While Nike retired Ja Morant shoes, this is what Reaves signature shoes cause on its release

Day and night are what Ja Morant and Austin Reaves are living respectively in their careers and signature shoes. The Grizzlies star has been involved in different controversies, the last one causing him to be suspended for 25 games for the 2023-24 season.

Because of the controversies and his off-court behavior, Nike has pulled off their online store Ja Morants signature shoes, showing that at the moment, the Grizzlies star isn't the best example for the youth and they want to stay out of a problem.

Unlike Austin Reaves whose popularity keeps increasing and is quickly becoming not only a fan-favorite, but an NBA unique star, as he had a great year and now is with Team USA and has just released his first signature shoes.

The Chinese sports brand Rigorer has just dropped the Ice Cream edition of the AR01, the first Austin Reaves signature shoes, but the most impressive part of all is that after being released, the shoes got sold out in seconds. There was a limited 2000 pieces edition and they aren't available anymore, fans are hoping more pairs get released soon.

How Austin Reaves got his first signature shoes

In the Full Send Podcast, Austin Reaves revealed that Rigorer, a new Chinese sports brand reached out to him and signed him a regular endorsement deal just to wear their regular shoes and sportswear, but after his great season, they offered him to make him a signature shoe.