Seeing as Nike is declining rn and Adidas missed so many prior opportunities, they should take this as an opportunity to pass Nike, especially in the basketball space
Adidas copied Air Jordan 36. AE1 is the worst basketball shoes ever released. Adidas lied about its specs. The midsole mix changes with every release. It was boost, then light strike then a combination of two then jet boost. Nobody knows what AE1 are made of. AE1 flopped hard. It didn't sell well outside of the US. In the UK, you can see it in outlets for 65% off and it is still sitting. A bad product to put it simply.
Adidas basketball has had its ups and downs through the years. The crazylight line, d rose era and crazy explosive era with the introduction of boost into basketball were highly successful. Adidas has its moments and then goes to shit after awhile. Hope they dont drop the ball with the momentum they have now.
Always love it when you drop new content! My pair of the Kobe toasters is still alive and kicking after 23 years. I have the Kobe 1 as well in the Laker cw. They're built to last forever like foams. But you could have honorably mentioned the Pro Model and Forums too. I have those as well.
Loved the AE1 on court. Looks good and performed well, Ant’s performance last year definitely helped to boost his shoes’ popularity. It’s a shame that the leaked AE2 looked like that 😅
I think we're in a place in sneakers that a lot of companies are evolving rather than innovating. It's not always a bad thing, that's what a lot of people loved about the Kobe lines consistency. But it's kind of cool seeing out there designs at Adidas again. It reminds me of the more recent Alphabounce line. Like even now some of the more popular basketball shoes at Nike have elements of Kobe's. I mean even the most recent Sabrina 2 looks like a Kobe 5 take down. I know people love the original GT cut because it was like a maxed out Kobe
Imma say it as it is, this shoe looks like something Puma would make. Check out the Puma Netfit 18.1 soccer cleats it looks almost the exact same but with studs
Are we just going to pretend like the T-Mac line and Gil Zero lines never happened? T-Mac line and Gil zero lines were popular shoes but around 2007 adidas stopped making signature shoes for their star players. T-Mac, Gilbert Arenas, Kevin Garnett and upcoming Dwight Howard were really popular players so it made no sense why they decided to only provide PEs for these stars rather than continue their own line. Was adidas trying to cut costs? ANT is great but T-Mac was one of the biggest stars in the league and T-Mac vs Kobe dominated discussions.
Adidas made the right decisions with both going with Edwards and by locking Harden down with that $200 million dollar deal. Those two deals revived their basketball division for sure. And they need basketball badly now with Nike poaching some of their biggest soccer endorsement deals with teams and federations.
I remember growing up me and my friends wore a healthy amount of adidas basketball in middle school. Tmacs, KGs were nice, Game day Lightning’s, curious to see how the tmac 4s would have been retroed with that tightening mechanism!
Back In The Day I Did Not Care About Adidas. The Big 3 In The Sneaker Industry At That Time Were Nike, Reebok And Fila. To Me It Was The Adidas Kb8 That Brought Adidas Back Into The Spotlight.
i love the superstar but i think there's lots of shoes adidas should fuck with a bit more...that white and blue skyhook low is a dope looking sneaker. i've never seen em in the wild. i have the all brown low's and i used to see those last time they were around (05?)...clothing too. adidas had such sick sweaters back in the day. random comment lol sorry great video.
The issue I think Adidas are running into is that their new signature models are all starting to look alike. Harden 7/8, AE1, DON 6, Dame 9, ... I hope Trae Young's next shoe won't follow suit.
Adidas could've been soo much bigger if they took advantage when Edwards was still hot in the Playoffs. I was excited to get a pair and I believe that most people had the same reaction since Ae1s are selling out fast. Instead they waited months after the finals to release another colorway/ restocks and or release the lows. And after the loss to the Mavs, the hype for his shoes wasn't the same
I bought 2 pairs of dame 8 extply because they are the best fit for my feet, far better than everything from nike I have tried that are on the same cost level. The only good shoe I have tried are the lebrons 21 but they cost four times more and you can't use them on outside courts.
Most signature athletes have shoes customized their own foot so while normal shoes may be too narrow for you, I can guarantee that Jordan's fit him perfectly.
That Dame 6 or whatever it was look good(Them all red joints) Them got potential Like the AE1....But Adidas Def Has Them a BANGER with the AE1s For sure
Adidas didn't have to bounce back. Adidas had it all when boost was introduced. That year was nuts. D Rose 7, Harden vol.1, Crazy Explosive, CrazyLight Boost. This lineup just destroyed Nike. All of them where better than Nike, they got better materials, and the price where lower. Whoever decided to change direction made a huge mistake. Basicaly it took 7 years to comeback to 2016
Excited for the next Ant shoe..Adidas has been killing it in recent years in the football jerseys and boots space with the Predators overtaking Nike in that regard
Man I STRONGLY DISAGREE… NONE OF THESE ADIDAS LOOK GOOD. and to put Edwards signature shoe up with the Jordan 1 s is a joke. Adidas has a long way to go STILL and I think many other brands have surpassed them
You call them Superstars, I call them Shell Toes. Whatever they're called I lovem. These new designs though... Yuck... Eew... I effing hatem. These new Hardens are AWFUL. Maybe it's an age thing. If wearing pillows on ur feet is the future. Count me out. I'll stick with my MJs 1-9. Since I'm born and bred in Louisville, I'm also a hardcore fan of all of the Dons.
NO !!! Adidas is only selling RETRO SENAKERS! That"s it. NONE of their basketball shoes sales are close to half of Nike's. Just look at your own playgrounds> Heck, Lamelo's outsell all of Adidas basketball shoes in any AAU games that I've been to the past 2 years!
I love adidas terrace but I wouldn’t wear a pair of adidas basketball shoes lamping rabbits. The ugliest shoes I have ever seen. Nike basketball shoes defo look better.
Have to agree, plus they are usually pretty delicate nowadays as they're built to be light. Retro Bball shoes like the Adidas Top Ten have better casual shoe attributes imo. The change makes sense though, basketball has been around for so long that the gear is so highly optimized.
Seeing as Nike is declining rn and Adidas missed so many prior opportunities, they should take this as an opportunity to pass Nike, especially in the basketball space
I don't Nike is declining so hard that Adidas is going to take over but they can definitely eat up a bigger piece o the pie
Not going to happen especially with that Alien that Nike has.
@@kennygarcia5901 BIG GUY SHOES DONT SELL
The 90s-style ads for the AE1 were fire.
Love at first sight for me
It’s a combination of both. Adidas stepping up their design and Nike lacklaster design
Adidas copied Air Jordan 36. AE1 is the worst basketball shoes ever released. Adidas lied about its specs. The midsole mix changes with every release. It was boost, then light strike then a combination of two then jet boost. Nobody knows what AE1 are made of.
AE1 flopped hard. It didn't sell well outside of the US. In the UK, you can see it in outlets for 65% off and it is still sitting. A bad product to put it simply.
@@ryuixyuiI’m in the UK. Where are you finding these outlets that sell AE1s? I never see them in person
Bro ngl, the Harden 8 and 7 r tuff. I can see why hoopers and NBA players play in them cuz they fire and perform nice
What??
Adidas better not fumble this generation's MJ and Kobe, Ant Edwards.
Haha knowing them..
Don't worry, ae is doing great so far in adidas.
How did you miss to mention T-Macs 😥
Ahhhhhh absolutely. We did miss it huh. Just realizing it now after reading your comment
Maybe you do a special video for them 😊 I love your work
They were my favorite line for a while.
Yessss!!! TMacs.
@@NachoAverageFindsTMac, Hibachi, TD and KG with Dwight and Chauncey.
missed opportunity not to call the Anthony Edwards sneaker Ant1 imo
Fr haha
Just as I shared my AE1 low in the group, I see this video! Nice one, kuya!
Salamat kuya 🙌
Let's go new upload
Yessir
I think u underplayed the Dame series 1-4 were all great models especially the 4
I believe it. Just didn’t have enough time to make it happen 🙏
Adidas basketball has had its ups and downs through the years. The crazylight line, d rose era and crazy explosive era with the introduction of boost into basketball were highly successful.
Adidas has its moments and then goes to shit after awhile. Hope they dont drop the ball with the momentum they have now.
Always love it when you drop new content! My pair of the Kobe toasters is still alive and kicking after 23 years. I have the Kobe 1 as well in the Laker cw. They're built to last forever like foams. But you could have honorably mentioned the Pro Model and Forums too. I have those as well.
you guys just got me an allstar ae1 in my wishlist, good stuff! I'm thinking about ordering a pair around september.
I"m sure you'll love that shoe
Great vid as always! Keep 'em comin. Love your videos. ❤
Really appreciate it JC
Always a pleasure to see you guys!
Thanks Alex!
Adidas is doing well in the running shoe performance space too! Ultimately, having a good product is a great business strategy
Absolutely
I don’t hoop but ngl those AE1s are straight 🔥
The low tops are cool too.
Love your videos man ❤❤
Thanks man! Anything you want us to cover in the next few videos? Always open to suggestions from the homies
@@NachoAverageFindscrocs would be a nice vid❤
Loved the AE1 on court. Looks good and performed well, Ant’s performance last year definitely helped to boost his shoes’ popularity. It’s a shame that the leaked AE2 looked like that 😅
I knowwww man. I really hope they change the direction of the AE 2.
That all navy AE1 from that Olympic pack 🔥💰💵🏆
The whole pack 🔥🔥
forgot about the whole D Rose era
That movie with Adam Sandler was such a Nike ad 😂. Good movie though
How you forget to mention the "T-Mac" Line. Other than that great video
Yeah my bad 😞
No love for T-Mac?
I think we're in a place in sneakers that a lot of companies are evolving rather than innovating. It's not always a bad thing, that's what a lot of people loved about the Kobe lines consistency. But it's kind of cool seeing out there designs at Adidas again. It reminds me of the more recent Alphabounce line. Like even now some of the more popular basketball shoes at Nike have elements of Kobe's. I mean even the most recent Sabrina 2 looks like a Kobe 5 take down. I know people love the original GT cut because it was like a maxed out Kobe
I always loved shoes, and I have favorites for sure. But the AE1s are the best shoe in opinion.
Gilbert Arenas adidas are 🔥
The Adidas Pro Model is one of the best. 👌
One of the best
don't forget kanye west's influrence. without kanye adidas won't be as big as it is now and how every adidas shoes looks kinda like yeezy's
Matter of taste I guess with the Harden 8’s. Can’t deny their stellar performance though, right up there with the Lebron’s if you ask me
harden vol.8 is fire
It's def an acquired taste haha
Must say I love the H 8...
The don issue 6s look like the Jordan 36s with the wavyness and everything
What about the Dwight Howard's line of Adidas.
I didn’t even realize he had one
why do we not see nacho that often nowdays
He'll be back in a big way soon
Jordan killer shoes! Design is very LIT
Always rocked Nike/Jordan BUT them AE1s is fire🔥 im from ATL so I got 5 so far & planning on buying a few more colorways .
You forgot the Reebok Question as one of the best 1st released shoes for a rookie player
im on 7:56 of the video. cant believe you skipped the 21-1-21 era. may not be that big in terms of market share, but the tmacs really looked good.
Imma say it as it is, this shoe looks like something Puma would make. Check out the Puma Netfit 18.1 soccer cleats it looks almost the exact same but with studs
am i the only one who thinks that antony edwards came straight out of carreer mode(i dont watch basketball)
He’s going to be the face of the league as long as he doesn’t get injured
Wasn't it $250,000 for MJ's first contract with Nike, not $500,000?
2.5 mill for 5 years. So 500k per year
I was waiting for the "It takes five" era, but with no luck, seems like you skipped the whole KG, Billups, Tmac, Arenas and TD period😢
Are we just going to pretend like the T-Mac line and Gil Zero lines never happened? T-Mac line and Gil zero lines were popular shoes but around 2007 adidas stopped making signature shoes for their star players. T-Mac, Gilbert Arenas, Kevin Garnett and upcoming Dwight Howard were really popular players so it made no sense why they decided to only provide PEs for these stars rather than continue their own line. Was adidas trying to cut costs? ANT is great but T-Mac was one of the biggest stars in the league and T-Mac vs Kobe dominated discussions.
Adidas made the right decisions with both going with Edwards and by locking Harden down with that $200 million dollar deal. Those two deals revived their basketball division for sure. And they need basketball badly now with Nike poaching some of their biggest soccer endorsement deals with teams and federations.
Yea them losing the soccer contract is crazy
Also the gilzero, and pro models had the 00s teams in a chokehold.
ae1 is popping because it looks like yeezys. addidas is popping because of YE
They tried to cancel my goat🐐
I remember growing up me and my friends wore a healthy amount of adidas basketball in middle school. Tmacs, KGs were nice, Game day Lightning’s, curious to see how the tmac 4s would have been retroed with that tightening mechanism!
I really want to try Harden Vol.8 and ae1
Back In The Day I Did Not Care About Adidas. The Big 3 In The Sneaker Industry At That Time Were Nike, Reebok And Fila.
To Me It Was The Adidas Kb8 That Brought Adidas Back Into The Spotlight.
Picked up 5 Adidas basketball shoes from 2023-2024
Not seeing anything good for 2025 😬
Love this channel 🥇✅
Thanks Matty
crazy how adidas parted ways with both Kobe and the Yeezy brand but copied two models from both of them(Kobe 2 and Yzy Bsktbll)
Started selling bc they dont feel like restocking my size after almost a year. I finna start spazzing too.
i love the superstar but i think there's lots of shoes adidas should fuck with a bit more...that white and blue skyhook low is a dope looking sneaker. i've never seen em in the wild. i have the all brown low's and i used to see those last time they were around (05?)...clothing too. adidas had such sick sweaters back in the day. random comment lol sorry great video.
The issue I think Adidas are running into is that their new signature models are all starting to look alike.
Harden 7/8, AE1, DON 6, Dame 9, ...
I hope Trae Young's next shoe won't follow suit.
I didn’t believe the first comment I saw but they did miss T Mac. I had a few pairs.
Very nice video 😊
Thanks
Nike has had a chock hold on basketball but Edwards could change that. I only wish Lamelo signed with adidas too
DRose, TMac players who wore adidas but was often injured that's why Indon't use Adidas.. also Gilbert Arenas also wore Adidas so no thanks...
If Adidas signed MJ, I might have a pair or two of Jordans. Also, the best looking Adidas bball sneaker is the Marquee Boost.
Yoooooo nacho and Brian dropped!
Thanks for the love
@@NachoAverageFinds np
@@NachoAverageFindsmake the video about the Jordan 24
I will say I did see a lot of Droses in the 2010s
Adidas could've been soo much bigger if they took advantage when Edwards was still hot in the Playoffs. I was excited to get a pair and I believe that most people had the same reaction since Ae1s are selling out fast. Instead they waited months after the finals to release another colorway/ restocks and or release the lows. And after the loss to the Mavs, the hype for his shoes wasn't the same
You can get it in Europe with no problem
Ummmm TMac 1,2,3 and 4?
T Mac deserves his own video
I never ever see people wearing adidas sneakers anymore aside from yeezys
I bought 2 pairs of dame 8 extply because they are the best fit for my feet, far better than everything from nike I have tried that are on the same cost level. The only good shoe I have tried are the lebrons 21 but they cost four times more and you can't use them on outside courts.
Nike shoes are too narrow in toe area. If Michael wore adidas his statistics might have been more insane.
Most signature athletes have shoes customized their own foot so while normal shoes may be too narrow for you, I can guarantee that Jordan's fit him perfectly.
Mans left out Kanye's and Jerry's Adidas basketball shoes
now Reebok needs to bounce back...
2:33 they did not pass on him they offered him a contract mjs mom told him to sign with Nike and forced him to
don issue 6 are just jordan 36 lows
That Dame 6 or whatever it was look good(Them all red joints) Them got potential Like the AE1....But Adidas Def Has Them a BANGER with the AE1s For sure
I love the new design direction. The Dame 9s 🔥
Jordan should own Nike
Adidas didn't have to bounce back. Adidas had it all when boost was introduced. That year was nuts. D Rose 7, Harden vol.1, Crazy Explosive, CrazyLight Boost. This lineup just destroyed Nike. All of them where better than Nike, they got better materials, and the price where lower. Whoever decided to change direction made a huge mistake. Basicaly it took 7 years to comeback to 2016
And MJ took that personal and decided to make Adidas regret their decision to pass on him for the rest of time
Let’s talk about yeezy pls
Adidas now in the frontseat for 2024 and beyond
Adidas⭐converse🏅🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥my alltime shoes♨️♨️
James Harden
Love the video but its not Adeedis it's pronounced Adi Daas
Yeah I hear you haha Can't be calling it Adi Daas the whole video though
@@NachoAverageFinds Lol😊😁
naw you lying to yourself this my first time ever seeing mitchel 6th shoe first thing i thought was air max 97 xD it does look cool tho
Good video, L sponsor
Until you see the new AE 🤮
Hahah
Can you not use AI art in your videos, there are other options for visuals.
😂 its cheap at Costco and Sam's club. $29.99 for shoes. Bargain these days.
Excited for the next Ant shoe..Adidas has been killing it in recent years in the football jerseys and boots space with the Predators overtaking Nike in that regard
Man I STRONGLY DISAGREE… NONE OF THESE ADIDAS LOOK GOOD.
and to put Edwards signature shoe up with the Jordan 1 s is a joke.
Adidas has a long way to go STILL and I think many other brands have surpassed them
Adidas will find a way to screw this up too
Did you see the leaked photos of the AE2? 😅
Early ganggg
Appreciate it
Lol @ Kobe's Adidas shoe line. I can only imagine how MJ's would be had Adidas signed him. Nike >>>> Adidas.
Better help is a SCAM. thank you for not doing a sports gambling promotion though
Nike is wayyyyy overpriced and believe it or not Kyrie was keeping Nike basketball alive.
You call them Superstars, I call them Shell Toes. Whatever they're called I lovem. These new designs though... Yuck... Eew... I effing hatem. These new Hardens are AWFUL. Maybe it's an age thing. If wearing pillows on ur feet is the future. Count me out. I'll stick with my MJs 1-9. Since I'm born and bred in Louisville, I'm also a hardcore fan of all of the Dons.
NO !!! Adidas is only selling RETRO SENAKERS! That"s it. NONE of their basketball shoes sales are close to half of Nike's. Just look at your own playgrounds> Heck, Lamelo's outsell all of Adidas basketball shoes in any AAU games that I've been to the past 2 years!
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Adidas for me is just ugly in lots of cases
Adidas is still trash. Adidas is putting out the last Trae young 4s. AE1 are saving Adidas now
I love adidas terrace but I wouldn’t wear a pair of adidas basketball shoes lamping rabbits. The ugliest shoes I have ever seen. Nike basketball shoes defo look better.
Though modern basketball shoes do perform well on the court, they are all hideous to look at and wear casually.
Still enjoyed the vid Bry 🫡
Thanks Ed! Hopefully modern basketball shoes changed that
Have to agree, plus they are usually pretty delicate nowadays as they're built to be light. Retro Bball shoes like the Adidas Top Ten have better casual shoe attributes imo. The change makes sense though, basketball has been around for so long that the gear is so highly optimized.