Li-Ning Thread

[longstroke]

"Facts" can be supported.
So support them.
Don't troll and run away. You wanted attention.

Nobody is running, it's just no use providing any info to someone who either refuses to, or is incapable of understanding such matters. 

So again, carry on.

D Wade has.

 

[vood99]

Just FYI with regard to D Wade selling Converse kicks... 

They did ok.. but not well enough for Converse to care when Jordan scooped him up. 


As everyone has stated sort of... Wade can sell kicks.. but the kick designs havent helped. With Converse they tried... but were extremely limited.. and with Jordan you thought it was going to get better but it really didnt.

I think Wade should be one of those guys to wear straight up Nike Basketball kicks which help push THAT line and not his own line. 


As its also been said before Jordan Athletes would do more to push the entire line wearing PE Jordans than their own BUT Team Jordans DO sell well. VERY well and some just dont realize that. 


However when I say Team Jordans.. I dont mean Team Signature players.. they just do ok..

Rock, I've noticed that too over the years working retail - the jumpoffs actually do better than the Jordan player sigs.

 

[longstroke]

Just FYI with regard to D Wade selling Converse kicks... 

They did ok.. but not well enough for Converse to care when Jordan scooped him up.  

As everyone has stated sort of... Wade can sell kicks.. but the kick designs havent helped. With Converse they tried... but were extremely limited.. and with Jordan you thought it was going to get better but it really didnt.

I think Wade should be one of those guys to wear straight up Nike Basketball kicks which help push THAT line and not his own line. 

As its also been said before Jordan Athletes would do more to push the entire line wearing PE Jordans than their own BUT Team Jordans DO sell well. VERY well and some just dont realize that. 

However when I say Team Jordans.. I dont mean Team Signature players.. they just do ok.. 

Being owned by NIKE, Converse could not put up a legitimate fight, outside of the farce suggesting that they could or even should have. Nike wanted Wade under their umbrella, and nothing was going to stop them from getting him. If he could move shoes without any advertising as he did with Converse, it was thought that with a company supporting him like that of Nike, that he'd be able to push more units.

 

[Magic33]

The numbers were posted by Counterkicks, actual sales numbers from back when Wade was signed with Converse, do you know what those are? Actual FACTS? They, are used as a part of the reality outside of Nike Talk, away from the distortion where people such as yourself are only concerned on how sneakers look on feet with jeans or cargo's.

Your original statement

Nobody is running, it's just no use providing any info to someone who either refuses to, or is incapable of understanding such matters. 

So again, carry on.

D Wade has.

I'm asking you to support your FACTS. They were on Counterkicks how well his Converse sneakers did, so it should be easy to find.

You provided no info, only unsupported opinion masquerading as facts

 

[longstroke]

Your original statement
I'm asking you to support your FACTS. They were on Counterkicks how well his Converse sneakers did, so it should be easy to find.
You provided no info, only unsupported opinion masquerading as facts

Who wants attention now?

 

[ezgoingj]

all D Wade needed was marketing....Lebron hired a Marketing guy and see where he is at now...that's the problem who care's about the Converse or JB both didn't do enough job to Market Wade that's why he's another Kevin Garnett that will just jump from one company to another...i wouldnt be surprise if he makes his own brand that will sell to payless shoe stores...Like Shaq and Starbury hehehhe

 

[ozuna23]

No J's in the NBA In 5 yrs. HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!.........

 

[noblekane]

good for him. jordan brand/nike werent doing crap for him. i liked his converse kicks. nike should have kept him there. it is absolutely ridiculous that nike is using their nike tech in converse shoes now but werent for him when he was on the brand unless he had like customized zoom player editions no one knew about..

its cray how they are using flywire on converse now...

and actually baron davis li ning shoes were actually good shoes to ball in. and the design wasnt too bad either.

 

[noblekane]

I heard from somewhere dwade said li nings were a lot more comfortable, but if he's getting paid out i guess anything is more comfortable lol

no seriously the li nings i have are comfortable but a bit snug.

also i believe the wade 1 and 2 were dope and people actually bought those because they were reasonably priced.

the wade 3 however was horrible looking and were clunky. they hit rock bottom prices.

reminds me of adidas and their terrible regression with The Kobe line. The Kobe 1 was an all time classic and everyone had um. The 2 was an abomination that looked like a toaster and smelled like fish. And we all know the unreleased kobe 3 that looked like the penis mobile from the snl shorts starring ace and gary

 

[rcjbbp1313]

can u imagine how much jordans will go for once they are no longer produced (if JB goes out of business) which seems rediculous cuz reebok is still around and fila and all other brands that dont do amazing

 

[jjs]

I respect D. Wade for leaving JB. During the NBA lockout MJ sided with David Stern and let Stern use him like puppet to get the players to make a deal in the owners favor. MJ turned his back on the NBA players and basiclly ate all the words and spitted on everything he worked hard to get as a player. During the 98 lockout Jordan was saying the same stuff the players were saying in 2012. Alot of NBA players lost alot of respect for MJ during the lockout. I feel the choice he made to leave JB had a little to do with MJ during the lockout. I feel alot of players are going to leave JB after their contract is up in the future. I am hoping this is the first step in the crumble of JB. I think In 5 years in the NBA there wont be any players wearing jordans. Melo and Paul next. I cant wait to see a jordanless league!

Jordanless league. They just signed 4 rookies including number 2 overall Kidd-Gilchrist.

No more jordan player shoes such as melo and cp3, maybe.... just maybe

Jordanless league, never! There will always be rookies in search of a shoe company to support them. ALWAYS

 

[downyboy]

Your original statement
I'm asking you to support your FACTS. They were on Counterkicks how well his Converse sneakers did, so it should be easy to find.
You provided no info, only unsupported opinion masquerading as facts

Not to get into the middle of this spat, but I'd love to see those numbers also.

 

[klatekin]

def good come-up for LiNing, not sure about DWade tho, but i mean his jordan shoes were ugly as ****, cant wait to see what lining have in store.

 

[endemic415]

Jordanless league. They just signed 4 rookies including number 2 overall Kidd-Gilchrist.
No more jordan player shoes such as melo and cp3, maybe.... just maybe
Jordanless league, never! There will always be rookies in search of a shoe company to support them. ALWAYS

Jordan Brand needs superstar caliber players to sell shoes. I, too, would like to see the end of JB.

 

[longstroke]

Well, for those of you who are wishing for the end of Jordan Brand, are really hoping for the end of Nike as well.

Without JB, Nike is done.

I like the fact that Jordan has Nike by the balls.

 

[23rakim45]

can u imagine how much jordans will go for once they are no longer produced (if JB goes out of business) which seems rediculous cuz reebok is still around and fila and all other brands that dont do amazing

They're all companies with BILLION dollar turnovers every year!

What makes you think this will ever happen in your life time?!

 

[jamazing]

D Wade isn't popular enough to sell sneakers. He couldn't sell Converse or his Jordan line up. He's not going to sell Li Ning's either. It's just more money in his pocket.

the only shoe that i saw sell really well were the Wade I's, especially the Wade I playoff editions. Haha kids are still looking for those kicks. To be honest those were pretty clean imo.

 

[secretzofwar]

The Wade shoes weren't bad at all. Every hypebeast just likes to cop the numbered Jordans. These are very solid BASKETBALL shoes.

 

[jjs]

The Wade shoes weren't bad at all. Every hypebeast just likes to cop the numbered Jordans. These are very solid BASKETBALL shoes.

Basketball wise, for sure. they are great.

On the looking part. Not so much.

Just like Li-Ning.

 

[airuphere23]

nah,,i doubt it,NOT gonna happen,JORDANLESS league???are you freakin' kidding me,MICHAEL JEFFREY JORDAN changed the game of basketball,the NBA in general period,his JUMPMAN logo will soon be the LOGO of the NBA.


Yeah okay.......

 

[nflowshoe]

According to hoopshype the top 15 NBA players are
1. Lebron James( Nike)
2. Kobe Bryant (Nike)
3. Dwight Howard (Adidas)
4. Dwyane Wade (Li Ning)
5. Kevin Durant (Nike)
6. Derrick Rose (Adidas)
7. Carmelo Anthony (JB)
8. Chris Paul (JB)
9. Kevin Love (Nike)
10. Blake Griffin (Nike)
11. Dirk Nowitzki (Nike)
12. Deron Williams (Nike)
13. Lamarcus Aldridge (Nike)
14. Russell Westbrook (Nike or adidas?)
15. Amare Stoudemire (Nike)
I dont know how JB has Nike by the balls? Nike has 9 out of the top 15.

I know a jordanless league probally wont happen soon, but when there isnt a top 25 NBA player in the league wearing JB, they will offically be dead in my book.
Its only so long before retros get played out...

JB loves using the allstar game to promote their sneakers. They better hope Melo and Paul make it LMAO

 

[jjs]

JB loves using the allstar game to promote their sneakers. They better hope Melo and Paul make it LMAO

If they don't get injured, you can be damn sure they will be there.

 

[peteweezy]

The Wade shoes weren't bad at all. Every hypebeast just likes to cop the numbered Jordans. These are very solid BASKETBALL shoes.

You don't have to be a hypebeast to want sneaks that look and perform good. I think JB hasn't made good sneaks since the early days. I liked those JB sneaks like the Vin Bakers, Moss 1st sneaks, EJ's. Now they straight up making dog crap with great peformance. Most of us wouldn't talk to an unattractive girl with a nice personality same with these sneaks JB trying to push out nowadays.

 

[Magic33]

According to hoopshype the top 15 NBA players are
1. Lebron James( Nike)
2. Kobe Bryant (Nike)
3. Dwight Howard (Adidas)
4. Dwyane Wade (Li Ning)
5. Kevin Durant (Nike)
6. Derrick Rose (Adidas)
7. Carmelo Anthony (JB)
8. Chris Paul (JB)
9. Kevin Love (Nike)
10. Blake Griffin (Nike)
11. Dirk Nowitzki (Nike)
12. Deron Williams (Nike)
13. Lamarcus Aldridge (Nike)
14. Russell Westbrook (Nike or adidas?)
15. Amare Stoudemire (Nike)
I dont know how JB has Nike by the balls? Nike has 9 out of the top 15.
I know a jordanless league probally wont happen soon, but when there isnt a top 25 NBA player in the league wearing JB, they will offically be dead in my book.
Its only so long before retros get played out...
JB loves using the allstar game to promote their sneakers. They better hope Melo and Paul make it LMAO

There's so much wrong with this post. I really wanted to make a real response, but can only shake my head

Seems like you know little about sneakers and basketball

 

[supremexheat]

His sig shoes with JB were disapointing so I dont see this move as a big deal