basketball shoe
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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
Bazley, who decided not play in the development league, is the first athlete signed to promote the company’s re-entry into the basketball shoe market.
From Washington Times • Oct. 22, 2018
Nike has long dominated basketball shoe sales, according to an industry analyst, because of its relationship with two megastars — Michael Jordan and LeBron James — and its control of college ranks.
From Washington Post • Oct. 1, 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
A March Morgan Stanley note, first described by Business Insider, reported that Under Armour’s basketball shoe sales were up a massive 350 percent year to date.
From Slate • May 16, 2016