Grant Hill 2 "Ninety6"

Grant Hill was FILA’s franchise player in the 1990s, and the GH2 was his second signature shoe, worn during his run as one of the most marketable young stars in basketball, including the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta. When FILA brought the silhouette back in 2013, it retitled the line Ninety6, a direct reference to the year the original hit shelves. The retro stayed faithful to the source, returning first in the white and navy colorway tied to Hill’s Orlando and Olympic years, with additional combinations including a black version following close behind.

The timing was part of a broader push by FILA to revive its 1990s basketball catalog, a period when the brand briefly stood alongside the bigger names on the strength of Hill’s appeal. The GH2 itself is a clean, slightly chunky basketball shoe of its era, more understated than the loud signatures coming out of Nike and Reebok at the time, which is part of why it aged well. For collectors who grew up watching Hill before injuries cut his prime short, the Ninety6 reissue was a chance to own a piece of a what-if career. For the archive it documents a brand and an athlete that mattered a great deal in their moment and are easy to overlook now, a reminder that the signature shoe market of the 1990s ran deeper than the handful of names that get repeated today.