"Had those Jordan Futures come out 4 years ago people would have been ripping them as Hybrid Trash, limit them to a few shops in the US today and the resale value is over 500 overnight." Couldn't have said it better myself!!!!!
And this is coming from someone that actually liked the first few releases from the AJF line of shoes. I thought the AJF3 and AJF12 were pretty well done, so I'm not against hybrids at all.
I agree with some of your reasoning, it's just so hard to envision. Since the time they starting going strong with the retros (99-early 00s) there has been no signs of them slowing down. Even with quality complaints rising they have maintained themselves and created mass hysteria for any shoe they want. As far as nike sb, they had their glory days and the cycle is definitely on the rise again. Like I said, many many factors I could give that could disprove any reasoning that would say the Jordans/sneaker craze is going to just all of a sudden go away in a few years.
The way I look at it, as time goes on it's becoming less a thing about MJ's accomplishments on the court and just a fashion thing. Nike/JB have almost finished milking the vault of pairs he actually wore/ were released in his playing era. As the years go by they're going to have to figure out a way to keep it relevant. The only thing I can think of that would work is if they took a page from adidas and JB brought the retros back into the actual performance basketball spectrum and stopped treating them as lifestyle shoes. Reengineer them to be performance basketball shoes, but don't monkey with the silhouettes when you do it.
