Who else here has NEVER owned /wanted a pair of Jordans?
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Just one years ago
I don’t even want to spend more than 50 on shoes
I don’t even want to spend more than 50 on shoes
NaijaProdigy Redux
Veteran
Never owned a pair; never cared to buy or ask for a pair
I was pretty "preppy" growing up
I was pretty "preppy" growing up
LunaticVillage415
All Star
I ain't own a pair of J's til I was like 18. But then again retros didn't start popping until I was about 18 in the early 2000's. Before the early 2000's, nikkas wore the J's that came out that year. Yeah, you had retro 3's and 1's in 94' but that was more of an exception.
When I was a kid, my family was poor and lived in the hood. I didn't care about J's and was good with my Nintendo and Super Nintendo. Not to mention J's were dangerous to wear in the hood and were symbolic of clout and respect and you couldn't wear them if you were a square really.
I wore Chucks and Nike Cortez as a kid living in Cali. When I moved to the East Coast, I started wearing Air Force 1's and Timbs. But that's all you needed in the late 90's to be considered fresh.
I feel like there's a lot of revisionist history with J's. I remember a lot of other sneakers being more popular than J's in the 90's. And J's didn't even sell out in the 90's like today. They sat on the fukking shelf like any other shoe. Where I was at, the Grant Hill Filas that 2pac wore were more popular than the 11's. Copped the white and blue Penny II from Nordstrom Rack in 97'. Thise felt way more futuristic than J's at the time.
I also feel like more Hispanics, hypebeast and wiggas wear Jordan's than anyone else nowadays and it looks kinda corny.
Like, you weren't even alive when Mike played for the Bulls.
I feel like Jordan's make non-blacks feel blacker and cooler. 
Like J's automatically give you swag and "street cred" when too many nikkas expose themselves as swagless hypebeasts with no originality. Jordan's are too easy of a solution to put a fit together. The only J's I wear like that today are the Black and Cement 3. Them 11's are a part of too many unflattering Starter pack memes for me to wear like that. I like wearing kicks not a lot of people have and I don't wear a ton of J's anymore because of that. 
When I was a kid, my family was poor and lived in the hood. I didn't care about J's and was good with my Nintendo and Super Nintendo. Not to mention J's were dangerous to wear in the hood and were symbolic of clout and respect and you couldn't wear them if you were a square really.
I wore Chucks and Nike Cortez as a kid living in Cali. When I moved to the East Coast, I started wearing Air Force 1's and Timbs. But that's all you needed in the late 90's to be considered fresh.
I feel like there's a lot of revisionist history with J's. I remember a lot of other sneakers being more popular than J's in the 90's. And J's didn't even sell out in the 90's like today. They sat on the fukking shelf like any other shoe. Where I was at, the Grant Hill Filas that 2pac wore were more popular than the 11's. Copped the white and blue Penny II from Nordstrom Rack in 97'. Thise felt way more futuristic than J's at the time.
I also feel like more Hispanics, hypebeast and wiggas wear Jordan's than anyone else nowadays and it looks kinda corny.
Like, you weren't even alive when Mike played for the Bulls. I feel like Jordan's make non-blacks feel blacker and cooler. Like J's automatically give you swag and "street cred" when too many nikkas expose themselves as swagless hypebeasts with no originality. Jordan's are too easy of a solution to put a fit together. The only J's I wear like that today are the Black and Cement 3. Them 11's are a part of too many unflattering Starter pack memes for me to wear like that. I like wearing kicks not a lot of people have and I don't wear a ton of J's anymore because of that. 
Tommy Knocks
retired
Can't speak for everybody but I like the look and them shyts last a long ass time. What others do is none of my concern
AJtheOne
Nets/Giants/Yankees
Maybe its just me but I can't stand wearing the same shyt everyone else wears. I rather stand out You go outside and its 20 people wearing the same Js. Everybody and they momma 
They're nice but they ain't that nice and they're not the only shoes in the world. And I say this as a Sneakerhead.
Spend all that money, just to look like everyone else brehs. Plus people only like them cuz of Mike. Its not a coincidence that the only popular ones are the retros he wore nobody goes crazy over the team jordans or the newer models 
You go outside and its 20 people wearing the same Js. Everybody and they momma They're nice but they ain't that nice and they're not the only shoes in the world. And I say this as a Sneakerhead.Spend all that money, just to look like everyone else brehs. Plus people only like them cuz of Mike. Its not a coincidence that the only popular ones are the retros he wore
nobody goes crazy over the team jordans or the newer models 
Drip Bayless
Superstar
I feel you, this part of the reason I was a SB kid coming upMaybe its just me but I can't stand wearing the same shyt everyone else wears. I rather stand out
Spend all that money, just to look like everyone else brehs. Plus people only like them cuz of Mike. Its not a coincidence that the only popular ones are the retros he wore
Ninjas telling on themselves, talking about waiting in line & overly expensive. Majority of J's/new sneaker releases in general still sitting in your local shoe spot, and some have even hit discount. And I'm not talking about the team Jordan joints either 
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Never owned or wore Jordans before and never plan to.
AF1's and Stan Smith's are more my style.
I prefer the clean, classy and simple look
And to keep it a buck., Wearing basketball shoes off the court look stupid AF
AF1's and Stan Smith's are more my style.
I prefer the clean, classy and simple look
And to keep it a buck., Wearing basketball shoes off the court look stupid AF
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sayyestothis
Free the guys
Bunch of nerds and stoop kids in this thread.
Smh
Smh
knickscity
Superstar
Air force 1's are basketball shoes.Never owned or wore Jordans before and never plan to.
AF1's and Stan Smith's are more my style.
I prefer the clean, classy and simple look
And to keep it a buck., Earring basketball shoes off the court look stupid AF
Don't know whats on your feet.
Air force 1's are basketball shoes.
Don't know whats on your feet.
Be pedantic for the sake of being pedantic breh
When I speak of the AF1's, i'm obviously referring to the low tops. no one in their right mind wears the low tops for the purpose of hooping. It's become a fashion staple over the years that most people don't even consider the low tops as a basketball shoes anymore.
I still maintain that wearing shoes like these
off the court looks stupid AF especially on a grown man.
knickscity
Superstar
low tops aren't popular as basketball shoes anyway, but that doesnt mean that isnt what they are.Be pedantic for the sake of being pedantic breh
When I speak of the AF1's, i'm obviously referring to the low tops. no one in their right mind wears the low tops for the purpose of hooping. It's become a fashion staple over the years that most people don't even consider the low tops as a basketball shoes anymore.
I still maintain that wearing shoes like these
off the court looks stupid AF especially on a grown man.
To each their own. I rock J's, always have always will.