Gotta Be The Shoes...Or Not
Michael Jordan will always be remembered as one of the greatest basketball players ever. Even his unfortunate stint in Washington won't change that. But his real legacy might be his shoes. Air Jordans were the sneaker every kid wanted to own, no matter if you grew up in the city or the suburbs.
Those sneakers were special, but not all versions of athlete endorsed shoes have turned out so great. Some were downright ugly. Beauty is most definitely in the eye of the beholder, but we are going to attempt to bring you the worst of athlete endorsed footwear.
- David Robinson's Nike Air Command Force
A hideous shoe. The "FORCE" on the tongue stood out too much, and the small amount of yellow-green coloring around the heel looked like they were trying too hard to be edgy. Not to mention the out-of-place electric blue "Nike Air" stitching on the back of the shoe. The shoe just didn't work. It seemed like they were going in too many directions and couldn't agree on one.
- Andre Agassi's Nike Air Tech Challenge
This was back when Andre was hip and cool, with his mullet-esque hairstyle. It was a failed attempt by Nike to bring basketball sneakers into tennis, and try to market the "edgy" Agassi. Instead they produced a purple (it also came in bright yellow) jumbled mess that was a men's shoe, but looked like a woman's shoe.
- Scottie Pippen's Nike Air More Uptempo
AAHHHH! It's like the shoes are yelling at you. These were truly horrid, and we do not remember them being that popular. There was even a 1992 Olympic Dream Team version that might be a bit scarier. What else can you really say about these? Everything was ugly: the lettering, the serrated tongue, it was all bad.
- Larry Johnson's Converse Aero Jam
This shoe isn't too awful, except for the novelty items that belonged with the shoe. First was the detachable tounge device. You just hooked it on and off, and we're unsure what the purpose of it was, other than becoming unhinged and making people trip over it. Secondly, since Nike was cleaning up with their "Air" system, showing the pockets of air that supposedly gave the shoe better cushioning, Converse came up with it's own version to try and counteract that. REACT Juice. It's the greenish-yellow substance that they put in the heel of the shoe, that was supposed to make you run faster and jump higher. It didn't.
- Shaquille O'Neal's Reebok Original Shaq Attaq 1
A lesser of two evils, this shoe can't be called truly ugly, but it can't be called much of anything. It's just black. With some blue. That's it. How about putting a stripe of gray or white in there? Maybe two different color blues? It had the pump, which was cool then, but Reebok always seemed to lag behind Nike in creativity. Sure, Nike took some mighty swings and misses (see above), but they had far more outstanding shoes than putrid shoes. This is really an indictment of Reebok failing to produce much in the way of basketball shoes after the pump. Even today it seems like they are missing the boat on basketball shoes, or maybe turning it over to Adidas, as they are now the same company. They have Allen Iverson as a spokesman, but beyond him, they stuck with hip-hop stars like Jay-Z, G-Unit, Nelly, DMX and Pharrell.
- Kobe Bryant's Adidas KB8 II
This shoe just doesn't have much symmetry to it, and the purple insert in the middle of the shoe looks out of place. To us, this looks much more like a hiking boot than a basketball sneaker, which is not a good characteristic. Kobe never made a good looking shoe with Adidas, but since he's with Nike now, that may change.
(By the way, there's a bunch of retro sneaker sites out there, so if you're a sneaker nut, check out Pick Your Shoes, The Shoe Game or Krazy Kickz)
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22 Comments:
Pippen's were the worst.
Totally agree...they're terrible...
Where are the pair of Xanthus fully endorsed by Xavier McDaniel.
I swear they exist.
You missed those "extra high-top" blue and grey Nikes that Patrick Ewing wore at G'Town!
All great selections, Pippens kicks were atrocious, but I want to throw in the Karl Malone Catapults for good measure. Those shoes were rather suspect. What brand were they?
what the heck is wrong with you people? i LOVE my Pippen's!! of course i dont own that specific horrid colorway, but i really do like my all black with white outlined Pip's. as a matter of fact i just played in them today. but i do think they just look good on small(females) feet like mine to be honest.
hard to believe the Rodman Air Worm didn't make this list.
I saw the Rodman's kicks. And they were pretty bad...but not Pippen-esque.
The Mutombo sneakers from Adidas might trump all of these. They were awful, but I sported them as a kid. I had this color scheme:
https://tinyurl.com/yq7sdv
If only people who tried to speak on sneakers actually knew what they were talking about....the extra-high Nikes were worn not by Ewing but by Ralph Dalton, his teammate at G'town. And only one pair has ever resurfaced from that era and they sold for close to $3000 on eBay Japan.....5 years ago. Yes, sneaker collecting has been around for more than 2 years, believe it or not. Cannot WAIT until they are done and we can have them back in peace.
Hmmm, maybe objectively it's tough to argue with you, but for me, these sneakers hold such a dear place in my heart that I have a hard time hating on them. I would have KILLED to rock some of these sneakers back in junior high. Some of you late 80s/early 90s kids have to agree with me, or maybe I'm admitting to being an old fart?
Those Pippens were HOT at the time. Maybe not that disgusting and offensive colorway, but the black/white, and the black/black joints were nice. And Shaq's original Reeboks are the best looking pair of sneakers he's ever worn.
Davids shoes arent that bad the green is bad but that is it and what about the david robinson nike air 2 stong that shoe is awsome.
I think you people who didn't like the More Uptempos are crazy. They are fuckin beautiful. I have the Deam Team Edition and I don't wear them much seeing as I spent $400 on them, but every single time I do EVERYONE tells me how beautiful they are.
cool stuff
I had those David Robinsons. They were the heaviest shoe ever made! I swear it was like running with leg weights. I was so happy the day they got stolen out of my locker.
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