Zion Update: Day-to-Day
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Thank goodness! Get ready UNC. We comin to your place with big chip on our shoulder. See you guys and Luke Maye soon!
Not sure the Duke therapy pool can handle Zion, or even the Atlantic. May need to use the Pacific Ocean for therapy and hope that’s enough.
Great news...I pray he plays at VT next Tuesday but understand if they hold him out
These jokies fans were making jokes all days about the injury but the same ones bitch and gripe about Robinson being out for them...pathetic
Needless to say with or without Zion I hope we beat these chumps by 50pts next Tuesday
These jokies fans were making jokes all days about the injury but the same ones bitch and gripe about Robinson being out for them...pathetic
Needless to say with or without Zion I hope we beat these chumps by 50pts next Tuesday
Well. I have to admit that my anger went to laughter pretty quickly when I saw this. Now that we have good news, it might not be too soon to share it?
I decided to not start a new thread, but here is something to think about.
Nike has lost over $1B in market valuation since yesterday. I am sure that Zion and his family are the most happy followed by Phil Knight and Nike followed by Duke.
I would hate to be the brand manager of the PG 2.5. I think they will need to look at what kind of force a 285 lb guy that is that quick with lateral speed puts on a shoe.
I have not been a fan of Nike for the past couple of months. This does not help. "tremendously concerned" is a vast understatement.
Nike has lost over $1B in market valuation since yesterday. I am sure that Zion and his family are the most happy followed by Phil Knight and Nike followed by Duke.
I would hate to be the brand manager of the PG 2.5. I think they will need to look at what kind of force a 285 lb guy that is that quick with lateral speed puts on a shoe.
I have not been a fan of Nike for the past couple of months. This does not help. "tremendously concerned" is a vast understatement.
This is about the best we could have hoped for after last night.
It was just a fluke thing that happened with the shoe...nothing more than that...how many times has anyone heard of this happening before? ZERO
Just a fluke thing
Happened to an NBA guy I forgot his name but I heard it on TV this morning. Same kinda shoe Nike. I know it was a normal 200lb guy....?
Zion is the fluke....I will bet $$ that Nike will say, "Zion is a different beast...he puts more stress on the shoe and he is so strong and fast that we will need to create a special shoe to accomodate his uniqueness."
Otherwise, Nike will look foolish and defensive.
I'm not so sure that it is a fluke thing. Here is a link to a website, and some of these shoes are screwed up because of chemical breakdown, but many of them are blowouts.
https://solecollector.com/news/2016/10/worst-sneaker-blow-outs/
OFC
Not the first time it’s happened. Cheaply made so I head. 1$ cheap lol
That's exactly what they'll do, LT. NIKE: "We've got our engineers on the job right now to develop a shoe that can withstand the force of nature that is Zion. Of course the shoe may cost a little more, but our customers will be willing to pay the price for peace of mind".
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So out of the top 25, only 1 was NOT Nike. Yikes.
I don't think it's possible to make them that cheaply, Ipsy, even with slave labor. And you've got all the overhead involved with the Nike ads, and endorsements which are incredibly expensive. But I'm sure they make a hefty return on each pair.
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I posted this on another thread but its an interesting read from ESPN based on Paul George calling Nike to see what the hell happened. Nike people are basically like "Hey, he is so big it was a fluke!" And more info on big players and players with past leg injuries like Embid have special shoes made for them. They speculate someone like Zion (big, heavy, explosive) may have a custom shoe in the NBA for his size. Happy for Mt. Zion!
http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/...-went-wrong-pg-25-shoe-zion-williamson-injury
http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/...-went-wrong-pg-25-shoe-zion-williamson-injury
I guess they were talking about the material I don’t know.
I have a question. If Zion and his family decided to shut it down for the rest of the year would Duke require him to pay back the $200,000.00 they paid him to come to Duke or would it be pro-rated. OFC
I think they would probably pro-rate, Sky...so I guess about a 100 grand would do it.
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I saw that Paul George called Nike to find out what was going on...I'm sure he didnt want his name associated to such a debacle. Nice touch from him.
....and arent we all day to day? ;-)
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