http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/15047018/how-nike-lost-stephen-curry-armour

"The pitch meeting, according to Steph's father Dell, who was present, kicked off with one Nike official accidentally addressing Stephen as "Steph-on," the moniker, of course, of Steve Urkel's alter ego in Family Matters. "I heard some people pronounce his name wrong before," says Dell Curry. "I wasn't surprised. I was surprised that I didn't get a correction."

It got worse from there. A PowerPoint slide featured Kevin Durant's name, presumably left on by accident, presumably residue from repurposed materials. "I stopped paying attention after that," Dell says. Though Dell resolved to "keep a poker face," throughout the entirety of the pitch, the decision to leave Nike was in the works."

lack of respect from such a large corporation shows complete laziness due to athletes falling head over heels to sign (some very big) deals with them in the past.

I don't know about UA as a brand. I still think dudes that wear their array of dry-wick kufis, undercover police accessories, and ribbed workout tights are misguided, but more power to Curry for evening the playing field and keeping Nike honest.

All the apparel is really great. High quality materials, and they incorporate nice little design touches like a high collar on their pullover hoodies so your neck doesn't get cold. The coaches' polos we ordered up are like twelve orders of quality better than the Nike shirts that the school gave to all of the spring coaches.

ETA: Their cleats are still wack as hell. Especially when compared to the Huarache Vs: http://lacrosseunlimited.com/nike-huarache-5-elite-lacrosse-cleats-thompson-creators-pack-edition.html?gclid=CP6NiJ-i18sCFQyNaQodbPoK4A

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"This (and every, actually) conversation needs more Chesterton and less Mike Francesa." - Walleye

i have never worn any of their cleats but i know the highlight football cleats with all that clutchfit crap on them sold very, very well. i though they did a lax version of them and figured it would be at least decent.

i have tried nike's lacrosse stuff and it's pretty good. the materials on their indoor stuff seem a little cheap but the shoe is very comfortable (huarache ones). i bought a white/orange pair to wear with an old philadelphia wings jersey.

And you will know MY JACKET IS GOLD when I lay my vengeance upon thee.

Then again, I also rolled with a pair of Copa Mundials when I played lacrosse in college.

And man, I miss the Wings. My school did our alumni game with them, so we'd go, catch a game and then get to play on the floor afterward. The crowd was hyped (for the Wings, not our not even D3 asses) every time.

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"This (and every, actually) conversation needs more Chesterton and less Mike Francesa." - Walleye

but they are just a pared down version of other cross-trainers they offer anyway. for a maryland based company i figured they would be bigger into it overall.

the wings had a nice little niche. i never got to a game. the jersey i have is an early 2000s repro from the 70s (dallas eliuk). i did go see the barrage or whatever. that was kind of a weird, shot clock, no restraining box. i think they had some kind of weird rule about defensemen, too. it was kind of like arena lacrosse.

And you will know MY JACKET IS GOLD when I lay my vengeance upon thee.

So might have been a turn back the clock night kinda deal

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"This (and every, actually) conversation needs more Chesterton and less Mike Francesa." - Walleye

like when i last moved to philly he was on his way out via trade. must have been a TBTC type of deal. definitely an older style jersey, wide-hole mesh like the oilers and stars used on their jerseys in the 80s.

And you will know MY JACKET IS GOLD when I lay my vengeance upon thee.

its worked out for all parties involved. Steph gets the Lebron treatment from UA. Nike eating well off all the sig lines this year except the KDs i believe. they're dropping the retail like $30 on that for the new one after the current one's performance.

them Curry 3 numbers are gonna be astronomical if he rings/MVPs again this year.

<--- Big Baller World Order

and their logo look like something a big san fran bear would have tatted on his bicep at the pride parade.

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Steph: I was just fooling about

Kyrie: I wasn't.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8OWNspU_yE

Curry 2's are everywhere.

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Steph: I was just fooling about

Kyrie: I wasn't.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8OWNspU_yE

both got Curry 2's instead of Lebrons, and they asked for them.

And while Bags here shitting on appearances, let's not act like that's not Rotten Tomatoes rotten tomato icon on the side of the new Lebrons, or act like Jordan doesn't make shit looking shoes for Russ, Melo, etc.

and revise your stance.

Also, China youth are not the USA youth.

AI's sneaks were ugly as hell but Reebok killed in China.

"hey, make this right mayne
stop at the light mayne,
my yester night thang got me hung off the night train "

https://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nba-ball-dont-lie/steph-curry-s-special-new-mvp-sneakers-sold-out-almost-immediately-205923881.html

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i actually like the curry twos
and the one on the left looks nice

but that one with mvp on it (written out in times new roman wtf?)...just no. looks like some of klay's anta garbage

the blue Curry's are nice. but i don't care for the two toned color of the MVP's.

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i wanna say i saw somewhere that he wanted a faith based inscription on his shoes and they said no.

anyway.

the larger of the two companies has decided to corner grassroots to indoctrinate youngins.

some savage big bidness shit.

i have to talk to their reps fairly frequently for my job and they're extremely generous and outgoing on the grassroots tip.

<--- Big Baller World Order

full disclosure i'm working (for? with? shrug) the 800lb gorilla this summer.

I do my best to be objective.

for all their aggressiveness, it hasn't translated to talent. it's not close.

i didnt say it was panning out for them yet just an acknowledgement of their effort and what i've experience. but you can see some results starting to bubble with the HS kids now. i'd say they're about 5 years away from really reaping the benefits on the nba level as far as their roster.

i cant even pretend to be objective though lol. im team nike/jordan all day.

<--- Big Baller World Order

but play summer ball elsewhere.

And while I haven't seen all 16u rosters.

17U? Loaded.

and summer is where a lot of the players looking to play together starts, as well as transferring high schools.

which bodes well for the circuit that has the most talent.

I root for competition. It's just gonna be tough when the big dude puts together his resources towards stopping you.

Their connections to AAU teams in the midwest are having schools like Wisconsin switch over
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-The Knicks’ coaching search still includes a lone frontrunner, Kurt Rambis, whose qualifications for the position include a strong relationship with Jackson and a willingness to take the job.

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i would think Curry has equity in UA as well like Brady.

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they had a chance to keep him and didnt.

That attitude was why the meeting was crap..it wasn't just that they were lazy.

No wonder bazemore was always so happy.

-The Knicks’ coaching search still includes a lone frontrunner, Kurt Rambis, whose qualifications for the position include a strong relationship with Jackson and a willingness to take the job.

-The Knicks’ coaching search still includes a lone frontrunner, Kurt Rambis, whose qualifications for the position include a strong relationship with Jackson and a willingness to take the job.

Didn't think that was possible

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they didn't think he'd make the leap.

he did.

that's the story.

www.engadgethd.com - the other stuff i'm looking at

He averaged 22 and 7 (not far off his numbers from this year, granted in way more minutes) and had just come off a 78 game season and what most figured was a breakout year. Wasn't like he'd JUST signed his contract...he signed that the year before I think.

And the playoffs that year vs the Spurs was a pretty close 6 game series where he scored 44 in the first game in a 2OT loss against the damn Spurs. He was making the leap.

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I think nike, and many other people at that time, considered kyrie irving to have a better chance of moving past the russell westbrooks and derrick roses of the world.

kyrie averaged 22 and 6 that same year.

clearly they were wrong, but that's what they thought.

www.engadgethd.com - the other stuff i'm looking at

He averaged 23.8 last year...thats what I was looking at. Seemed low to me too.

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I forgot he didn't even make the ASG in 2012-2013.

that offseason, I think you can say they SHOULD'VE known he was on the upswing, but they're far from the only ones who missed it coming, and with his injuries it was easy to shrug off


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That's sales 101 man, double check that PowerPoint if you used it somewhere else already

as fuck to do that when you have a go to template that you use. But, on the other hand, not only did you not test it yourself, it means y'all didn't even care enough to test it in house or A/B anything, get opinions, etc. Like it's one dude, and not a TEAM making the call on that??? That's fucking insane!!! Just shows you people that are doing bazillion dollars deals are idiots too.

and not getting his name right? cmon nike.

From a professionalism standpoint. Having hosted a number of clients, I can't imagine my own reaction if that kind of detail was ignored.

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<--The drought is over

"have fun reveling in your pettiness tho" (C) Dula summing up 98% of OKS

"I didnt finish a damn thing...matter of fact I jerked off after she left."
-Kobe speaking to investigators

L D E A

but that level of unprofessionalism? Kinda shocked by that.

I know it's only homos and effeminate men that watch the sport, but apparently the swoosh thinks there's money to be made.

*throws glitter all over the place*

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But hell, what do I know?

Trailing only Adidas. Their real major investment came during the 2014 WC and it has paid off.

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<--The drought is over

"have fun reveling in your pettiness tho" (C) Dula summing up 98% of OKS

"I didnt finish a damn thing...matter of fact I jerked off after she left."
-Kobe speaking to investigators

L D E A

Exactly.

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But hell, what do I know?

Their YoY market share increases reflect that, especially in 2014.

Smh, trying to save face really is priority 1 to infinity for posters these days.

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"have fun reveling in your pettiness tho" (C) Dula summing up 98% of OKS

"I didnt finish a damn thing...matter of fact I jerked off after she left."
-Kobe speaking to investigators

L D E A

UA is just beginning to dabble, when I was in Brazil I noticed that they outfit some of the pro teams there. Nike does tons of big clubs (Arsenal, Man U, Barca, etc) and lots of prominent national teams, too (Brazil, Holland, etc).

Their cleats are getting wildly expensive, I have seen some that push $400 now.

And you will know MY JACKET IS GOLD when I lay my vengeance upon thee.

5 year deal at 30 million pounds per year...definitely not a paltry sum lol.

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<--The drought is over

"have fun reveling in your pettiness tho" (C) Dula summing up 98% of OKS

"I didnt finish a damn thing...matter of fact I jerked off after she left."
-Kobe speaking to investigators

L D E A

intermilan, juventus, i guess some have gone back and forth with adidas (e.g. ac milan). seems like a really competitive market with so many different manufacturers. i kind of wish the north american leagues would let the teams contract individually like they once did. you know some teams would take it very seriously (cowboys, red wings, et al) and produce better quality jerseys with their own manufacturers.

i guess in soccer you've got nike, adidas, puma, reebok, umbro, kappa, le coq sportif, under armour and probably more than i am forgetting. that's unmatched. i can remember in the nfl/usfl at one point there was decent variety over a period of time with wilson, russell, bike, apex, nike, reebok, adidas and southland.

And you will know MY JACKET IS GOLD when I lay my vengeance upon thee.

http://youtu.be/834gDrY2Hd8

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The KD 9 is going to be $150, a $30 drop.

The elite model of the Lebron 13 costs the same as the regular Lebron 13 did. And the KD 8 elite is only $20 more. They're usually like $50-$75 more.

Even the Jordan 30 was cheaper than the Jordan 29.

but I walked into a Footlocker and a Kobe shoe
was like 230, 240!

I mean goddamn - I just looked at dude like REALLY?

he said those the Kobe What's though.

Told him What the fuck they doing at 240?

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than the top signature models of other brands(UA - Curry, Adidas - Rose) that are like $60-$70 cheaper, or the lesser priced Nike models like the Zoom Soldier, Hyperdunks, Kyrie's etc.

Nike's top signature models are way overpriced, and they're sitting. Lebron's and KD's are on sale everywhere right now and have been for awhile because nobody bought them like that this year.

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>Told him What the fuck they doing at 240?
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<--- Big Baller World Order

honest question.

seems counter intuitive.

Need guys to buy the stuff on the shelves before they can be resold huh?

why does Nike care if they are being resold for double the price?

they getting their money on the first go round.

If don't want people to resell - should make more so they are
easier to get.

they paying dirt to have them made anyway, make some more.

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Soundshape Records

http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/19254650/curry-3-shoe-sales-hit-mark-armour

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Steph: I was just fooling about

Kyrie: I wasn't.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8OWNspU_yE

Also buyers are fickle, LeBron's shit dipped HARD since he stopped winning titles and now it swung the other way again. Sneaker market is so weird now.

And you will know MY JACKET IS GOLD when I lay my vengeance upon thee.

1. Bron killed Steph's invincible aura
2. UA killed his cache with that low all white shoe
3. Durant killed his alpha status

Now their shoes are straight up exploding

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTrX_LGqBCI

I noticed too, some of these are retro Jordans

They cutting cost on supplies now too?

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you can't understand it with an explanation

Shoes from 20 to 30 years ago ain’t built for today’s athletes. That’s like cats in the 80s being past wearing canvas Chuck Taylors.

--- praying for peace, love, and power

I'm anticipating some internal doc release revealing Nike cutting cost and using subpar materials in their shoes recently

I mean, if Jorn can ball the f out and not have his shoes explode

I expect that Tony Wroten doesn't possess some freak athletic ability that would make the same pair of shoes explode

Something else is going on

and you can see the plea cops

Like Zion can't wear a pair of Nikes more than once

or he hasn't been wearing sneakers his whole life without this happening

etc...

It's the shoes Mars (c)

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you can't understand it with an explanation

8's, Concords, 10's, Gatorades 6's....all type of shit. I just think with as MANY shoes are produced...there's bound to be manufacturing defects. I wonder does Zion change shoes every game like most pros do? I don't know how that works. Maybe it's been the same pair. That's a big man, putting a lot of force on a shoe.

...I'm from the era when A.I. was the answer, now they think ai is the answer - Marlon Craft

Most of their shoes I see now are just retreads of what they released years before.

Not saying Adidas doesn't have their faults either, the Yeezy $300 Payless nursing shoe comes to mind, but more originality with the 3 stripes.

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