Introducing the Zion 1 shoe

PistolPeteJR · Post #21 » by **PistolPeteJR** » Tue Apr 20, 2021 8:38 pm

I’m so sorry, I don’t mean to derail, but the same tweet source also tweeted this out.......

Karate Diop · Post #22 » by **Karate Diop** » Tue Apr 20, 2021 8:39 pm

TurinTurambar wrote:
Karate Diop wrote:
macNcheese3 wrote:Signature shoes were awesome in the 90's. They looked good and were unique.

Objectively speaking most looked ugly back then as well.

Most basketball sneakers are hideous moonboots.

Yep. It's why I always get a chuckle out of people shelling out their sole for "Jordans" when most of them look like the creation of a 15 year old...

Leslie Forman · Post #23 » by **Leslie Forman** » Tue Apr 20, 2021 8:47 pm

macNcheese3 wrote:Signature shoes were awesome in the 90's. They looked good and were unique.

Yeah this is a lie.

Besides the higher end Nikes, most were crap that just looked like Weapons/AF1s with something weird on them.

The ones you remember are the good ones.

Marvin Martian · Post #24 » by **Marvin Martian** » Tue Apr 20, 2021 8:50 pm

Zion is in his second year, hasn't even sniffed the playoffs and he already been on the cover of 2K and has his own signature shoe. How is this even fair considering that he has accomplished so little?

clyde21 · Post #25 » by **clyde21** » Tue Apr 20, 2021 8:56 pm

HMFFL wrote:Taylor Rooks spoke to Zion about his new shoe

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taylor rooks :love:

Sark · Post #26 » by **Sark** » Tue Apr 20, 2021 10:16 pm

Better than BBB at least.

macNcheese3 · Post #27 » by **macNcheese3** » Wed Apr 21, 2021 4:10 am

Leslie Forman wrote:
macNcheese3 wrote:Signature shoes were awesome in the 90's. They looked good and were unique.

Yeah this is a lie.

Besides the higher end Nikes, most were crap that just looked like Weapons/AF1s with something weird on them.

The ones you remember are the good ones.

I remember the Penny's foamposite, the Iverson shoes, early Kobe's, Jordan's, a ton of other shoes Nike made, the Shaq Reebok shoes. They were dope! Not a fan of the new modern shoes, just my take.

theonlyclutch · Post #28 » by **theonlyclutch** » Wed Apr 21, 2021 4:23 am

Missed a golden chance to market a shoe with specifically tougher construction to hold up better with heavy players, given Zion's experience.

EArl · Post #29 » by **EArl** » Wed Apr 21, 2021 4:24 am

Karate Diop wrote:
macNcheese3 wrote:Signature shoes were awesome in the 90's. They looked good and were unique.

Objectively speaking most looked ugly back then as well.

The Adidas Kobe space shoes come to mind.

EArl · Post #30 » by **EArl** » Wed Apr 21, 2021 4:30 am

macNcheese3 wrote:Signature shoes were awesome in the 90's. They looked good and were unique.

I raise you the Kobe 2's

edit apparently they were released in 2001, but you get my point.

SpiderX1016 · Post #31 » by **SpiderX1016** » Wed Apr 21, 2021 4:31 am

The fruity pebbles one is kind of cool

macNcheese3 · Post #32 » by **macNcheese3** » Wed Apr 21, 2021 5:09 am

EArl wrote:
macNcheese3 wrote:Signature shoes were awesome in the 90's. They looked good and were unique.

I raise you the Kobe 2's

edit apparently they were released in 2001, but you get my point.

2001 doesn’t sound like the 90s does it?

mtron32 · Post #33 » by **mtron32** » Wed Apr 21, 2021 7:00 am

The design is alright, but the materials look uncomfortable. If it were my shoe, give me those premium materials for a lifestyle shoe, and some flyknit like LBJ gets. All this plastic and mesh makes my feet hurt

Sofia · Post #34 » by **Sofia** » Wed Apr 21, 2021 10:17 am

JN61 · Post #35 » by **JN61** » Wed Apr 21, 2021 10:41 am

I guess it's a basketball shoe?

SnoopDub · Post #36 » by **SnoopDub** » Wed Apr 21, 2021 12:54 pm

You guys hate it? Its pretty cool for me.

Its not on the same level with kyries, hardens or kds but its fine.

Creativetran · Post #37 » by **Creativetran** » Wed Apr 21, 2021 2:02 pm

SpiderX1016 wrote:The fruity pebbles one is kind of cool

I agree, thats the only one that is kind of OK

Post #38 » by **Slava** » Wed Apr 21, 2021 3:24 pm

They don't look much different from Air Jordans.

rapstarter · Post #39 » by **rapstarter** » Wed Apr 21, 2021 3:30 pm

I think it makes sense that a lot of the newer basketball shoes look similar and uninspired as they've focused more and more on function and the designs are more than constrained than before.

KGtabake · Post #40 » by **KGtabake** » Wed Apr 21, 2021 3:56 pm

Paul George and KD are only guys that have a decent line of sneakers from the current generation.
Westbrook, Harden and now Embiid and Zion(with LeBron, Curry, Lillard and Giannis not far behind) have awful designs with a few exceptions.