basketball shoe
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Nike’s Zoom Court Dragon, a basketball shoe with a dragon’s scale pattern released in 2022, was criticized for its $130 price tag and relying on the tired dragon motif to connect with Chinese customers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
Why does a basketball shoe have lights in it?
From Slate ● Mar. 4, 2019
A key shoe style was a $1,000 logo-printed, high-top, lace-up shoe reminiscent of the Converse Chuck Taylor All Star, the iconic sneaker first introduced as a basketball shoe in 1917.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 14, 2019
The American basketball shoe market is about a $950 million per year industry, according to analyst Matt Powell, and it’s still dominated by Nike.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 9, 2018
Back then, Nike beat back Adidas; indeed, it now has over 90 percent of the basketball shoe market — a number that compares to Microsoft’s monopoly over operating systems in its heyday.
From New York Times ● Jun. 17, 2016
