Subject: a three-time WNBA champ
Author: Loborbijin
Posted on: 09/23/2019 08:43:38 AM
And then there was Sheryl Swoopes, a pioneer in basketball sneakers. Nike made seven different signature sneakers for
Swoopes and she wore them as she was winning four consecutive WNBA titles with the Houston Comets and three Olympic
gold medals. air jordan 1 mid The impact of the first Air
Swoopes still moves the Hall of Famer.
I remember going to Portland, walking in the room and just seeing all of the stuff, Swoopes told SLAM at the 2019
WNBA Draft about the first time she saw her signature sneaker. It seemed so surreal to me at the moment. To walk in
and, not only see any shoe, but to see my shoe, with my name on it, and to know that there were gonna be little girls
out there, and hopefully little boys too, that have an opportunity to wear a womens basketball shoe
I love
Michael Jordan, but you dont have to go and buy the Air Jordans anymore. You can go and buy the Air Swoopes. Even
today, to say that, air jordan 1 high og Im like, Wow
that really did happen. I still get emotional to this day when I think about it.
Taurasi, a three-time WNBA champ and four-time Olympic gold medalist, is the last woman sponsored by Nike to get a
signature sneaker. The last woman to get a signature in the WNBA is Parker, who has two WNBA MVP trophies, two gold
medals and a WNBA title. jordan 12 retro Shes
consistently been laced in the latest adidas options ever since the early 2000s and adidas hooked her up with three
of her own pairs, the last of which was in 2012 when the Ace3 came out.
Its a stark, stark contrast from when womens basketball exploded into the mainstream in the mid-90s. Chamique
Holdsclaw, Dawn Staley, Lisa Leslie, Cynthia Cooper, Rebecca Lobo and Nicki McCray were all given their own kicks by
Nike, adidas, jordan 11 retro Reebok and Fila back in
the day.
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