I'm hoping this is a sign that we may be getting columbia/all-star game 11's sooner rather than later.
http://store.nba.com/product/index.jsp?productId=12098141#
"The former player's Nike line accounts for about 70% of the $2.8 billion U.S. retail basketball-shoe market, SportsOneSource says." - from WSJ article. I'm assuming that Nike's other lines Lebron, Kobe, and KD, etc account for large portion of the remaining 30%. So essentially, Nike/JB...
I've read the Concord thread since it blew up, and obviously this thread was created as an extension/response to everything raised in that thread. I just read http://niketalk.yuku.com/.../WOW?page=1#.TuIkRrLNlGU yesterday (since I'm a newb here), where people bought authentic OG's, PE's and...
DCmetroArea, those are all failures on the part of JB/Nike's quality control department. My RD Black Cements had a crease/extra tumble near one of the top eyelets, RD flint 13's and altitude 13's had wrinkling on the mesh, and my RD Black Metallic 5's had some excess glue. While it is...
I'm saying it's doubtful that SDS, AR and others get their entire supplies from Nike factories. I have zero idea about the actual construction methods inside JB factories, but let's examine the assumption that sites like these are selling overruns or b-grades. I'd assume that these mass...
I just read that entire thread yesterday and have to say that it was . The main thing that I took away from it was the amount of damage that can be done with one legit shoe and access to people skilled in the production/alteration/manufacturing of shoes. It's been widely accepted that LEGIT...
Been following this thread for a while and it's had me looking a lot at my space jams and cool greys I purchased from FTL on RD. Figured I'd upload some pics of the carbon fiber because even on some of the better looking pairs it still seems to look off to me. Maybe it's the lighting, but...
Have to say that I'm loving my playoffs. I have the flints, altitudes and white/reds as well and their crease resistant leather on the tongues squeaks like crazy. Only the playoffs don't seem to have that problem because of the nubuck/suede tongues.