How basketball shoe culture exploded

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Basketball sneakers are an economy of their own. Basketball has evolved into one of the world’s most popular sports, followed by millions of fans all over the globe. And the choice of shoes worn by its players spawned a subcultural phenomenon.
From Chuck Taylor’s Converse in 1917, to Michael Jordan’s Air Jordan 1s and beyond, this is a brief history of the NBA’s shoe culture.
Written by Ryan Baldi, illustrated by Henry Cooke.
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Crazy that the most popular shoes are basketball shoes like converse all stars, nike af1, dunks, jordans

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[@loading7447]

U missed one of the most important shoes, the blazers were very influential at the time but apart from that it was a good video to watch👍

[@Anonymous-dr6cw]

This needs way more views

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Bruuuh i read this as basketball shoe cult 😅 🤣🤣🤣

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Not far off honestly hahaha

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I love how many videos you post in one day! Impressive!

[@solentsound185]

great presentation

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You didn't mention Doctor Js, converse star player endorsement, Julius Irving

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They look so good though. Still got my dunks from years ago.

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very good account. I enjoyed while I relearned

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I love basketball 🏀

[@dondraper2488]

I wonder how many people were shot for their Air Jordan’s….

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4:37 - who is Ah-Siah Thomas?

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Famous Singaporean basketballer

[@ianleigh2245]

i found a pair of those exact shoes on the thumbnail good as new other day and a pair of pink and black ones are the worth anything?

[@acorgiwithacrown467]

The trend here is as the years past the shoes got uglier and uglier.

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My brother has shakela neels

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I really want air Jordans but my family can't afford them

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skill issue

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Informative

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0:40 shoe name?

[@sonsofthetribe]

Not a great presentation Missed alot out here what about the Adidas superstar and campus? and what about New Balance and Asics? They were very big in the 80's.

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Hi

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basketball shoes are for noobs

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