Jalen Williams is one of six adidas athletes to make the NBA All-Star roster in 2025. While he doesn’t have his signature sneaker, he’s been known to show love to fellow labelmates and the perennial face of adidas Basketball, James Harden, with Williams often getting PE colorways of Harden’s signature sneakers. Now, Jalen has crafted a pair of Harden Vol. 9s that will hit shelves later this year.
Although not an overt homage to Buzz Lightyear, the color palette’s resemblance to the Toy Story character is uncanny as we see a bright purple shade applied to the internal neoprene bootie and green present on the mesh cutouts on the midfoot. Above the base sits a white leather, wrapping across the sneaker's entire upper. Pink hits separate this white leather from the internal base, with the vamp hosting Williams’ adidas logo.
