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By Anthony Slater – Aslater@opubco.com - @anthonyVslater

If Kevin Durant was ever in a Bizarro version of Space Jam, where he played for the MonStars instead of the Tune Squad, these strange green and turquoise kicks (above) are the ones I imagine him wearing.

But we won’t have to wait that long.

Durant, who was recently named an All-Star for the fourth straight time, will wear these shoes in the annual showcase game on Feb. 17 in Houston, Nike revealed on Tuesday.

The design, as a tribute to Houston’s ‘deep tie to space exploration,’ has a certain alien feel and, according to Nike, that’s on purpose.

Here’s the company’s (strange) description of this version of the KD V’s:

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