(Photos) NBA: Congrats To Kyrie Irving On His First Signature Nike Sneaker, The “K1″

Nike unveiled the Kyrie 1, its first signature shoe for Cleveland Cavaliers guard Kyrie Irving, on Wednesday night.

“It’s great to have the support of Nike and the guys who came before me, like Kobe [Bryant] and LeBron [James],” Irving said. “It makes the juice taste that much sweeter.”

Being only 22, Irving said the shoe he wore most often growing up was actually the shoe made for his current teammate James.

“I would always buy the LeBrons,” Irving said. “I had to have them, and there were so many color ways and so many different inspirations. Now that I’m his teammate, I see where all of this comes from. He’s such a smart guy.”

The shoe has Irving’s new interlocking “KI” logo, his signature on the inside of the tongue and his number on the back of the heel.

His mother’s name, Elizabeth, is etched on the sole of the shoe with her birthdate and the day she died, when Irving was 4.

“That was one of the first things I knew I wanted to put on the shoe,” Irving said. “She’s one of the reasons why I’ve come so far, why I have the drive that I do.”

Underneath Irving’s logo on the shoe’s bottom are the letters “JBY,” which stands for “Just Be You,” a reminder to always stay humble.

Irving is the 20th basketball player to get a Nike signature shoe and the first player since Kevin Durant got his own model in 2007.

The shoe goes on sale Dec. 23 and will sell for $110.

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