The purple, yellow, orange, and red are dazzling. The medial side, however, reveals a colorful gradient with an all-over digital “Lesson” print. Viewed from the lateral side, the new T-Mac 3 looks like a relatively plain, Stormtrooper-esque white sneaker. “Lesson 2” showcases McGrady’s broader range of skills, with him assuring anyone worried about young players coming to the NBA without an education that he’ll “take them to school.” In “Lesson 1,” soundtracked by the Clipse and Birdman, McGrady shows off his high-flying dunks that made him one of the most thrilling players of the era and says that it doesn’t matter how many points he scores as long as his team gets the win. It’s the model McGrady famously wore in mismatching red and blue at the 2004 NBA All-Star game - an iconic footwear moment that would inspire countless sneakerheads to copy the look.įor its revival, the T-Mac 3 is being released in a brand new “Lesson” color scheme inspired by McGrady’s Adidas commercials with the same tagline.

Arguably the most iconic of Tracy McGrady’s signature line from the early ’00s, the T-Mac 3 is made out of a shiny patent leather split into to distinct halves on the upper. The best of Tracy’s long-lasting adidas line came a year later with his second signature, the adidas T-MAC 2.

The Adidas T-Mac 3 is returning to stores for the first time in four years. After wearing a ton of PEs during his first couple of years in the league, Tracy McGrady came on court in his first adidas signature shoe during the 2001-2002 NBA season.

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