The Clyde Court Disrupt marked Puma's return to basketball in 2018, its first shoe for the court in more than a decade. It took its name from Walt “Clyde” Frazier, whose Puma Clyde of 1973 made him the first professional basketball player with a signature shoe; Puma gave Frazier a lifetime contract on 18 June 2018.
Puma unveiled the shoe at its Puma Hoops base in Brooklyn on 20 June 2018, the eve of the NBA draft, alongside new signings including Marvin Bagley III and Deandre Ayton. Jay-Z was named creative director of the basketball line. WearTesters described an engineered knit upper, embroidered Puma stripes and an external heel counter, and the shoe went on sale on 1 October 2018 at US$120, with more colourways through the 2018–19 season.
Puma's executives said the aim was a shoe “made for street, built for the court”. Puma's timeline says the shoe signalled a new era combining the sport with fashion, art and music, later carried by signature stars such as LaMelo Ball, Breanna Stewart and Tyrese Haliburton.