whole new frenzy for this legendary sneaker. -- Adam Reisinger
Nike Flight 98: Gary Payton
Rarely has a player's nickname lent itself so literally to his sneaker's design, but that was the case with this Gary Payton sneaker, which was enveloped by a neoprene sleeve encasing the entire upper of the shoe. The inner design was cool too, but if you were a '90s kid, you wanted to wear these zipped up like GP did. -- Adam Reisinger
Nike Air Zoom Generation: LeBron James
These didn't carry his name, but LeBron James' debut sneaker set the tone for what would become one of the better signature lines of all time. -- Adam Reisinger
Nike Zoom KD IV: Kevin Durant
Kevin Durant's signature sneaker -- seen here during the 2012 All-Star Game in Orlando -- brought back the strap from the KD 2s, resulting in a peak combination of performance and comfort. -- Adam Reisinger
Nike Kobe Elite 9: Kobe Bryant
After years of low-cut models, Nike went extra high for Kobe Bryant's first post-Achilles injury sneaker, introducing a signature model that combined a style that pushed the envelope and top-of-the-line performance. -- Adam Reisinger