Orlando Magic Star Paolo Banchero Shows Off Patent Blue Jordan 40 PE

The Orlando Magic are off to a slow start this season, but star Forward Paolo Banchero is doing everything he can to get the Florida boys in gear, averaging 20 and 9 over the first four games of the season. Banchero didn’t crack the win column against Tyrese Maxey and the 76ers in Philly on Monday, but he did step out in a new pair of Jordan 40 PEs that stole the show.

Banchero’s new Air Jordan 40 PE is dripping in Magic blue, with a full patent leather upper making it look designer shining bright under the stadium lights. The tongue and laces keep the same blue tone for a full monochrome upper, with a white midsole and icy translucent outsole underneath.

Banchero signed with Jordan Brand in 2022 after entering the league as the number one pick, and in the years since, he’s collabed with Jumpman on a Luka 1 and Jordan Heir both based on his childhood community center, Seattle’s Rotary Boys and Girls Club. Banchero has also been blessed with a selection of on-court PEs for himself, and it looks like this latest Jordan 40 will be another Banchero exclusive.

Unless you use your kid as a pawn to beg Banchero to gift you his personal pair courtside after a game, your collection is never gonna see this colorway. To keep up with all the latest NBA PE shoes, don’t forget to download the Sole Retriever mobile app.

Zach Harris

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