{"id":766299,"date":"2026-05-01T16:41:35","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T16:41:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/766299\/"},"modified":"2026-05-01T16:41:35","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T16:41:35","slug":"aja-wilsons-nike-atwo-is-setting-a-gold-standard-to-start-the-new-wnba-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/766299\/","title":{"rendered":"A\u2019ja Wilson\u2019s Nike A\u2019Two is Setting a Gold Standard to Start the New WNBA Season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Quick Facts<\/p>\n<ul role=\"list\" class=\"pl-4 list-disc mb-4\">\n<li class=\"ml-4 text-md sm:text-lg mx-auto leading-relaxed\">Featuring a shiny gold snakeskin print on the toe and side panels, the pair adds white quilted panels to the toebox and ankle collar, with white mesh on the tongue and metallic gold branding to round it all out. <\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 text-md sm:text-lg mx-auto leading-relaxed\">The blinding colorway is a perfect reminder of Wilson\u2019s place atop the league.<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 text-md sm:text-lg mx-auto leading-relaxed\">The Nike A\u2019Two Gold Standard releases on May 15, 2026<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"text-xs text-black\/40 dark:text-white\/40 tracking-tight\">This content may contain affiliate links. 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  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/e91648718e00949d34d175fc9f28882f1992bc9c-1070x760.png\"\/>Nike A&#8217;Two Gold Standard<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-md sm:text-lg mb-4 leading-relaxed\">May is finally here, and that means spring flowers, the heart of the NBA playoffs, and of course, the start of the WNBA season. While we wait patiently to see rookies like Azzie Fudd and Flau\u2019jae Johnson transition to the pros and stars like Angel Reese adjust to new teams, the early focus of the 2026 season will be on <a class=\"text-emerald-600 dark:text-emerald-400\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.soleretriever.com\/news\/articles\/a-ja-wilson-nike-a-two-jean-grey-custom-pe\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">A\u2019ja Wilson<\/a> and her continued dominance of the league.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-md sm:text-lg mb-4 leading-relaxed\">While Wilson looks to add another MVP and championship season to her long list of accolades, she\u2019s also getting set to roll out new colorways of her second signature sneaker, the <a class=\"text-emerald-600 dark:text-emerald-400\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.soleretriever.com\/news\/articles\/nike-a-two-wnba-30th-anniversary-official-images\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Nike A\u2019Two<\/a>, all year long. A week after the season starts, and shortly following the <a class=\"text-emerald-600 dark:text-emerald-400\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.soleretriever.com\/sneaker-release-dates\/nike\/a-two\/nike-a-two-a-pink-ih1135-600\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">debut A\u2019Pink Shoe<\/a> colorway, Wilson and Nike are set to drop the silhouette in a shimmering Gold Standard mix of metallic gold and crisp white.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-md sm:text-lg mb-4 leading-relaxed\"><a class=\"text-emerald-600 dark:text-emerald-400\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.soleretriever.com\/sneaker-release-dates\/nike\/a-two\/nike-a-two-gold-standard-io8212-900\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Nike A\u2019Two Gold Standard<\/a> first popped up last month, and now, we\u2019ve got a new set of images showing the medallion of a colorway in all its gold glory. Featuring a shiny gold snakeskin print on the toe and side panels, the pair adds white quilted panels to the toebox and ankle collar, with white mesh on the tongue and metallic gold branding to round it all out. The blinding colorway is a perfect reminder of Wilson\u2019s place atop the league.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-md sm:text-lg mb-4 leading-relaxed\">The Nike A\u2019Two Gold Standard releases on May 15, 2026, via Nike and select retailers in-store and online. Available in unisex and grade school sizing, the retail prices are $170 and $112, respectively. For all the latest Nike basketball news and release details, download the <a class=\"text-emerald-600 dark:text-emerald-400\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.soleretriever.com\/mobile-app?\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sole Retriever App.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Nike A\u2019Two Gold Standard<\/p>\n<p>Colorway<\/p>\n<p>Metallic Gold Star\/Gold-White<\/p>\n<p>Retail Price$170<\/p>\n<p>Live PriceTBD<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"author nofollow noopener\" class=\"flex-none\" href=\"https:\/\/www.soleretriever.com\/news\/author\/zach-harris\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"Zach Harris\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1374\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"h-16 w-16 object-cover rounded-full\" style=\"color:transparent\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ab17d52ecc75f0ae05cccf27a8686887d1e279a2-2048x1374.jpg\"\/><\/a><a rel=\"author nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.soleretriever.com\/news\/author\/zach-harris\" target=\"_blank\">Zach Harris<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"text-sm\">Zach Harris is a writer based in Philadelphia. His work has appeared in Rolling Stone, Vice, Complex, High Times, and more. He is obsessed with skateboarding and bowling. He is still looking for his first 300. For tips, reviews, and anything in size 10.5 &#8211; zach.h@soleretriever.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Quick Facts Featuring a shiny gold snakeskin print on the toe and side panels, the pair adds white&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":766300,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[2341,2983,62,67,132,68,232],"class_list":{"0":"post-766299","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wnba","8":"tag-aja-wilson","9":"tag-nike","10":"tag-sports","11":"tag-united-states","12":"tag-unitedstates","13":"tag-us","14":"tag-wnba"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116500318817235582","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/766299","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=766299"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/766299\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/766300"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=766299"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=766299"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=766299"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}