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would be nice to get a pair... i need aways horribly
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Originally Posted by NotoriousMJ23
would be nice to get a pair... i need aways horribly
No, Kobe Bryant didn't make lows popular again, period. People have been wearing lows all the time, as the pics have proven. Steve Nash deserves more credit than anyone if that is the case.Originally Posted by NotoriousMJ23
^^ man shut up.!
I guess you can say this if you look at sales by region. But again, I see nobody wearing this shoe where I am. I played in several different tourney's here in the city, and nobody wore them. Played in the ProAm, and nobody wore them.Originally Posted by heelntoe wit my nyks
...but where's the outcry from players and trainers about how bad Kobe's are?
I understand the point about not all players choosing the Kobe on their own but being paid to wear a shoe doesn't specifically pertain to Kobes. Pretty much every mediocre-elite player has a set guideline of what a company wants them to wear. Being paid to wear a shoe doesn't mean the a shoe can't perform well. It doesn't mean the players couldn't realize that it's a good shoe. It also doesn't mean all players being paid are willing to put there well being in jeopardy for some money.
General consumers aren't paid to wear anything and we all know the Hyperize is crap. The Kobe line receives praise because they are put to the test (as all basketball shoes).
Sure. The Kobe line isn't for everyone but no single shoe is. Winning over a majority has always been the name of the game.
It's not debatable that Kobe is disliked the most by the general public. Yes, Nike Marketing is genius but you can only trick a consumer so much. There's a point where the product has to speak for itself. The Kobe IV and V has had tremendous success. For a non-retro that can only be interrupted one way....a well built shoe.
man you talk too much.Originally Posted by Nat Turner
No, Kobe Bryant didn't make lows popular again, period. People have been wearing lows all the time, as the pics have proven. Steve Nash deserves more credit than anyone if that is the case.Originally Posted by NotoriousMJ23
^^ man shut up.!
vanexellent wrote:
havent seen such trolling/e-arguments being run by Nat Turner since the infamous and multi-banned Coach Hubie/Jack Johnson/Justice God/etc. He also "worked with athletes".
Disagreeing with a concept is not trolling. But a moderator in disguise is not only trolling, but cowardly. That said, disagreeing with what are obviously non objective fans of Kobe Bryant, especially when facts are posted that Kobe Bryant did not make lows popular, then being called a "troll", is exactly what is wrong with this venue. However, I am very happy to state that many, especially those in real time, agree with what it is that I am saying. I understand that you guys here are trying to hype Kobe's shoes, but the vitriol that is spewed when someone disagrees, shows the intellectual capability of those respondent's.
That said, here's to you,
Enjoy!
Uhhh, I never said that lows were bad, I said that Kobe didn't make playing in lows popular.Originally Posted by NotoriousMJ23
Nat Turner... you and your life is a joke.. I can't believe how blind you are.
If you hate Kobe or envy his greatness.. just say that
But dont come to the Kobe thread and not expect for people to get at your neck.
I HOPE THIS SHUTS YOU MOUTH... FOREVER!!
It's a puff piece! It doesn't state that Kobe made the low cut shoe popular!Originally Posted by NotoriousMJ23
Nash and Gilbert never got this much attention....
Here's your funeral Nat Turner
Lakers G Kobe Bryant Thursday hosted a live global webcast to introduce his new shoe, the Nike Zoom Kobe IV, and more than 1,000 members of the media tuned in, "from China and Japan and other parts of Asia, plus Europe," according to Broderick Turner of the L.A. TIMES. Bryant said that he "had a hand in the design of his fourth signature shoe with Nike." Turner notes Bryant plans to debut the shoe during the December 25 Celtics-Lakers game (L.A. TIMES, 12/12). ESPN.com's Wayne Drehs noted Bryant's shoe is a low-top, and it is a "gamble for him, a gamble for Nike and a gamble for the industry as a whole." Whether a low-top shoe will be "accepted by consumers will depend on breaking down myths," but the shoe's release comes at a "critical time for Nike, which has seen a steady decline in sales of basketball shoes" since the '90s. When Bryant in '07 met with a "Nike design team and began brainstorming ideas" for the shoe, his "focus wasn't on following the precedent but rather on setting his own." As an "avid soccer buff, Bryant marveled at the stress soccer players put on their ankles while wearing a low-cut shoe and figured if they could do that on the pitch, he could bring it on the hardwood." So Bryant told Nike to create the "lowest, lightest basketball shoe ever," and the "end result is a shoe that weighs just 11.6 ounces, some 20[%] lighter than the average Nike basketball shoe." While Wizards G Gilbert Arenas is a "longtime proponent of the low-top, and Nike made a lower-type cut shoe" last year for Suns G Steve Nash, Bryant is "by far the biggest star to take the plunge into the low-cut world." Drehs reported Bryant is expected to debut the shoe, which will retail for $120, during the December 19 Heat-Lakers game (ESPN.com, 12/11).
ashes to ashes.. dust to dust
Originally Posted by NotoriousMJ23
your a joke Nat
get a life
wasnt even talking about that one