Cosmic hex on the Knicks. Now they'll get the number 1 pick, take Zion, and persistent knee issues will bury his career.
And it goes on and on until sadness infinity.
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Big man Zion shoe just explode !
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He ripped that shoe a new butthole. I've seen that happen on an old cheap shoe. Hope he's okay.
Quite the difference...
This is illegal or if not it should be.
Because they're raking in billions of dollars without paying the kids a dime.
Glad the injury wasn't more serious because that could've been a lot worse.
We need some goddamn luck in the lottery for a change.
Yes
We need some goddamn luck in the lottery for a change.
The shoes worn by potential billion dollar athletes like Zion have to be of a much higher quality than what an ordinary person can commercially buy right?
Is it against NCAA rules for Nike to give Zion thousand dollar shoes for example? If so you would think that Duke would pay for them. It's inexcusable for a guy like Zion to have his shoes explode.
Is it against NCAA rules for Nike to give Zion thousand dollar shoes for example? If so you would think that Duke would pay for them. It's inexcusable for a guy like Zion to have his shoes explode.
Trae Young ain't no slouch though. In a few years the Hawks will look like geniuses for this trade
Because Zion will make Duke, Nike, and the NBA hundreds of millions of dollars. Guys like him should be wearing the best shoes that money can buy.
There's no such thing as higher quality basketball shoes. Like they top out around like what 180 for LeBron. I need the pg2 shoes are great basketball shoes I have one of them years and play bal
Adidas, Puma and Under Armour are salivating for a chance to scoop him up once he leaves college after this shoe debacle
That's chump change for athletes like Lebron. If I were him I would not be happy with wearing shoes that any ordinary person can buy.
I doubt this will change Zion view on Nike. Most people dream of getting their own signature Nike shoe.
But he wouldn't get a shoe deal if that was the case. The whole reason why these deals is for people to have the ability to wear shoes that their favorite athlete uses and wear on the court. and there's not that much higher-quality you can go for athletic shoes because they wear out so much and not really worth it.
I didn't want the knicks to draft zion anyway..... *lies*
Damn.... I've had shows break but not like that. The man was too powerful for his shoe.
Damn.... I've had shows break but not like that. The man was too powerful for his shoe.
I'm going to have to disagree here, Nike can easily go the extra mile and make the same shoes for guys like Lebron that they sell in stores but with much higher quality materials.
Check out this technology for example, Nike could not sell this commercially because it would cost too much, but Lebron, Zion, etc. are a different matter.
https://www.businessinsider.com/graphene-unbreakable-rubber-bands-2017-8
These were player exclusive PG 2.5s, so technically no ordinary person can buy them.
Yes true. But it won't stop the other shoe companies from making grandiose promises on their shoes quality and durability as well as full scale promotion for a budding star. Adidas is a legit threat to Nike for this young man.
It's not about qualities or durability about money. Everyone knows zion hopefully will be the next LeBron so now he's going to go all in for the man. And even then he's going to get his own shoe designed for him.
It depends who they get with the extra first the Mavs gave them, because Luka's ceiling>>>>>> Trae's ceiling.
Luka is doing this shit without an offseason of NBA conditioning.
because it's not about LeBron or Zion it's about you and I everyday people that's why these deals exist. why would Nike go to the trouble of r&d an experimental technology for a basketball shoe? Like the whole selling point on player basketball shoes is that is the same choose at the players wear that's the whole point of them.
No way in hell Luka's ceiling is higher than Trae Youngs LMAO. Luka's body isn't going to hold up and the game will catch up to him quickly. His body type and lack of athletic ability is going to hinder him in the future. I feel for his knees...
I understand that, but I also don't see why Nike shouldn't go the extra mile to produce shoes that look exactly the same but are made with higher quality components.
Billion dollar companies like Nike, Adidas, etc. should be spending a fair amount of money on R&D. If Nike for example could make shoes with graphene infused rubber soles don't you think that would give them an edge over the competition when it comes to signing the world's top athletes?
Think about how smart they are about to look when they trade Zion for Cam Reddish and a 2020 1st!
Eh. Would have better luck going after the equipment manager at Duke. He'd also need to prove that Nike knowingly selling defective shoes for a negligence suit. This seems more like a freak occurrence.
Probably not. He does have an $8 million insurance policy if he goes after the 15th pick in the draft though.
That's interesting though because for every other sport, Nike and other athletic wear companies do develop customized, ultra high end versions. Running shoes, for example. Some of these can be tens of thousands of dollars. Why is basketball different? You sure they don't give them high end shoes that just look like the consumer model?
Wow - I can't even imagine what's going through his and his family's minds right now. Hope he's all right.
This has always been my biggest fear for him. Every time I've seen a basketball player with really unnatural quickness and explosion for their body type, injuries wreck their career. Baron Davis and Larry Johnson are the first two examples that pop in my head. The body just can't take the stress for a long period of time. One of my biggest basketball what ifs personally is what Grandmama could have been had his back injury not taken away his explosiveness.
Oh well, hope Zion is OK and somehow manages to have the body integrity of Lebron that somehow manages to stay healthy despite his size.
If trading Luka for Trea and a 2019 first was a good idea, then trading Zion for Cam and a 2020 is going to go great.
Thankfully modern training and strengthening is more prepared than it was even 10 or 15 years ago for most of these athletes. Look at what it has done for Steph Curry and his ankle issues and to keep Lebron virtually injury as he has moved into his later years.
More speaking about the initial reports of it being a sprain. Even in the absence of an MRI, you can still glean a lot of info from the physical exam itself in terms of provocative tests and such. Obviously, he's not out of the woods yet and the MRI will be the definitive answer and can potentially show something that was not obvious on the physical exam.
A sprain could be a torn ligament though.
Not trying to be combative, just premature to say one way or another.