Greatest shoes of all time

[wagexslave]

Except for the comfort and that they must be high tops and NIKEs then the coloring is important for me as far as looks go.... as long as they are in completely black or white its all good... red is also nice.... or a mix of black/red or white/red....

Example:

Jordan 1


Jordan 9


Jordan 15 (not the retros)


Lebron 9


Lebron 10

Holy crap Nike makes some ugly shoes. The Jordan 1's are amazingly sick, but the rest are fugly.

[Blingster]

I used to dream about those Air Max's.. These were one of the shoes that I had to have.. Never got them though.

Got these instead



And the Olympic Pippens




Then Finally got these.



Popped the damn air bubble on a Nail stick through the floor.. I was madddd as hell

[crisoner]

Jordan 3's



Kobe 4's



Penny's



LeBron 8's



Grant Hill Fila that Pac is rocking



Iverson Questions



Kobe Adidas

[Money 23]

Lol, Swoosh bright colors don't make a shoe ghetto. Why would you even think that?

Yes they do. They didn't start doing that stuff until the mid to late 2000s. Prior to that a shoe had to be white or black based per NBA rules. And I think white / black based shoes with hints of color are stylish, yet classy.

Now you see kids running around in HIGHLIGHTER color shoes. It looks disgusting. Pathetic. It screams look at me. Overly flamboyant, and over designed. Let me put on some nice jeans and my crayola marker colored kicks.

You can't criticize a south Beach themed shoe for being colorful if even seen a picture of the location.

Sure I can. I know my shoes. Thus the original "Swoosh" moniker username.

There has only been one pair of LeBron's I've really liked, and that's the LeBron 2. The rest are built like concrete bricks.

Today's shoes suck. Cheap materials, under the guise of "lightweight" yet they sell for a higher price than they used to be. Up until the early 2000s you could get a performance beast shoe that was made of REAL leather that was durable, that didn't last 3 months of constant pick up games.

I've burned through SO many pairs of Nike's the past several years since they went to mesh, plastic, and thin rubbers for their shoes.

And they play the consumer by releasing a v1, v2, playoff shoe, in outrageously hideous colors multiple times a season.

Look at LeBron's HORRENDOUS colored All Star sneaker. These lames think "louder" = "better"

[wagexslave]

its clearly these:

LMAO What are those? Overpriced "basketball Crocs"?

[Draz]

Answer IV's

OH MAN. Had one of these back in 5th grade. Red & White. Also the Jordans Concords are nice.

[Collie]

The Air Max 2:


and Air Max 3:



are my favorite basketball shoes. Special mention also to Reebok's Shaq Attack line:

[Blingster]

Some good NON basketball shoes.

[ProfessorMurder]

You should've just called this thread, 'Post oversized pictures of the three most popular brands.'


Go with something unique and cool that a bunch of footlocker shopping dbags won't have.

Converse Reacts or Aero Jams
Old Reebok Pumps
Converse Weapons
Daryl Dawkins' style Ponys
Classic Reebok BB4600 or BB5600
Reebok Kamikazes
Ewings (like you posted)
Some Barkleys like the Sharkley (they did a retro of it a few years back)

Straps, high tops, padding, different. That's what you want. There are plenty gently used pairs and new ones on ebay if you look around.

[Blingster]

Couple more

Never liked J Kidd, but dug a couple of his shoes..

[Blingster]

You should've just called this thread, 'Post oversized pictures of the three most popular brands.'


Go with something unique and cool that a bunch of footlocker shopping dbags won't have.

Converse Reacts or Aero Jams
Old Reebok Pumps
Converse Weapons
Daryl Dawkins' style Ponys
Classic Reebok BB4600 or BB5600
Reebok Kamikazes
Ewings (like you posted)
Some Barkleys like the Sharkley (they did a retro of it a few years back)

Straps, high tops, padding, different. That's what you want. There are plenty gently used pairs and new ones on ebay if you look around.

Sorry, I don't shop at Goodwill for my Kicks.

[ProfessorMurder]

Sorry, I don't shop at Goodwill for my Kicks.

Sorry, I don't buy overpriced, over manufactured, overhyped shoes that fall apart in 2 months.

[Collie]

I also used to rock these Hakeem Spalding shoes when I was a little kid.

[Just2McFly]

You should've just called this thread, 'Post oversized pictures of the three most popular brands.'


Go with something unique and cool that a bunch of footlocker shopping dbags won't have.

Converse Reacts or Aero Jams
Old Reebok Pumps
Converse Weapons
Daryl Dawkins' style Ponys
Classic Reebok BB4600 or BB5600
Reebok Kamikazes
Ewings (like you posted)
Some Barkleys like the Sharkley (they did a retro of it a few years back)

Straps, high tops, padding, different. That's what you want. There are plenty gently used pairs and new ones on ebay if you look around.

I was actually thinking about the Pumps and Weapons the other day when I bumped into old ads for each shoe. Kevin Mchale rapping was hilarious.

Kamikazes are becoming popular again, Reebok is actually advertising their products now and have been pushing those.

[Blingster]

Sorry, I don't buy overpriced, over manufactured, overhyped shoes that fall apart in 2 months.

I do agree that some shoes, especially Nike can be shotty. I will say that every pair that I posted, Held up extremely well to many hours on the street ball courts. There are a reason that these shoes sell well, they look "Nice". Shoes like the Foamposite are very unique that smaller brands don't have the technology or money to develop. The Foams took more abuse than any shoe that I ever owned. To this day they still look great 10+ years later.

Overhyped and over manufactured.. yeah for sure there are alot of those.