bigj505
Staff member
- 42,582
- 21,768
- Joined
- Jan 23, 2007
Guys,
I was thinking about things and I figured Id ask for some perspective.
We all know that Jordans started off as a signature shoe.
Most of us also know that towards the end of Jordans Bulls career, Nike/JB started doing things to make JB its own line including removing Nike branding from the current sig shoes, creating Team Jordan, and briefly having a womens Jordan sig shoe (need this retro please).
We had players like Ray Allen and Eddie Jones wearing the Team Jordans as they were part of team jordan.
Fast forward a bit and we start getting hybrids to add to the line beginning with what, the Spizikes or the Dub Zeros (around the XX release???)
We also now have athletes that have their own sigs like Carmelo Anthony and Chris Paul
Now we still have the Spizikes and Dub Zeros but now we have the 40 acres, futures, and more.
Lastly, we have an abundance of retros that continually drop.
This lead me to thinking that Jordan Brand has fully evolved into its own mirror of Nike Brand.
What I mean is, we are getting Jordan Retros like we get Nike retros but also have another catalog of Jordan products for the "regular" people.
These retros are like how we get uptempos, foamposites, barkleys these days.
The brand has really developed into a full fledged entity if that makes any sensee. Anyone agree or disagree?
I was thinking about things and I figured Id ask for some perspective.
We all know that Jordans started off as a signature shoe.
Most of us also know that towards the end of Jordans Bulls career, Nike/JB started doing things to make JB its own line including removing Nike branding from the current sig shoes, creating Team Jordan, and briefly having a womens Jordan sig shoe (need this retro please).
We had players like Ray Allen and Eddie Jones wearing the Team Jordans as they were part of team jordan.
Fast forward a bit and we start getting hybrids to add to the line beginning with what, the Spizikes or the Dub Zeros (around the XX release???)
We also now have athletes that have their own sigs like Carmelo Anthony and Chris Paul
Now we still have the Spizikes and Dub Zeros but now we have the 40 acres, futures, and more.
Lastly, we have an abundance of retros that continually drop.
This lead me to thinking that Jordan Brand has fully evolved into its own mirror of Nike Brand.
What I mean is, we are getting Jordan Retros like we get Nike retros but also have another catalog of Jordan products for the "regular" people.
These retros are like how we get uptempos, foamposites, barkleys these days.
The brand has really developed into a full fledged entity if that makes any sensee. Anyone agree or disagree?