Nike G.T. Cut 4 N7: Steven Paul Judd Puts Kiowa Art on the Court

The G.T. Cut 4 is a serious basketball shoe, so it’s cool to see Nike hand the N7 program a performance silhouette instead of another retro. This one carries artwork from Steven Paul Judd, the Kiowa and Choctaw multi-disciplinary artist, spread across an Oasis Teal and Anthracite upper with Laser Orange accents. Released November 7 at $210.

Judd’s work is impossible to miss here. The intricate graphics nod to his Oklahoma roots and Kiowa and Choctaw pride, printed across the engineered upper rather than just stamped on a heel tab. That’s the N7 idea at its best, giving Indigenous artists a real canvas, and on a shoe built for quick cuts and lateral movement it actually works visually. Busy uppers have a way of hiding scuffs too, if we’re being practical.

Underneath all that art it’s still a G.T. Cut 4, which means a full-length ZoomX and Air Zoom combination tuned for court control. The traction pattern on this one got the teal treatment as well, which is a nice touch. Most performance colorways play it safe in black and white, so a shoe that goes this hard on the graphics is a rare thing.

The N7 message matters here too. The program funds sport programs for Indigenous communities, and putting it on the G.T. Cut 4 rather than a lifestyle model says something about who Nike sees wearing it. If you want a performance pair with an actual story, this is the one from this run. Sizes are moving now on the Nike side, and I’d expect the $210 tag to hold near retail for a while given how niche performance N7 pairs tend to be.