Spike Lee has a nice longstanding collaboration with Nike and Jordan Brand, having had a pack of shoes released to commemorate the acclaimed director and avid New York Knicks fan. Today, we have a look at what could be or what never will be: a Nike Air Safari 87 Spike Lee Sample. This Air Safari 87 sample features a black and red leather upper with the classic safari print at the toe and heel. The iconic glasses logo, symbolic of Mr. Lee, is donned at the tongue tag in red. This size 9 sample is on sale now on eBay for a fair price considering its sample status.

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Continuing with their series of Spike Lee tribute models, Nike pays homage to the influential director with a new colorway of the Nike Big Nike Low. The model features a grey and black upper, with subtle embossing on the mid-panel, with red as an accent color on the laces and Swoosh. Like most other models in the collection, the shoe presents Lee’s characteristic square glasses through an embroidered tongue tag. You can grab a pair of the Spike Lee Big Nike Low now from select Nike accounts.

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Previewed last week, this latest Spike Lee inspired Air Max 97 colorway came on to the scene with little warning, clearing matching the recently released tribute Blazer High and Big Nike High models. Although the sneaker lacks Lee’s signature glasses on it’s tongue tag, it still features a killer White/Red/Green/Black color scheme. If you’re looking to complete your collection of Spike Lee inspired kicks, the sneaker is now available in a full run of sizes on eBay.

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In honor of the extremely influential film director/actor, Spike Lee, Nike has released a special colorway of their Big Nike High. Previewed last month, the model features a color pallet similar to that of the most famous OG Air Jordan 1 colorway, with Lee’s signature glasses making an appearance on the tongue tag. The tribute model is available now from FinishLine, for a modest $80.

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2009 marks the 20th anniversary of Spike Lee’s legendary Do The Right Thing, and in acknowledgement of Lee’s successful film, the folks over at Nike have issued two special themed colorways. The Blazer High model uses the same color palette as one of the movie’s central locations, Sal’s Pizza, featuring white perforated uppers, green lining, and a red Swoosh. The Nike Big model appears to have drawn inspiration from  the original Air Jordan 1 color scheme, using essentially the same layout. Both models feature Spike Lee’s signature glasses on the tongue tag. You can expect the pack to hit Nike retailers by early October.

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Legendary film producer Spike Lee just celebrated his 50th birthday, and honestly, we cannot think of a better way to celebrate than getting to collaborate on your own Nike Blazer! The Nike Retro hightop features a perforated white leather upper with a black midsole and heel, green inner lining and red Swoosh. “NIKE” is stitched into the heel. There’s no release date planned for the Spike Lee x Nike Blazer, but we’ll be sure to update when more conclusive information surfaces!

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Hip-Hop Icon and filmmaking extraordinare Spike Lee was seen sporting this promotional version of his Shelleyian creation, the Jordan Spizike. The white upper is accented by blue/orange cement and an orange midsole, which of course, compliments the superfan’s outfit excellently. If the Knicks spent as much time finding a cohesive group of players as Lee does concoting his attire, the beleaguered squad just might make the playoffs. (Who am I kidding?!) Image via Yahoo Sports

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