"Fred Smith" (porsche9146)
12/08/2015 at 01:48 • Filed to: None

Oppo users are 9 percent more likely to buy UnderArmour products and 23 percent less likely to buy Jordan Brand products than the average user. I’m judging our taste in shoes right now, guys. I’m judging it hard.

DISCUSSION (27)

TheHondaBro > Fred Smith
12/08/2015 at 01:51

I buy Pumas. Does that make me more desirable/less desirable?

Fred Smith > TheHondaBro
12/08/2015 at 01:52

STATS AND INFO: Not buying basketball shoes with dimples on them makes you 300% more likely to get a quiet nod of approval directed towards your footwear from me.

phenotyp > Fred Smith
12/08/2015 at 01:53

Never bought either.

Dusty Ventures > Fred Smith
12/08/2015 at 01:57

I hate both of those though...

TheHondaBro > Dusty Ventures
12/08/2015 at 02:00

But don’t you want people to know you go jogging in the middle of the night wearing all black?

K-Roll-PorscheTamer > TheHondaBro
12/08/2015 at 02:08

Never. If I ever have to do that, I’ve a nice and bright orange hoodie.

Gamecat235 > Fred Smith
12/08/2015 at 02:12

The last pair of basketball shoes I bought were a pair of David Robinson Air Force pumps. In 1991/2. (Before that it was a pair of red and white Jordan’s).

I feel really old.

Xyl0c41n3 > Fred Smith
12/08/2015 at 02:23

I prefer Adidas. Have a couple of pairs of Adidas running shoes that I use for everything from shooting on a football sideline to exercising.

As for sports/workout apparel? I like Nike dryfit (dri-fit?) shirts, though I have a couple of Adidas ones, too. Underarmour branded clothing is just too ridiculously overpriced in comparison.

HammerheadFistpunch > Fred Smith
12/08/2015 at 02:26

Aproach shoes best shoes. Also i prefere overarmor

RMudkips > Gamecat235
12/08/2015 at 02:53

Those that came with the pumps? I have one of the re-issues that sadly don’t contain the pump. Love 90’s basketball craziness.

RMudkips > Fred Smith
12/08/2015 at 02:55

UA is riding off the success of Stephen Curry, whose shoe actually seems pretty decent. I like their line right now; Curry 1’s seem pretty functional for a ball shoe.

You could say exactly the same about Jordan Brand though, whose namesake line has been going at it for 30 years, and includes endless reissues of AJ11’s and the like. Don’t see too many people here talk about basketball shoes though,

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > Fred Smith
12/08/2015 at 03:05

I’ve become so cheap that I buy whatever decent looking shoes and clean underwear I can find at the thrift store on the $0.50 clearance days. I’ve actually found quite a few good deals and good name-brand stuff, most of it unused. If I ever have a decent income again I don’t know if I can break my thrift store habits, however.

Gamecat235 > RMudkips
12/08/2015 at 03:06

Yep... 180’s I think. It was a LONG time ago.

Fred Smith > Gamecat235
12/08/2015 at 03:43

Not to make you feel even older, but I almost bought the David Robinsons when they were retroed earlier this year. Love those and greatly appreciate your further good taste on all fronts.

Fred Smith > RMudkips
12/08/2015 at 03:47

Dimples, though. DIMPLES. They took a well-performing, perfectly acceptable looking basketball shoe for an exceptionally likable megastar and put DIMPLES on them. UnderArmour: Two steps too far from cool things at all times.