basketball shoe

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It’s a small appearance, but one that makes clear the Jordan’s ascendancy from basketball shoe to streetwear staple to common accessory with formal tailoring.

From New York Times • Apr. 5, 2023

“I was designing the shoe with the idea that I needed a real basketball shoe that the best basketball player in the world could play in,” Mr. Moore told slamonline.com in 2018.

From Washington Post • May 7, 2022

Why does a basketball shoe have lights in it?

From Slate • Mar. 4, 2019

At his pop cultural height, Lee was the architect of basketball shoe marketing with Michael Jordan and Nike, the face of New York Knicks fandom and the embodiment of 1990s Afrocentricity.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 2019

Bazley, who decided not play in the development league, is the first athlete signed to promote the company’s re-entry into the basketball shoe market.

From Washington Times • Oct. 22, 2018