Breaking: Gentry Humphrey Headed Back to Jordan Brand

[truenike81]

He used to get interviewed by Sole~Collector regularly from what I remember...Very fond of showing off unreleased samples and 1 of 1’s he had...

He held what everybody was clamoring for (Colorways and Nike Air branding) so he could floss those features on his personal pairs...

Don’t get it twisted...He wasn’t preserving anything for OG collectors, he was just stroking his own ego...

Just look at him a straight clown he look like the dude u picked on in high school

 

[staffsgtdignam]

https://www.sneakerfiles.com/air-jordan-release-dates/2008-air-jordan-release-dates/
The gentry era look at this line up straight trash

The knockoff Iversons are hilarious though:

 

[staffsgtdignam]

around my way, all the hood rats had these

I remember back in the day when The Athlete’s Foot would sell True Flights on a 2-for-1 special.. All it would really cost you was your dignity.

 

[JRepp23]

The knockoff Iversons are hilarious though:

I had these and they were nice. 12.5s I believe. I liked them so much because they reminded me of team Js from 98.

 

[mjmoney23]

Wow, I truly forgot how awful 2008 was. It was also hilarious how It seemed every team Jordan had the midsole of an older signature, with the 3 and 4 being the most prevalent.

 

[SlamShut]

The only thing good that came out of JB in 2008 was the XX3 in my opinion.

 

[sickickz23]

2008 was a good year for me...to catch up on previous years retro’s

 

[PRIME]

I’m just glad we got BC3 with NA in good quality before he came back.

Concords and jams too.

 

[tonytobacco]

What was he running before he got back here? That department is probably about to flourish. #lookonthebrightside

 

[truenike81]

After this year I'm done

 

[J Kilroy 85]

First the Gentry announcement, then the Don C shoe reveal which looks like a monstrosity right out of the Gentry era. Coincidence?

 

[beasly151]

What was he running before he got back here? That department is probably about to flourish. #lookonthebrightside

I wanna say Nike Sportswear. So foams bout to go in the vault or some classics coming out

 

[Thierry Henry]

I remember back in the day when The Athlete’s Foot would sell True Flights on a 2-for-1 special.. All it would really cost you was your dignity.

 

[sunggolam78]

It was a dark era for JB. Fusions, Six Rings, Spizike, Dub Zero...

 

[mjmoney23]

First the Gentry announcement, then the Don C shoe reveal which looks like a monstrosity right out of the Gentry era. Coincidence?

This. Another frankenjorden

 

[1c3m4m]

It was a dark era for JB. Fusions, Six Rings, Spizike, Dub Zero...

JB sales were booming though, I had a couple fusions and dub zeros

Dark era for retros and quality yeah but they are a business

Thats why they brought him back lol

 

[Aquamanjay_]

JB sales were booming though, I had a couple fusions and dub zeros

Dark era for retros and quality yeah but they are a business

Thats why they brought him back lol

Their sales were not nearly as nice as post Gentry sales

 

[marztharealist]

I swear, if this Minister *** looking bastard puts nubuck, on the already butchered 4 model, when they release the Black Cement's next year, I ******* swear done with JB.

Real f'n talk...

If that happens, we should all riot.​

 

[1c3m4m]

Their sales were not nearly as nice as post Gentry sales

^ true but they couldnt predict the future

There some part of G that makes him asset that they brought him back

Could be something we dont know

 

[buddhashark]

Large companies tend to force positions for long-tenured employees that provide more perceived value than actual value. Not saying the Gentry is absolutely useless, but don't for one second think Nike is exempt from the mismanagement that plagues all of Corporate America.

 

[noblekane]

^ true but they couldnt predict the future

There some part of G that makes him asset that they brought him back

Could be something we dont know

like blackmail?

 

[1c3m4m]

^ lol idk bretheren

 

[Mr Dink]

Trash Team Jordan's have always been around before and after Gentry.

 

[vood99]

Large companies tend to force positions for long-tenured employees that provide more perceived value than actual value. Not saying the Gentry is absolutely useless, but don't for one second think Nike is exempt from the mismanagement that plagues all of Corporate America.

100% spot on. Highly plausible that Gentry is comfortable earning lower than his counterparts in exchange for some garbage 1 of 1 retros for himself and he's also got no skeletons in his closet in lieu of the latest #metoo movement that took down some top Nike executives.

 

[staffsgtdignam]

Trash Team Jordan's have always been around before and after Gentry.

True but the worst of the worst (including countless hideous AF 1 Fusion cws) came under his watch.

I will say, 2008 really tested the strength of Jordan Brand but I’m not sure if it can survive another era like that again since there are a lot more options for sneakerheads nowadays. I think people will move on from Jordan Brand if they lose focus on selling retros (I can’t see this happening, realistically though). On a related note, I also can’t think of a single rapper that was selling shoes back then (only the S. Dot and Hurricane Game models come to mind), now it seems like most popular rappers have a shoe deal to hype up the respective brands.