Kyrie Irving debuted the fourth signature shoe of his evolving Nike series, filled with personal touches and motivational nuances. The tributes seen on his last shoe to his late mother Elizabeth and young daughter Azurie still remain, but there's a new, more timely layer to the "Confetti" colorway of the Kyrie 4 that Irving unveiled on Friday evening.
The sneakers serve as a constant reminder of how the 2017 NBA Finals ended for Irving when the final buzzer of Game 5 sounded at Oracle Arena this spring.
As he left the floor and made his way to the visitors locker room, he noticed white, blue and yellow confetti firmly stuck to the bottom of his sneakers from the Warriors' celebration.