basketball shoe

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At his pop cultural height, Lee was the architect of basketball shoe marketing with Michael Jordan and Nike, the face of New York Knicks fandom and the embodiment of 1990s Afrocentricity.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 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

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

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