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You guys actually play basketball in your fancy basketball shoes, right?
You guys actually play basketball in your fancy basketball shoes, right?
some lebron shoes... i got them cause after i bought some carters i had to have another shoe with either shox, zoomair, or both. i also wanted an all black shoe and well the lebrons were the only ones that were all black and looked good instead of all the bulky that has been coming out these days(i dont like over the top). anyhow the straps straight up suck ass so i cut them off, but the shoe is freakin comfortable!
ps: yes i use these shoes to ball in.... i aint the best baller but whatever.
You don't have to be good, but buying basketball shoes if you don't play basketball is like wearing golf es to watch a PGA tournament.
New Balance 880
A shoe that is excessively boring and ineffective, perfect for the athlete who is boring and ineffective as well.
yeah baby, I wear the 887s, they are cheap and come in EEEE
exactly!You don't have to be good, but buying basketball shoes if you don't play basketball is like wearing golf es to watch a PGA tournament.
man i wish my vc's werent so torn up... now those were the best shoes i have ever worn. freakin so comfortable!
I never spend more than $40 on basketball shoes.
If you go to Academy and look around you can find something quite usable for that price.
If you spend more than that you are just getting a trend or a brand.
They have the Air Zoom Witness on Finishline.com clearance right now for 40 bucks if anyones looking for some decent looking basketball shoes
My mom bought me a pair of Air Jordans when I was 15 (Series I). She bought them a size large so I could grow into them because they were 40 bucks. The sole finally wore through when I was about 25 and I had to throw them away.
Malaysian children just have a talent for making shoes.
i dont believe that statement about getting a trend or a brand.
i used to never spend more then like $30-40 on shoes i used to buy from ross. i used to say the same to others who spent so much on shoes but after my knees, shins, and ankles started giving me problems and the more i played bball the more i thought about investing in a good pair of "basketball" shoes. i wasnt spending $100+ on a trend or a brand, i was spending $100+ on my legs because the wear and tear from wearing ty shoes was taking its toll on my legs. ever since i bought my first bball shoes (vc's) i have had no more problems with my legs. i swear by zoomair, shox, or both together and would never ever spend $30-40 on another pair of shoes unless they help my legs just as much but sadly most of those cheap shoes have no arch support etc...
i can find great deals in the $50-60 market when older items are marked down but as far as new shoes go i will probably be spending around $100+ which in the long run isn't so bad cause i keep my shoes for a long time and at the same time i am slowing the process of wearing my legs out.
I play in 100 dollar running shoes because I have PF and creaky old-man knees. The first time I twist my ankle playing in them, I'll probably go out and buy 100 dollar basketball shoes.
it's all about hightop zoomair, shox, or both! trust me...
What are
?Air Jordans (Series I).
i remember when i was a little kid and those black and red jordans first came out and my mother bought me some from solo serv... i was the for a week until other kids noticed i was wearing some fake ass jordans. oh sad me.
Hi-tops are absolutely HORRIBLE. Every time, every single time I have ever twisted or sprained my ankle, I have been wearing Hi-tops. I wear lows now, and have never had an ankle injury wearing them.
Hi-tops may provide stability, but they give no natural lateral flex to your ankle. They don't permit the lower part of an ankle to move in it's natural direction. Perhaps my ankle isn't the same as those of many others but I will never wear his again. Just too many sprains (4) to think about it.
agree
Yes, not to mention the $25 inserts(from finish line) you can use to protect your feet. Good shoes in that price range can be stylish but comfort and protection......especially ankle stability.........can't be found for 40 bucks.
Yeah, Hi-Tops providing extremly good ankle support and low's providing none is somewhat of a myth... www.kicksology.net (shut down now I think) did a study on it and they found that there isn't much difference between a good pair of lows and high's..
Anyway, I play in Low's because Hi's are to clunky on my feet especially if you have a pretty big foot (I'm Sz13) and also because I just find them a lot more comfy.
The best shoe I ever wore, but probably not the best designed it the 1st a3. God, I love it.
I've been wearing my old Nike Double Figure TP for now. I'm eyeing Duncan's Addidas. Does it perform well? What's the name of the current shoe TP wears?
I ball in these...these are the best shoes EVER made for basketball IMO....I have a white and black pair too....TP's shoes are ok looking....Duncans are hideous IMO(I hope they are comfortable at least).
Apparently I am not the only one who feels this way about Jordan XIV's...this is what sole collector has to say about em...jordan XIV
The Stealth's are what I'm waiting for enough $ to get.I got Duncan's adidas stealth cc. There pretty damm comfortable and I haven't seen anyone sporting them yet.
I've got the last version, sorry I forgot the name and have no picture, they are red and white with his number on them and an open bottom so you can't wear them in the rain! EDIT:Were they called "Clima Cool" or something like that?
But I really love them so I figure the Stealth is the way to go.
Thanks for posting the pic, now my fire is lit!
Last edited by duncan228; 07-27-2007 at 09:56 PM.
I don't play but my ankles suck. They have since my teens when I grew faster than the bones hardened.You don't have to be good, but buying basketball shoes if you don't play basketball is like wearing golf es to watch a PGA tournament.
I find a quality shoe with good support lets me stay on my feet longer no matter what I'm doing.
Besides, I was always a sucker for cool sneakers!
Kind of on the topic, I posted this in "NBA Central" on July 12.
If you missed it, or care...
One of Duncan's mentioned midway through.
http://www.ocregister.com/ocregiste...cle_1761894.php
Some big shoes to fill after iconic Air Jordans
MARCIA C. SMITH
Register columnist
CERRITOS Nearly two dozen pairs of Crazy 1 high-top adidas basketball sneakers sit untouched inside their black boxes near FootAction USA's entrance at Los Cerritos Center.
Storefront tables carry a scrapheap for unsold, heavily discounted shoes: the super-sized pairs for flipper-footed giants; the garish kicks splashed with magenta and electric green, too wildly designed and too lacking in style or comfort; and the large assortment of pro-athlete-linked signature sneakers such as the Crazy 1s going at the cut-rate price of $29.99.
The story of the Crazy 1 is a crazy one, even a cautionary tale for the shoemakers who have been unable to recreate the nearly two-decade-old signature-sneaker sensation of the Air Jordan.
Though the signature sneaker remains a sports-marketing rite of passage, particularly for NBA stars, shoe companies are being forced to realize that consumer interest in these high-priced, high-concept, high-profile sneakers continues to wane.
Sales of high-end men's basketball shoes have dropped each of the past five years, according to the NPD Group, a New York market-research firm.
Experts in the $15 billion U.S. sneaker industry pegged high prices, over-gimmicky styles, average performance, the crowded court of marquee footwear and the popular emergence of the "brown shoe," or casual athletic sneaker, as factors.
You might remember the Crazy 1, nee the Kobe 1, which made its way into stores in 2001 with a price tag of $125. It's as soft and cushy as a cinderblock, as attractive as a dorm-room refrigerator and as flexible and forgiving as its original namesake.
Few people — relative to the stampede that demanded to "Be Like Mike" in the late '80s and early '90s — bought the Kobe 1 when it made its debut. Some UCLA basketball players, taking advantage of the school's exclusive adidas deal, wore it. Once.
"It was a brick," said one former Bruin, who wished to remain nameless for fear of seeming ungrateful. "It hurt."
The leftover Kobe 1s return as a retro model, bargain priced at $29.99 and repackaged as "Crazy 1," a le similar to Bryant's last 2003 adidas edition, Crazy 8.
Bryant cut shoelaces with adidas in 2003 and split for the high-end, basketball-shoe-market-dominant Nike stable, for whom he since has sported the better-selling Nike Air Zoom Kobe 1 and the Nike Huarache 2K5 Kobe basketball styles.
Meanwhile, Crazy 1s wait around as slow-moving stock.
On tours through sports-apparel stores from Los Cerritos Center to Westminster Mall to The Block at Orange, sale racks offer discounted Crazy 1s, as well as Nike Huaraches embroidered with Bryant's former No. 8. (He switched to No. 24 last season.)
Also spotted in the red-lined-priced rows were discontinued Nike models for Cleveland star LeBron James and Denver Nugget Carmelo Anthony, adidas editions for Houston's Tracy McGrady and Minnesota's Kevin Garnett, and the black Converse for Miami's Dwyane Wade.
Superstar signature shoes used to be more of a gold mine for manufacturers, thanks in large part to their high markup. High prices help companies such as Nike chip away at its five-year, $45 million endorsement deal with Bryant and its seven-year, $90 million tie to James, among others.
Profits, however, come only when the shoes sell. Sneaker aficionados might have been willing to s out $250 for a pair such as the ones San Antonio Spur Tim Duncan wore at the 2006 All-Star Game; adidas, using technology from its running shoes, planted a computer chip into the pair's midsoles.
But would you pay $250, especially if you're not a baller or Duncan's greatest fan? Would you part with $125 for a McGrady pair with a piece of the hardwood embedded in the sole? Or $90 for the white Nike Zoom LeBron Low STs trimmed in white patent leather with a silver logo plate at your heel?
How about $130 for the red and white adidas T-Mac 6 with the five-pod formation running along your instep or the white, purple and maize Nike Zoom Kobe II?
Probably not.
It's hard to get your money's worth for these sneakers. Athletic-shoe satisfaction plummeted to 76 percent in 2006, the lowest figure posted since the American Consumer Satisfaction Index began tracking sole pleasure in 1995.
Market giant Nike, which also includes the Converse division, dropped from a 78 percent peak in 1995 to a low of 72 percent in 2006. Its top compe ion, Reebok, which merged with Germany's adidas-Salomon in 2005, sank from 80 percent in 1995 to 75 percent in 2005.
Still, Nike goes after the NBA's top stars, having inked the 2007 NBA draft's top selection, Greg Oden, last month to a multiyear deal for undisclosed millions. It heavily markets its basketball stable in "The Second Coming" ads showing 10 NBA stars, with Bryant and James most prominent.
Adidas, which boasts soccer star David Beckham and last week signed NASCAR star Dale Earnhardt Jr. up for a full footwear and apparel line, began a "We Believe in 5" basketball platform last year featuring 24 NBA stars centered on Duncan, McGrady and Garnett and including Laker Jordan Farmar and Clipper Corey Maggette.
These players have the money to spend on signature shoes, which they get for free anyway. Everyone else can wait to get their kicks on sale.
Or simply buy the best-selling basketball shoe of all time: the Converse Chuck Taylor All-Star, an American icon priced at $24.99.
The real question after reading your post should be : How much time do you spend on the court each week , and how serious are you about your game? I played D2 ball in the early 90's , and tried to play in the CBA/USBL/Overseas/ whereever I could beg for a roster spot and a paycheck. I didn't make it , but I still play at least 3 days a week(min 3hours at a time)...so spending the extra coin to get comfortable shoes for me is perhaps justified(I also have no children). If you play once a month or less , have less disposable income(due to feeding children) then perhaps the lastest technology isn't necessary...either way Eastbay sells off alot of their older stock for cheap and good deals can usually be found there.
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