New Balance Taps Rich Paul and Klutch Athletics for an AC Runner Colorway

Rich Paul wears many hats. Long stepping out of LeBron’s shadow, Paul has turned Klutch into a powerhouse in the sports management world, gone the podcast route with Max Kellerman, and turned Klutch Athletics into a standalone sportswear brand with an ongoing New Balance partnership. For his latest collab, Paul and Klutch Athletics are helping New Balance launch a new colorway of the brand-new AC Runner silhouette just in time for All-Star Weekend.

Paul teased the Klutch Athletics x New Balance AC Runner on social media this week, joining the onslaught of NBA All-Star sneakers set to debut in LA later this month. Starting with a thick black mesh covered in ghostly white graphic overlays on the entire shoe, the Klutch “K” logo is added to the tongue, and a New Balance “N” is added on the vamp.

A sleek runner with Fresh Foam X in the midsole, the AC Runner is one of New Balance’s first new silhouettes of the new year. After debuting the shoe in white, black, and orange colorways, the black and white Klutch pair is the first collab on the new model.

So far, we’ve only seen the Klutch Athletics x New Balance AC Runner in a quick preview on Paul’s Instagram, so we’re not quite clear on a release date or retail price just yet. For all the latest New Balance collab news and drop info, download the Sole Retriever mobile app.

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