Timothée Chalamet is Only Wearing Adidas Sneakers

It has been quite the summer for Timothée Chalamet. Despite the fame and notoriety of becoming the next Willy Wonka, Chalamet continues to live a relatively normal life. We have seen the Dune star playing pickup basketball with Adam Sandler and strolling around eating pizza in New York City.

In both instances, Chalamet wore adidas sneakers. During his hoop session with Sandler, Chalamet wore the adidas Trae Young 2 in the 'Mint Green' colorway. While walking through the city, Chalamet rocked adidas Samabas.

Yes, the same adidas sneakers that are taking over this summer. Last month, we predicted the old-school soccer shoe had a chance to dethrone the Nike Dunk as the most popular sneaker on the market. Then just this week, Olivia Rodrigo posted pictures of herself wearing adidas Sambas while vacationing in Hawaii.

The adidas Samba wave is far greater than even we could have expected. Just as Chalamet's fictional Dune character Paul Atreides saw a holy war spreading across the universe like unquenchable fire, the summer of Sambas shows no signs of cooling off.

Could Chalamet's affinity for adidas sneakers come from respect for the German brand, or could it be born from a budding rivalry with Travis Scott? Bare with us as map out a True Detective wall of theories.

Yesterday, Scott dropped the highly-anticipated album Utopia, and fans quickly detected subs directed at Chalamet. Scott has deep ties with Nike and Jordan Brand, which would explain Chalamet's aversion to wearing anything related to the Swoosh. Stay locked into Men's Journal, and we will keep you updated on this pressing story and all of your sneaker news.

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