Thematic releases aren’t as common from adidas Basketball, but Halloween is usually the exception. In the last few years, athletes like James Harden, Donovan Mitchell, and Damian Lillard have had their signature silhouettes appear in spooky Halloween colorways. For 2025, Harden will continue this trend on the Harden Vol. 9 as it is covered in Green Snakeskin.
The sneaker is dipped in a solar slime green and retains the neoprene bootie, leather, and mesh construction seen in previous colorways. The overlay from the toebox back to the heel, creating the adidas Three Stripes logo via a mesh cutout on the midfoot, features a faux snakeskin print atop its metallic finish. These black hues help contrast the solar slime hues found on the laces, neoprene bootie, and faux carbon fiber heel tab, the latter playing host to a debossed Harden logo.
