Although it looks more like a snowboard boot, it’s actually a basketball shoe. The carbon fiber, the mountains of foam… More evidence that technology doesn’t always lead us in the right direction.

The evolutionary dead-end known as the Air Penny II has just been rereleased, and this is the first time Penny Hardaway’s sneaks have been in stores since 1996. The colorway is inspired by the Orlando Magic, which is Penny Hardaway’s glory days before Shaq got on that purple. The streets have been going crazy for these, cop yours at Tradition.