Monday, July 16

Durant in Nikes

Cue the Mars Blackmon clips, Kevin Durant's shoe saga has apparently ended, and he'll be wearing Nikes this year.

Sportsbusinessradio.com is reporting the story, and, honestly, I couldn't care less. I've avoided this story for the past couple of weeks, because I just don't see why anybody cares about this stuff. I like the shoe ads like everyone else, but is it really all that interesting what type of shoes any athlete wears? I can see if you're in high school or junior high and you want to emulate your idol, but c'mon, should a 35-year-old man really give a crap what kind of shoes the forward on his favorite basketball team wears?

Maybe I'm just getting old ...

3 comments:

Paul said...

should a 35-year-old man really give a crap what kind of shoes the forward on his favorite basketball team wears?


Don't look at me, I've two pairs of shoes--one for everyday and one for mowing the lawn. (OK, I've also got one pair of "fancy" shoes for the rare times I have something fancy to go to).

Now Chunky is a another story--I think he has one for every year he's been alive.

Anonymous said...

It must be nice to rack in the huge dollars, but I could only wish the movement towards affordable quality shoes would continue. With a guy like Durant or Oden joining the Starbury team, this variation would have taken a step further.
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Anonymous said...

Despite all the efforts by Stern to massage the image, the NBA is a cash cow, plain and simple.