Nike’s Greater Than basketball line has only been around for four years, but in that short timespan, the GT Cut, GT Hustle, and GT Jump have all become staples of Nike hoops at every level, including the NBA and WNBA. The original GT release, the GT Cut 1, was so good that Nike couldn’t bring itself to take it out of the line, retroing the four-year-old shoe while the GT Cut 3 is still in prime production and ahead of the debut of the GT Cut 4.


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