Key Points
- The Nike KD 6 "Brazil" (IH3582-001) released June 19, 2026 for $135, or $102 in grade-school sizes.
- The colorway is Black, Multicolor and Light Lucid Green, with green, yellow and black laces.
- The toe Swoosh mixes fuzzy grey and multicolor over bright green; the Air bubble is red.
- It retros the 2014 KD 6 "Brazil" Nike built for Brazil's World Cup host year.
Nike timed a sneaker to a tournament twelve years ago, and just did it again. The KD 6 "Brazil" — style code IH3582-001 — returned June 19 at $135 ($102 in grade-school sizes), a near-exact retro of the black-and-multicolor pair Nike released in 2014 to mark Brazil hosting the World Cup. There is no biographical thread here: Kevin Durant has never played for Brazil. The shoe is, and always was, about the tournament.
What it looks like
The build starts on a black Flywire base. The toe-side Swoosh is a fuzzy grey-and-multicolor blur — TV-static energy — ringed in bright green, with teal carried onto the KD heel logo and the sockliner. Green, yellow and black laces supply the Brazil palette, green hits run along the outsole, and the Air bubble flashes red. It is a loud shoe by design, and the retro keeps the original's volume rather than toning it down for a quieter era.
Why it's back now
The 2014 release rode Brazil's World Cup summer; this one lands in the middle of the 2026 World Cup, the first co-hosted across the United States, Canada and Mexico. The timing is the marketing. It also fits a broader pattern of Nike mining the KD 6 specifically — the same silhouette is getting a "Seat Pleasant" retro in 2027, the launch colorway Durant has called his favorite signature. A signature line 19 shoes deep is now old enough to retro its best chapter, and Nike is choosing which loops to close. The "Brazil" is the easy one: a World Cup colorway brought back for a World Cup, no story required beyond the calendar.
Source: Sole Retriever, Nice Kicks
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