Believe it or not, there was a time just a handful of years ago when basketball sneakers (particularly Nike) were king in the re-sell market. It seemed like release after release would sell out and then immediately fetch a $300 – $500 price tag. Whether it be the Lebron line, KD line, Kobe signatures, etc – Nike basketball was the definition of hype. With all of that hype, Nike (and other brands), made it a point to make special colorways each winter to be worn on Christmas Day and then released to the public soon after. The Swoosh had a good 5-year run of Christmas themed basketball packs, headlined usually by the Lebron, Kobe, KD, and (later) Kyrie line.

For the last few years Nike and other sneaker brands have not released Christmas specific shoes for the holiday. The hype is no longer with signature basketball sneakers like it was 4-5 years ago. Instead, athletes (for the most part) have just been debuting new colorways of their respective signature models on the 25th. Should brands like Nike and Adidas bring back their Christmas releases? We compiled a list of the Top 10 Christmas Themed Basketball sneakers. The only criteria for our list was that the shoe had to be an actual colorway that released at retail (not a custom), be a basketball sneaker (sorry ‘Ugly Sweater’ SB’s), and have an apparent Christmas theme to them (red & green, movie related, mint green, snow, decoration inspired, etc.). Look below to see which athletes have the best Christmas themed shoes.