Has Foamposite ever been properly used? During the original run of Foamposite and its immediate successors, only the extreme ballers gave the Posite line a chance. It simply was not a shoe for everyone, but that usually is the case for a product designed for the extremes. Consider every Posite Basketball shoe release like the debut of a high-end supercar; not for everyone, but admired by all. Today, Foamposites have reached that level of discount nike free men outlet intended popularity as a Lifestyle footwear selection rather than a performance model, but the recent debut of the Hyperposite aims to change the attitude of Foam from a street-ready stomper to a sleek, lightweight, and game-changing design.
Unfortunately, the Air Signature Player is just one of many shoes that might've been too ahead of its time. The $130 price-tag was cheap new balance 574 online still relatively high for a Nike Basketball shoe, which many consumers considered too steep for an experimental' material. It was still a top performer, particularly among bigger guards and small forwards (the cushioning was a bit softer than Zoom Air). Several white team-based colorways of the Air Signature Player released, with the most exciting ones being the Royal' pair and Gold' pair. If you find a deadstock pair in your sights, cop 'em quick! More of tonight's Classics Revisited is just ahead.
We can't have a week-long tribute to Nike Basketball during the early 2000's without a reference to one of the true evolutionary pieces of Nike history, now can we? While the low-cut sneaker sale new balance 574 women online boom might be credited to Kobe Bryant, it was the Air Zoom Jet Flight of 2001 that should garner all the props. Like the Air Flight Max III of the same year, the Air Jet Flight resembles a running shoe more than it does a basketball shoe. Structurally, the Air Jet Flight was a beauty. Build on a midsole that featured high-volume visible Max Air on the heel and fore-foot Zoom Air with a high-wrap midsole and a TPU-support midfoot strap, the Air Jet Flight was on a separate playing field from anything Nike Basketball had done before.
Debates will be had and arguments will be made, but there is nobody not even Michael, Dominique, Shawn, or LeBron that is a better dunker than Vince Carter. The UNC alumni sprung into the NBA highlight reel almost instantly, pulling off inhumane feats of aerial assaults with a rare and cherished combination of finesse and power, throwing down sweet windmills on everyone in his path. VC went from highlight-reel regular to international superstar in a short span of five months, beginning with his Slam Dunk Contest showing in February of 2000 and his leapfrogging over Frederic Weis during the Sydney Olympics later that year.
The one major difference between the February and August occasions was what was on Vince's feet; during the Dunk Contest, VC rocked the AND1 Tai Chi, but by August, he used his airborne abilities to showcase Nike Shox technology and the Nike Shox BB4. It was a match clearance new balance 574 men wholesale made in heaven; who better than Vince Carter to represent a technology that propelled the athlete off the ground?Vince Carter's allegiance to Nike would come at a major, major price; his new contract with the Swoosh rewarded him a cool $30 million, but roughly half of that amount went to Puma to pay off a breach of contract' fee of sorts. It was a price Vince was willing to pay as the path down Nike would certainly lead to greener pastures, as the Nike Shox VC line would debut
not even two years later (Christmas 2001, to be exact).