The Official NBA Season Thread: HO HO HO

[thekillerj23]

Nah, Lebron 9’s are dope!

IMO 1-11 (Minus 5, 6), 15, 20, all solid in the Lebron line. Nike moving away from marketing ad’s after the 8’s was pretty much death of Bron line.

Nike/JB have been a disaster innovating new shoes where they dope on and off the court. Hence a big reason they losing some ground in the sneaker world as older models is all they rely on.

In reality Jordan 1-13 are only J’s people mess with. Everything post 13 is select cult classic at best (I Love 16, 17’s tho).

Jordan 1-13 are only shoes we see retro too which means, shoes that Originally released in 1984-1997, 1997 was almost 30 years ago lol.

Literally wore these few weeks ago

 

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Man at the top of a lot of lists

 

[DCAllAfrican]

KD going back and forth with Niketalkers last night on Elon's platform. He spoke some sense though.

 

[Maximus Meridius]

Football isnt a better sport than this. PR be damned

Not a better sport but they putting out a better product and effort. I don't expect this thread to acknowledge that cuz most probably don't watch football or just fell in love with the NBA watching this era so ANY criticism is not allowed.

 

[RustyShackleford]

I am not into shoes like that anymore, but I hate the "Yeezyfication" of basketball shoes. Like the AE1 isn't moving me like that. It looks like a shoe I would wear if I lived on the moon.

I would rather wear the Book 1 it looks cooler. The Sabrina's are great shoe as well.

 

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[IATT]

This man trying corrupt red rover red rover now

 

[finessence]

In reality Jordan 1-13 are only J’s people mess with.

Jordan 1-13 are only shoes we see retro too which means, shoes that Originally released in 1984-1997, 1997 was almost 30 years ago lol.

… that’s only because Jordan retired after the 14s. People were accustomed to him WEARING the shoes. The 14s, 16s, 17s, 18s, 19s, 21 and 23 are still GREAT looking shoes. Performance wise also.

Even though he played in the 17s and 18s. Again, most of those after the 13s aren’t heralded only because he was retired and no longer playing

 

[703 hwy]

Wow why they toast him up

he is zesty. Him and Jordyn don’t even go together. He always looks outta place.

 

[WASHED KING]

The revisionist history on Kobes shoes is nasty.

Cats were on Nikes head back in the day for putting out the same shoe over and over in different fonts and now that he’s gone and the shoes are hyped every pair was a hit?

Yeah aite

 

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The revisionist history on Kobes shoes is nasty.

Cats were on Nikes head back in the day for putting out the same shoe over and over in different fonts and now that he’s gone and the shoes are hyped every pair was a hit?

Yeah aite

Find a way to admit when you're wrong in 2025.

There were a ton of hyped pairs of Kobe pre-death and retirement. And these are just the Xmas ones. He had a lot. People were saying Kobe's were the same. Huh? He had the most advanced tech at the time. NBA players flocked to his shoes.

 

[rolaholic]

Games were great but the visual aspect was lacking.

No Christmas uniforms , no special shoes or shoes that anybody actually cared for.

Would've thought it'd be the opposite too once the NFL decided to encroach on their turf , meanwhile the shield got Mariah and Beyonce

 

[703 hwy]

Would've thought it'd be the opposite too once the NFL decided to encroach on their turf , meanwhile the shield got Mariah and Beyonce

The Jay-Z connection gives them the upper hand.

 

[g-time]

Ehh Jordan did wear the 14s, granted not for long. Hell, he sealed a finals in them, and theyre still not really sought after as the 1-13.

 

[rolaholic]

Games were great but the visual aspect was lacking.

No Christmas uniforms , no special shoes or shoes that anybody actually cared for.

Adidas honestly did a great job for the themed/special events

Nike use throwbacks to cover up for a dearth of creativity over the last decade

 

[frshstunna]

Not a better sport but they putting out a better product and effort. I don't expect this thread to acknowledge that cuz most probably don't watch football or just fell in love with the NBA watching this era so ANY criticism is not allowed.

Better product is debatable…The NFL is pretty mid this year, both Xmas games was one sided and even had a team only score 2 points

NFL’s popularity isn’t a direct correlation to the on the field product, it’s alotta other stuff round it too

 

[ALNotSure]

Draymond is such a goofy

 

[703 hwy]

Do people still use Nike iD? Is that a thing anymore? I’d always build shoes and never order . I wanted to customize some KD X’s Kobe 11’s.

 

[rolaholic]

Better product is debatable…The NFL is pretty mid this year, both Xmas games was one sided and even had a team only score 2 points

NFL’s popularity isn’t a direct correlation to the on the field product, it’s alotta other stuff round it too

3 games in 11 days was insane but like you said, the actual quality really doesn't even make a difference at this point

The league is the house

 

[rolaholic]

Do people still use Nike iD? Is that a thing anymore? I’d always build shoes and never order . I wanted to customize some KD X’s Kobe 11’s.

Used to do the same

Only custom pair I ended up actually getting was a Kobe V.

Was a cool time though with NikeID and Bespoke, couldn't picture general consumers getting that level of customization/choice nowadays

 

[ALNotSure]

Find a way to admit when you're wrong in 2025.

There were a ton of hyped pairs of Kobe pre-death and retirement. And these are just the Xmas ones. He had a lot. People were saying Kobe's were the same. Huh? He had the most advanced tech at the time. NBA players flocked to his shoes.

Looks like Lebron fans aren’t sneaker heads. They just Lebron fans lol.

Kobe had the world in a chokehold with a NON signature shoe…

 

[finessence]

The revisionist history on Kobes shoes is nasty.

Cats were on Nikes head back in the day for putting out the same shoe over and over in different fonts and now that he’s gone and the shoes are hyped every pair was a hit?

Yeah aite

Exactly