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Those were the must have shoes when I was growing up in the early 90's. For some reason we thought they would help us play basketball better. I still remember s
by patorjk 5y ago
Those were the must have shoes when I was growing up in the early 90's. For some reason we thought they would help us play basketball better. I still remember showing up to school with a pair on and all of my friends being impressed.
- sdoering 5y agoI fought so hard until my dad bought me a pair. Damn I thought that maybe once the bullying would stop in school. I still wore the wrong jeans and shirts, though. Nothing like a pair of shoes conjuring up memories.
- patorjk 5y agoI picked up a pair of Shaq shoes when I was in middle school for that reason. Weirdly it did help. I remember a kid that would pick on me stopped because he thought my shoes were cool. Everyone thought they had to have been really expensive too (like Jordan shoes), but they weren't. I had found them at some discount retailer. I'm not even sure if they were legit, but they said Shaq and they looked cool. Eventually someone else found the shoes and brought up that they were inexpensive shoes, but by that time I'd already moved on to a different pair of shoes.
- coryrc 5y agoThey were probably legit and intentionally more affordable: https://www.blackbusiness.com/2016/07/shaq-affordable-shoes-kids-sold-over-120-million-pairs-walmart.html https://www.blackbusiness.com/2016/07/shaq-affordable-shoes-...
- adventured 5y agoI too had the original Shaq Rebook pumps. Did you pick up one of these? https://i.imgur.com/MLtw137.jpg https://i.imgur.com/MLtw137.jpg Another gimmick to mess around with. The instant inflation tool (has a CO2 cartridge in it). Circa 1992 it seemed cool as a young kid, fun to mess with for a couple of weeks during school - up to the point where you had to buy the replacement cartridges for something entirely unnecessary.
- 3327 5y agoThe bullying in the 90s was something else. Kids today would be blown away