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im convinced Adidas shoes are the madden curse of the NBA....gallo just went down with a bad knee(possible ACL tear) injury and he wears Adidas

list of other Adidas wearing athletes that went down with a bad injury

Derrick Rose (ACL)
Robert Griffin III (ACL)
Iman Shumpert (ACL)
Avery Bradley (shoulders, missed some of the beginning of the year)
Leandro Barbosa (ACL)
Chauncey Billups (Achilles)
Dwight Howard (Bakc/shoulder)
Tracy McGrady (back)
Kevin Ware (Leg snapped in half)
John Wall (out 1st half of season
Eric Gordon (who? thats how often he plays)
Brook Lopez (played 5 games last year)
Tony Allen (torn ACL a few years ago)
 

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I'd like to see a comprehensive list of player/shoe/injury before I jump to any conclusions. I saw people posting the same thing with nike's too, and the lists are pretty bad with any shoe company. But if we had an actual comprehensive list, that might tell us something.


Gotta remember, the NBA used to be full of players wearing Chuck Taylors, and many were insanely athletic with them on.
 
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Ok, but how many people have worn nike and gotten injured badly? I'm sure a lot more since nike is a more popular brand in basketball.
 

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What shoe did Dominique Wilkins wear? How about Same Bowie? Or Bernard King?
 

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its just funny everybody on that list (besides tmac, tony allen) has got injured within in the last year wearing those shitty ass "light" adidas...maybe its not a curse but just bad shoe design or something idk...i just think its funny
 

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Dominique wore Avia.

Oops, I meant Brooks. He rocked Reebok Pumps later on too.

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Oops, I meant Brooks. He rocked Reebok Pumps later on too.


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He did? I had three pairs of Nique's Pump 1 and 2(whatever they were called), which were his signature shoes. My favorite basketball shoe ever and I don't like Reeboks. So I know for a fact he did wear Reeboks for the vast majority of his career.
 

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He did? I had three pairs of Nique's Pump 1 and 2(whatever they were called), which were his signature shoes. My favorite basketball shoe ever and I don't like Reeboks. So I know for a fact he did wear Reeboks for the vast majority of his career.

I edited my earlier post too late. so here you go again:
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Mid-80s were the golden age for gym shoes, as far as I'm concerned. So many brands to choose from.


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I edited my earlier post too late. so here you go again:
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Mid-80s were the golden age for gym shoes, as far as I'm concerned. So many brands to choose from.


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Yeah, I didn't know he wore Brooks for 3 seasons. When I said 'He did?' I was genuinely asking. But now with some googlin', I know :D


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i never said players cant get hurt wearing other shoes

im saying i think its odd all these bad injuries lately the player was wearing adidas...thats all

one huge coincidence? maybe
 

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Yeah, I didn't know he wore Brooks for 3 seasons. When I said 'He did?' I was genuinely asking. But now with some googlin', I know :D

I mentioned Avia from memory, then went to google b/c I remember him wearing the Omni Pumps while playing at the Omni lol. Just got Avia mixed up with Brooks. Drexler wore Avias, I think they're re-releasing (or already re-released?) them. I'm not a "sneaker head" but I love gym shoes.


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i never said players cant get hurt wearing other shoes

im saying i think its odd all these bad injuries lately the player was wearing adidas...thats all

one huge coincidence? maybe


I don't think so, because for guys like Rose, these shoes are specifically designed for him. If anything, he gets an advantage.

I know this debate came up recently, because of Ware's injury. But it's kind of funny to blame the shoes, when the doctors are all pretty much saying the same thing, that he had fractures that went undetected.

It's like the Firestone argument, trying to blame the tire for the 95-99 Explorers rolling over, when the weight distribution was too high, and the chassis flex was not balanced with the suspension , making it difficult for any tire. The problem wasn't the 'shoes', even though the bandaid fix was a different set.
 
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Rajon Rondo wears Nike..
 

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Plus, it was a brilliant move by Rose to sign with adidas. Nike already had stars like KD, Kobe and LeBron. Rose became the face of adidas and cashed in on it.
 
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[Derrick shoulda signed with the JORDAN brand................
 

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