{"id":37981,"date":"2026-06-17T06:06:38","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T06:06:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/37981\/"},"modified":"2026-06-17T06:06:38","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T06:06:38","slug":"drake-sends-shots-at-anthony-edwards-in-new-nike-commercial-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/37981\/","title":{"rendered":"Drake sends shots at Anthony Edwards in new Nike commercial"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Just when you thought sports couldn\u2019t get any more dramatic, Nike\u2019s recent commercial for the release of the new <a href=\"https:\/\/about.nike.com\/en\/newsroom\/releases\/nike-basketball-introduces-kevin-durant-19th-signature-shoe-kd19\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">KD19<\/a> helped stir the pot as Grammy award-winning rapper and company partner, <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/artist\/3TVXtAsR1Inumwj472S9r4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Drake<\/a>, helped jab at rival company Adidas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Being the 19th shoe in Kevin Durant\u2019s signature line, the company had to make the announcement in a dramatic fashion, and even the Houston Rockets star forward got in on the fun, joining Drake in the commercial.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This comes as no surprise to fans who follow both stars in their respective careers, as the two have been friends for almost a decade, with Drake routinely supporting Durant in the NBA season and hanging out in the offseason. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Drake, who\u2019s no stranger to beefs, was the catalyst in Nike\u2019s commercial, directly mentioning Minnesota Timberwolves star Anthony Edwards and his signature Adidas shoe. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebiglead.com\/vanessa-bryants-message-jalen-brunson-goes-viral\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Vanessa Bryant\u2019s message for Jalen Brunson goes viral<\/a><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Drake took a shot at Anthony Edwards in Nike\u2019s new ad for Kevin Durant\u2019s Nike KD 19 \ud83d\ude33\ud83d\ude2c<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2018Hey Ant-Man, can you drop your purple shoes,\u2019 said four kids in Minnesota. Like no one wants to see those.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LH79ZIgey6\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/LH79ZIgey6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Nice Kicks (@nicekicks) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/nicekicks\/status\/2066895870944010553?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">June 16, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After being delivered to Durant in a crate labeled \u201cFRAGILE\u201d featuring a signature Nike swoosh, the Canadian rapper would appear and hand over the brand-new field purple KD19.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While hyping up the 12-time All-NBA star and detailing the new shoe as the best colorway he\u2019s ever seen, Drake would slip in a couple of shots at Nike\u2019s rival, becoming a viral topic in the sneaker and basketball worlds. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201c\u2018Hey Ant-Man, can you drop your purple shoes?\u2019 said four kids in Minnesota. Like no one wants to see those, they want the KD\u2019s.\u201d Drake relayed it to Durant in the commercial, and it was clipped and spread like wildfire minutes after the release. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Durant responded to the star rapper, calling him \u201cwild\u201d for his comments while also agreeing that the shoes were indeed a hit. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The shoes are set to release on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.soleretriever.com\/sneaker-release-dates\/nike\/kd-19\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">June 17, 2026,<\/a> but fans will be eager to see how Anthony Edwards and Adidas respond to Nike\u2019s latest jab. <\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Just when you thought sports couldn\u2019t get any more dramatic, Nike\u2019s recent commercial for the release of the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":37724,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21254],"tags":[21290,24670,33788,33789,20341,25920],"class_list":["post-37981","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-adidas","tag-adidas","tag-drake","tag-houston-rockets","tag-kevin-durant","tag-nba","tag-nike"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37981","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37981"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37981\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37724"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37981"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37981"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37981"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}