Top Ten Athletes With Awesome Signature Sneakers

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Whatsup! people welcome again to another sneaker blog and on this blog its about the top ten athletes with their own signature sneaker. Well of lately professional athletes have infiltrated the fashion world world with their sneakers like plague.

Well about 99% of the signature sneakers are made by basketball player especially from the NBA, this is not a surprise since the NBA is a high end fashion game too and people really appreciate what they got. Without hesitation here are the top ten professional athletes with their signature sneakers.

10. Nike Zoom Flight ’98 "The Glove"

Well this sneaker that I could not leave out of my top ten, This signature sneaker is from Gary Payto.

The 6'4" point guard played 17 years in the NBA, where he averaged 16.7 points, 6.7 assists and 3.9 rebounds per game. At his peak, Payton was also one of the top defensive guards in basketball. As part of the now-defunct Seattle SuperSonics, "The Glove" rattled off nine outstanding seasons in a row.

Nike finally rewarded Payton's hard work when it gave him his own sneaker—the Nike Zoom Flight ’98.

This shoe is purely a '90s bliss. Armed with a zip-up cover that engulfed the laces and secured the shoe, the Nike Zoom Flight ’98 was perfect for a defensive warlord such as Payton.

Because of the shoe's success, Payton and Nike would go on to create a series of personalized sneakers that would serve as sequels to the Zoom Flight '98.

Gary Payton

9.Nike Air Penny I

 Talk about Micheal Jordan's competitor in signature sneaker. This shoe was Penny Hardaway signature sneaker and he is one of the pioneers in the sneaker industry. This shoe debuted in 1995 and it was a jaw dropping. Now after twenty years the shoe is still being released in different colorways. When that happens you know that the shoe is special.

Penny Hardaway

8. Reebok Question

This could not miss out on my count down, the Question is actually one of the most awesome shoe in the history of the NBA players. This were Allen Iverson signature sneakers.

The Question was actually birthed during A.I's rookie season in '96. From an outsider's view, you could actually see shades of the Air Jordan XI featured in the Question especially when it comes to the toe.

As a high-top model, these shoes provided ankle-breaking support something some players wish they could have had when they guarded Iverson.

It's sort of poetic justice that one of the most underrated players in NBA history has his shoes on this list. The Questions were a vital part of Iverson's mystique.

Allen Iverson

7.Fila

  

 The Fila company may have been established in the tennis world but Grant Hill is almost single-handedly responsible for the popularity of Fila in the late 90's (with a little help from Tupac). Though injuries may have plagued Grant's career, his footwear during his best years, came from Fila. Beginning in 1995, with his first signature and running through the 2000 NBA season, Fila's Grant Hill line was as widely popular as anyone in the league, besides Micheal Jordan.

Grant Hill

 6.Ewing 33 HI

Newbie’s may only be familiar with the Ewing 33 HI that saw a re-launch in 2012, but the storied Ewing Athletics line is over 20 models deep. Before the 33 HI was released in 1990, Ewing technically got his first signature sneaker in 1989, when the infamous Patrick Ewing signature was added to the Rebound HI. Like the man who was wearing the sneakers, the silhouettes were big and bulky, and didn’t follow the normal rules of lightweight and slim that most signatures boast today. When you put on Ewing’s you felt like you were wearing boots, they were like on-court shit-kickers, which makes sense because they were designed for a 7 foot, 240 pound center. If you were a kid growing up in New York in the 1990s and hated the Bulls, this was your answer to everyone wearing Jordan’s. When the Ewing’s came back around in 2012, it had nostalgic sneakerheads psyched but on the downside may have been too much, too soon as it seemed like dozens of colorways dropped, making the re-launch feel a bit saturated. Still, they came back for a reason, and those initial drops got everyone excited about number 33 again.

Patrick Ewing

5. Nike KD

If KD's Nike signature line continues to grow in popularity, Kevin Durant's first signature shoe may go down as the most slept-on signature model ever. Once KD and the Sonics landed in OKC, Durant's signature models took off. The Creamsicle Nike KD 2 demanded the world pay attention to KD's when nearly the entire team wore them on game night. The EA Sports KD 3 and Nerf KD 4 followed suit, making the line as important to collectors as they were to ballers. Although the Nike KD line didn't stay in the "affordable" $100 range like Kevin Durant had intended, it is, without question, one of the most popular signature models year after year.

Kevin Durant

4.Nike Zoom Soldier 

 Even before LeBron James was selected No. 1 overall by the Cleveland Cavaliers in the 2003 NBA Draft, his future was already secured. At only 18 years old, the high school phenom inked a seven-year deal with Nike worth $93 million. It was a wise gamble that paid off for Nike and one that still haunts adidas today. Thirteen signature sneakers later and his line remains a top priority for the Swoosh even with an equally impressive roster of world-class athletes. From his signature basketball model to his Nike Sportswear lifestyle collection, and his Zoom Soldier sub-line, there are no signs of slowing down. With a reported $340 million in basketball sneaker sales in 2014 and early talks of retroing his sneakers, Nike is poised to take James’ line to even greater heights long after he walks away from the game. James and his relationship with Nike transcend sneaker culture to something bigger than “Pre-Heat” 8s and “Cork” 10s. It’s why James’ sneakers crossed over to the high-fashion world and resonated with John Elliott and Pigalle. It’s why the Zoom Soldier 8 FLYEASE gave hope to people with cerebral palsy. James is a polarizing star with larger-than-life reach, and that’s reflective in what Nike’s done with his line. 

Lebron James 

 3.Nike Kobe

 When it comes to signature sneakers, there's only one person who has had success with two separate brands. Kobe Bryant's #8 era with the Lakers was spent with adidas and to this day, shoes like the KB8 aka the Crazy 8, are some of the most popular retros sold by adidas. When Kobe refreshed his image in 2005, a Nike signature series began in early 2006, along with the change of his jersey number to #24. It took a couple years to become widely sought after but by the Zoom Kobe 4 was developed, it was clear Kobe's Nike signature line was one of the best ever. That's saying a lot, considering we're now at the Kobe 10, and it's still one of the best performers on the court.

Kobe Bryant

 2. Stan Smith

The adidas Stan Smith is the most memorable tennis shoe ever made, but it was originally produced for another athlete. In 1965, the brand made a white-and-green shoe with a leather upper for French tennis star Robert Haillet. Later, the model would be given to Stan Smith, a mustached American player, who is now-synonymous with the shoe. The even stranger part about the Stan Smith is that the logo has Stan's face on it, but, if you look closely, the image was taken during a brief period of his life where he didn't have any facial hair.

In the years that passed, the Stan Smith gained a cult following across all walks of life. The French have always loved the sneaker, but it also was an integral part of the UK's football casual scene of the '80s. When the 2000s came around, adidas had overproduced the model and threatened to run it into irrelevance. The brand made the smart move and halted production on the Stan Smith, re-launching it in 2014—and the shoe took off. Thanks to co-signs from the likes of Kanye West, Pharrell Williams, and nearly every fashion blogger on the Internet, the sneaker once again became as popular as it had ever been.

Adidas even let fashion designers such as Raf Simons rework the silhouette, but he couldn't find any flaws in it. The result was the three perforated stripes getting reshaped into an "R," a nod to the Stan Smith's perfect design. Stan Smith himself, now 70 years old, realizes that his sneaker is bigger than his personal legacy and said doesn't expect people to know who he is these days, other than a name on a shoe. But the Stan Smith should be celebrated for what it is: A sneaker that's able to cross every boundary line and be equally acceptable
 

Stan Smith

1. Jordan

 

When Nike signed Michael Jordan in 1984, they were a 12-year-old company known primarily for their running shoes. Their biggest entry into the basketball market, the Air Force 1, had come just two years prior. Unlike Converse (the undisputed leader in basketball) or adidas (the undisputed leader in virtually everything else), Nike hadn’t even done a signature basketball shoe for anyone yet. Jordan would be the first. He was a 21 year old fresh out of college, and Nike was betting their entire future on him. No pressure.

In 2013, Brand Jordan made $2.25 billion in revenue. The man has become the brand, thanks to a confluence of factors—Jordan’s on-court skills and accomplishments, an increased interest in NBA basketball that coincided with his rise, and of course fresh new designs every single year. “Is it the shoes?,” pitchman Mars Blackmon famously asked, over and over again. Why yes, those helped.

Michael Jordan was the first modern signature athlete, and neither he nor Nike made as much as a single misstep as his brand was built. The first shoe, designed by Peter Moore, played primarily off color, hitting shelves when a red, white and black basketball shoe was unheard of. The second, designed by Moore and Bruce Kilgore, went for minimalist luxury, with Italian construction, faux reptile skin trim and a polyurethane midsole. And the third (which reportedly kept Jordan with Nike) designed by Tinker Hatfield, essentially established the modern basketball shoe, with a mid-top cut, bold branding and Visible Air. Those three elements—color, luxury, modernity—have been keys to the line ever since, as Hatfield and Jordan’s relationship continued and prospered. Next year will mark the launch of the Air Jordan 30. The idea (and the shoes) remain as fresh as ever.

Micheal Jordan

 With Micheal Jordan came the hairstyle I do not know if you guys know about it, the "Jordan" hair cut where they shave all hair from your head. its pretty MJ's style.

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As you can see my top ten is mostly dominated with athletes that are endorsed by Nike.
Nike is doing a pretty good damn job bringing all these awesomeness to us I just want to be part of Nike's team. I mean design a pair of sneakers with them.
The only shoe from another sport apart from basketball is the Stan Smith that is from Tennis, I mean who doesn't love a Stan Smith? Seriously Who?

Thats it guys for this blog, my top ten awesome athletes with sneaker, mostly from basket ball and one from tennis no soccer or ... I hope soon soccer stars from Europe will be coming out with their own signature styles and we fall in love with them like we do with basketball mostly. 

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