Tyrese Haliburton will likely be out for all of the 2025-2026 NBA season but Puma will have to work around his absence as they’re dropping his first signature sneaker, the Puma Hali 1, ahead of the season in September. When the (lackluster) rollout for the Puma Hali 1 began, the Hibiscus colorway was all that we would see until designer Salehe Bembury teased us with a slew of different options. Included here was a blue rendition that Haliburton himself teased last week, which has now appeared in official imagery.
The low-top silhouette has a multi-layered upper composed of engineered mesh, TPU, and suede paneling, done primarily in blue hues for this specific rendition. Salehe Bembury’s influence here is strong, as the upper paneling exudes an organic look thanks to the curvy and free-flowing design on the toebox overlay and midfoot cage. However, Bembury's most obvious influence is his fingerprint motif, which is incorporated into the Nitro Foam midsole.
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