Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Air Jordan
Hey you all probably seen people wearing clothes, shoes, and maybe even wearing backpacks that have a a guy in mid air with a ball doing a dunk. Well this logo first of all is called the Jumpman and it is a representation of Michael Jordan. This is pretty much his subsidiary company that was started in 1985. It was back then that Jordan got a new shoe from NIKE that was banned to be used by the NBA. He was really lucky because the fines were paid by NIKE because of this the shoe got a lot of publicity. Eventually the league allowed the shoe to be used by players and MJ. That is incredibly cool when you have your company and a shoe named after you. I find really amazing. Besides that this company has produced a lot of shoes. They have many lines of apparel and they are Originals, Retro, Retro-Pluses, Player Exclusives, and Samples. The original shoe that MJ wore back in the day is still produced with 90+ different color variations. THAT IS AMAZING! I kind of want to get the shoe myself now. The company has its own team of all star players. They are called Team Jordan. This group has such modern greats as Carmelo Anthony, Chris Paul, Ray Allen, and Dwyane Wade (current face of the company). So this is for today enjoy!
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I wonder if there are others who have sneakers named after them. Any you can think of? Why were they banned by the league?
ReplyDeleteLeBron James and other modern basketball greats. Well they said that they were too flashy for the court at a certain point. So it was basically that it was different from what the league expected for its players to wear. It is so ridiculous because they did not improve his skills whatsoever.
ReplyDeleteAir Jordan's legacy has lived on through the brand. The brand's logo is an almost unrecognizable picture. Wow, I didn't realize that the company owned all those other players' shoes!
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