Nike Ja 4 'Nightmare' — Release Date, Price & The Story

The drop at a glance

The story

Ja Morant's signature line has quietly become Nike Basketball's best-selling active-player franchise at its price point, and the Ja 4 is its biggest technical leap: a new TPU JA-Frame for containment, revised underfoot foam, a more responsive sockliner, and haptic-print durability zones built for Ja's downhill game.

The launch 'Nightmare' colorway — Obsidian with Voltage Green, styled as 'Nightmare on 12th Street' — leans into horror-movie theming, the personality-first playbook that made the Ja 1 resonate with younger buyers.

Signature debuts at $130 rarely spike on resale, and that's the point — this is a volume performance shoe. Expect wide availability, strong sell-through in GS sizing, and one of the most-worn shoes in high school gyms this fall.

The deep cuts

• The full styling name 'Nightmare on 12th Street' riffs on A Nightmare on Elm Street — and the pair shock-dropped at NBA Summer League via SNKRS Pass at 12:12 PM for exactly 12 minutes.
• Horror is a franchise tradition: the Ja 2 'Nightmare' released for Halloween 2024, and the Ja 4 lineup carries a 'Jaws' colorway with shark teeth on the tongue.
• The confirmed tech package: a TPU JA-Frame for containment plus a supercritical-foam SPRPWR sockliner.
• Morant won 2019-20 Rookie of the Year with 99 of 100 first-place votes after leading the NCAA in assists at Murray State as a consensus All-American.

How to cop

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