Product Description
The Nike Ja 3 Kool-Aid is the second collaboration between Memphis Grizzlies point guard Ja Morant and the iconic flavored beverage brand, following the mismatched Ja 2 Kool-Aid pair from May 2025, and it doubles down on everything that made the first collab so unexpected and so memorable: the asymmetrical colorway strategy, the candy-bright palette, the Kool-Aid Man character detail, and the emotional personal story behind why Morant chose Kool-Aid in the first place. Released May 20, 2026, the Kool-Aid x Nike Ja 3 Pink Lemonade deploys a full mismatch concept where the left shoe arrives in Pink Beam, representing the pink in the lemonade, and the right shoe in Lemon Venom, representing the yellow, the two colors splitting the pair down the middle as a visual joke on the flavor they reference together. Both shoes share a Light Photo Blue and Deep Royal Blue tongue, lining, lace treatment, and icy translucent outsole, the aquatic trim functioning as the one element that visually ties the mismatched pair together, an effect Sneaker Shouts described as the blue of a pitcher already mixed and ready to pour. Water droplet texture effects hit both tongues above the Ja logo on the Lemon Venom shoe and the Kool-Aid Man character on the Pink Beam shoe, the branding split between collaborators the same way the colorway itself is split. The insoles arrive with the Kool-Aid Man's signature "Ohhh Yeahhh!!" printed across them, while the full-length Hybrid ZoomX foam midsole delivers the energy return and court responsiveness appropriate to one of the NBA's most explosively vertical guards. Style code IW1159-700, available in adult, GS, and PS sizing.
The Nike Ja 3 Kool-Aid is the collaboration sneaker for the basketball fan and collector who wants the most summer-ready, most personally motivated, and most unapologetically fun pair in Morant's signature line, a shoe that wears its childhood inspiration and candy-color boldness as proudly as Ja himself does.
The Nike Ja 3 Kool-Aid was released on May 20, 2026 with a retail price of $135.
