Watch: Anthony Edwards unveils 'Gold AE1' shoe at Adidas event celebrating his debut Olympic medal
Coming off the best season of his career, Anthony Edwards added his first Olympic gold medal to a promising basketball career. Following Team USA's 98-87 victory over France, Edwards attended an Adidas event in Paris where he unveiled a brand new "Gold AE1" colorway. It was the perfect celebration by the iconic shoe brand of the superstar's latest accomplishment.
The Timberwolves guard's Adidas sneaker is one of the brand's most popular signature shoes. The event was packed with fans of the rising NBA star.
Adidas Basketball shared moments from the event on their Instagram stories, which Edwards re-shared on his handle.
The Timberwolves offensive centerpiece averaged 12.8 points (58.0% shooting, including 48.0% from beyond the arc), 2.8 rebounds and 1.2 assists per game in the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Edwards was huge for Team USA with his shotmaking and confidence while coming off the bench. After his latest Adidas unveiling, basketball fans eagerly anticipate when the superstar guard will lace up the new colorways on the NBA court.
Olympic gold medalist Noah Lyles gets heated over Anthony Edwards' AE1 event invite
During Noah Lyles' interview with TIME Magazine's Sean Gregory, the Olympic gold medalist sprinter bristled about being invited by Adidas to an AE1 event for Anthony Edwards. The track-and-field star declined the invite and noted that he felt snubbed by the brand.
"You want to invite me to [an event for] a man who has not even been to an NBA Finals?" Lyles questioned. "In a sport that you don't even care about? And you're giving him a shoe? ... The man is an amazing athlete. I love that they saw the insight to give him a shoe, because they saw that he was going to be big. All I'm asking is, 'How could you not see that for me?'"
Lyles previously criticized the label given to NBA Champions as "World Champions." He argued that teams who compete for a championship in an American league should not be handed that title as it vastly differs from competing in an international setting.
He maintained the same stance regarding the NBA upon the Adidas invite. This was no shade to Anthony Edwards's capabilities as a basketball player or the shoe company's vision for him from a business standpoint.
However, he took offense to being asked to show support for an athlete's sneaker event when hasn't received the same kind of accolades. Considering his long list of accomplishments, Lyles believed he deserved more.