Adidas Just Dropped a 3D-Printed Basketball Sneaker — and a New Spikeless Golf Shoe

Adidas is having a loud week. Two very different launches — one high-tech hoop shoe, one everyday golf silhouette — dropped out of the Herzo newsroom back to back, and together they show where the Three Stripes are pointing their performance business next.

A three-quarter look at the BB.01's 3D-printed lattice shell fading into the Solar Red outsole. Image: adidas via Hypebeast.

adidas BB.01: The First 3D-Printed Basketball Sneaker

The adidas BB.01 is officially the brand''s first-ever 3D-printed basketball sneaker and the debut product of adidas''s new Project R.A.P. (Radical Athlete Perception) additive-manufacturing platform. It''s a mid-cut hoop shoe built around a 3D-printed resin shell paired with a textile inner bootie.

That printed shell is the whole story. Instead of tooling a single foam density across the footbed, adidas can locally tune stiffness, rebound, and give in different zones — heel, forefoot, medial post — by literally changing the geometry of the printed structure. It''s the same design language you''ve seen in concept runners for years, finally showing up in a hoop shoe meant for actual on-court reps.

Release details:

• Debut athlete: Mikel Brown Jr., adidas''s next-generation basketball signing, is wearing the BB.01 through NBA Summer League in Las Vegas.
• Debut colorway: Solar Red / Orbit Grey / Core Black (style code LC4118).
• Release date: July 14, 2026 via the adidas CONFIRMED App.
• Price: $250 USD.

Expect resale to move on day one, and expect adidas to keep pushing Project R.A.P. as the umbrella tech story across more silhouettes if the platform gets traction with pros.

CODECHAOS 27: A Quieter, Bigger-Volume Play

The CODECHAOS 27 line-up in Boa and traditional-lace variants, showing the redesigned outsole. Image: adidas via SI/Kicks.

While BB.01 grabs the headlines, the adidas Newsroom also unveiled CODECHAOS 27 on July 1 — the latest generation of adidas''s spikeless golf shoe, now built around new AXISLOCK midsole/outsole technology for improved lateral stability, with a redesigned traction pattern and waterproof upper.

Spikeless is where the modern golf category has been trending for a decade: players want a shoe they can wear from the range to the clubhouse to the parking lot without changing. CODECHAOS has been adidas''s answer to that since 2020, and the 27 iteration keeps the formula — grippy multi-directional outsole lugs in place of traditional cleats, a lighter overall build, and a silhouette clean enough to pass for a lifestyle trainer — while adding AXISLOCK and shipping in both traditional-lace and Boa dial variants across men''s and women''s sizing.

If BB.01 is the tech flex, CODECHAOS 27 is the volume driver. It''s the shoe adidas actually expects to move in real numbers to weekend golfers over the second half of 2026.

Why These Two Drops Matter Together

Look at the pair side by side and you see adidas''s current performance thesis in miniature:

1. Halo product on the top end. BB.01 exists to prove the tech and own the conversation — additive manufacturing, a splashy Summer League debut, and a rookie ambassador on the biggest developmental stage of the summer.
2. Refined workhorse in the middle. CODECHAOS 27 is the incremental, functional update — the shoe that pays for the halo product.

That two-track strategy — innovation drops feeding a broader performance line — is the same playbook Nike has run with Vaporfly and its Air Force 1 experiments. adidas going hard on 3D printing for a hoop shoe, then quietly shipping a new generation of golf silhouette in the same week, says the brand is comfortable running it too.

The Takeaway

If you want the BB.01, set an alarm for the July 14 CONFIRMED App drop at $250 — this is the first Project R.A.P. product to hit retail, and demand will outpace supply.

If you play golf, or just want a clean, low-profile trainer that reads as sport rather than lifestyle, keep an eye on CODECHAOS 27 rolling through adidas.com and pro-shop channels over the next few weeks.

Two shoes, two very different jobs, one very busy week for the Three Stripes.