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I was wondering the same thing. They were supposed to come out in July but I can't find them on any website or shoe store.
The only website that has them is the adidas website but they only have it in red. I want the black and silver version.
Anyone know when they are coming out, i was cruising on the Adidas site and they said coming soon they looked like awesome kicks.
I was wondering the same thing. They were supposed to come out in July but I can't find them on any website or shoe store.
The only website that has them is the adidas website but they only have it in red. I want the black and silver version.
Maybe Duncan dropped Adidas after all his ankle sprains
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Im not buying Adidas anymore either, I had a pair for athletic shoes that over a period of time wore weird, and developed a small case of a strained arch.Maybe Duncan dropped Adidas after all his ankle sprains
I wouldn't blame him, but he would be running out of shoe companies.
Shoulda stayed with Nike.
Man, addidas suck.
Just their basketball shoes suck.
I found this TD shoe on a website that claims to be the latest arrival. It might be old. Link
Looks like a piece a that sum re pulled the designs out of his ass, whatever happen tothose good design shoes from the 90s, wait they were from NIKE, and today nike brings out the test shoe bball shoe designs just like adidas.
The webbers n barkleys were nice shoes simple design airmax shoes
It wasn't his choice whether or not to stay with Nike, they dropped him right around the time they stole Kobe from Adidas, I think. It would've been nice to see him in the Nike commercial with Manu, TP and Bruce though!
Thise Duncans have been "coming soon" for like 6 months now, those were the ones he sprained his ankle in Detroit with. He wore last years models which were a tad higher in the ankle during the playoffs.
I dont think we will ever see the "new" Duncans in production.
I still like the Air Huaraches that Manu was sporting last year, good looking shoe.
I still have a pair of these. I love them but they were recalled by adidas.
I like my D-Cools (last years Duncans)
but every time it rains the bottoms of my feet get wet because of those clima-cool holes in the bottom.
Adidas has bought out reebok.
Adidas Buys Reebok for $3.8 Billion By MATT MOORE, AP Business Writer
Wed Aug 3, 3:46 PM ET
FRANKFURT, Germany - Adidas said Wednesday it will buy shoemaker Reebok for $3.8 billion, giving the company about 20 percent of the U.S. market. By combining Adidas' popularity in Europe among soccer and athletics fans with Reebok's appeal to U.S. fans of basketball and football, the architects of the sportswear and athletic gear deal hope to create a more muscular rival to world leader Nike.
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Adidas-Salomon AG's purchase of Reebok International Ltd. for $59 a share combines two major brands with links to both athletics and lifestyle. That was a healthy 34 percent premium over Reebok's closing price Tuesday.
While Nike Inc. still has the clout to stay on top, it will face a fiercer challenge from a company that will combine their strengths to grab more market share and gain access to bigger markets.
"Adidas-Reebok will make inroads against Nike by presenting a stronger fashion brand, which will also gain wider support and endorsement deals," said Faith Hope Consolo of Prudential Douglas Elliman. "When they present this united brand, they will have the luster to get more endorsements from high-profile athletes."
"Separately they had a very small niche, but together Adidas and Reebok will have a global presence to compete one-on-one with Nike," she said.
At the same time, neither company is forfeiting their own brands. Adidas Chairman and CEO Herbert Hainer said the brands would stay separate but complement each other — a move that is likely to help them in their compe ion with Nike.
German-based Adidas has its roots in soccer and track and field, while Reebok's line of sneakers and athletic gear is visible across American sports like football, baseball and basketball.
Combining the two, executives said, will mean more access to athletic events just about anywhere there is a stadium.
"This portfolio will present us in all the major sport categories around the world. Reebok is extremely strong in the American sports like NFL, NBA — and Adidas is very strong in the FIFA world cup, the Olympic Games and the European Champions League," Hainer said.
"Two brands individually will add to the value," said Chairman and CEO Paul Fireman of Reebok, which is based in Canton, Mass.
But two brands does not guarantee first place, warned Patrick A. Gaughan, president of the New York-based Economatrix Research Associates Inc.
"One factor which seems to play an important role in market success is being of a critical size and being in the No. 1 or No. 2 market share slots. It is very tough to compete with a dominant firm when you have a market share much smaller than it," he said. "I think this is the case for both Reebok and Adidas — especially in the lucrative U.S. market."
Nike's annual sales are approximately $14 billion worldwide. Adidas has about $8 billion in annual sales while Reebok has nearly $4 billion.
"This is really exciting; it is the first time in that Adidas really has a shot to seriously challenge Nike, which is weak right now from management problems," said Erich Joachimsthaler, CEO of marketing strategy company Vivaldi Partners.
But Adidas must be prepared to handle the larger team of brands, said Joachimsthaler, who worked with Adidas in the early 1990s as a consultant.
"Adidas' focus is technology and performance development, where Reebok is purely sales driven," he said. "The will also have to deal with uniting two companies with almost polar opposite business cultures."
Adidas, turning from a sports shoe company into a lifestyle/entertainment company, must also be careful not to lose its loyal athletes, he said — "there is a fine line between fashion and sportswear."
Reebok has endorsement deals with NBA players Allan Iverson and Yao Ming, said Gaughan, and Adidas has strengths in more international sports like soccer — including David Beckham and the team Real Madrid.
While Nike, based in Beaverton, Ore., has endorsement deals with young basketball stars like Carmello Anthony and LeBron James, Gaughan said, "neither is a Michael Jordan, and the NBA is not what it once was when it had Jordan, (Larry) Bird and Magic Johnson."
Investors cheered the deal. Reebok shares rose $13, or 29.6 percent, to $56.95 in late trading on the New York Stock Exchange, while investors pushed Adidas up 7 percent to 158.20 euros ($192.96) in Frankfurt. Nike shares gained 93 cents to $86.76 on the NYSE.
Gavin Finlayson, an analyst with Commerzbank, said the teaming would give the combined company more muscle in the retail market.
"Adidas, in conjunction with Reebok, has the potential to say, 'We want better terms or conditions or we'll take our business elsewhere,'" Finlayson said.
Consolo said it would also give the companies more reach into different stores.
"Adidas and Reebok will absolutely be able to compete on both a specialty store and department store basis. This will increase not only their market share, but their allocated space within department stores," she said.
The deal is subject to regulatory approval in the United States and Europe as well as by shareholders. The companies said the transaction could close during the first half of 2006.
Adidas said it did not expect any significant reductions in the work forces of both companies. Chief Financial Officer Robin Stalker said the deal would likely lead to little if any significant restructuring costs.
The deal came as Adidas posted a 30 percent profit gain to 67 million euros ($81.7 million) in the quarter ended June 30, up from 45 million euros a year earlier. Sales rose to 1.52 billion euros ($1.85 billion) from 1.4 billion euros.
Sure it was the shoe and not your lack or exercise?
I for one love adidas...Nike's going down the drain and I think adidas shoes have the best style.
I'm glad Timmy's with adidas.
my money's on his lack of exercise, since he has already called himself a fat bozo!
Anybody know what type of shoe TP and Bruce wear?
Thanks for the heads up Keda!
Now I don't have to search for them on eBay anymore.
Looking forward to the next arrival!
Don't you remember the piranha commercial?
http://www.nike.com/nikebasketball/u...f=www.nike.com
(Click on Get the Extras; it's the commercial on the bottom right).
so nobody could find them?
I noticed that. Damn. Tim doesn't even get respect from his endorsers. Sad. His D-Cool shoes aren't advertised at all compared to KG and T-Macs (come to think of it, I don't think I've ever seen a commercial for Tim's shoes). Why endorse a guy if you won't really endorse him. Stupid adidas.
I think each guy get's their spot as the shoe is advertised..
You remember the commercials?
KG carrying alot of people..
And TMAC's tiny soldiers trying to knock him down?
I think next season it'll be Tim's turn, with both...
OR atleast until the shoe comes out.
doubt it
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