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Steve Nash has forged a partnership with Nike to create the Nike Trash Talk, the first performance basketball shoe made from manufacturing waste. Nash has already debuted the shoes, wearing them in the NBA All-Star Game as well as on Valentines Day against the Dallas Mavericks.

The Nike Trash Talk is modeled after Nash’s current shoe, the Nike Zoom BB II Low, and meets Nike’s Considered design standards taking a sustainable approach to performance footwear innovation.

“Any opportunity to promote the environment and preserve our planet is a step in the right direction,” Nash said. “I’m very excited to be one of the first athletes to wear the Nike Trash Talk. I think people will love the shoe, and hopefully by wearing it I can inspire others to try it out as well.”

Nike is releasing a limited number of the Trash Talks. They are being released in three colourways-two Phoenix Suns colourways-home (seen above) and away- and the third is the colourway Nash wore at the all-star game. The All-Star colourway was sold at the House of Hoops by Foot Locker in New York and in New Orleans during All-Star week with a suggested retail price of $100. The Phoenix Suns colorways will launch April 22, 2008 at the House of Hoops by Footlocker.