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In the 1920s the company Converse created the first basketball shoes and were some of the bestselling shoes of all time.  These shoes were the only basketball shoes until 1972

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basketball player Michael Ray Richardson was the first to wear the
Chuck Taylor shoes. About 70% of people in America wore the Chuck Taylor shoes

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It's called the Chuck Taylor because Chuck Taylor was a basketball player who wanted a better shoe for playing so he signed a deal with converse

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The Chuck Taylors ruled the court unlit 1972  when Nike came out with the Blazers and they quickly became the best basketball shoes and took a step forward for the sneaker game because these shoes were made of suede which was a fuzzy leather. Nike still makes versions of the blazers today

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The Blazer was first worn by basketball player George "Iceman" Gervin on the San Antonio Spurs

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in the 1970s the Puma Clydes came out and were just as popular as Gervins blazers

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Converse decided to come out with another shoe in 1976 to stay in the sneaker game and decided to get Hall of Famers larry bird and Julius Erving to endorse them while playing

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In 1978 Nike came out with their second basketball shoe called the bruins

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The first basketball shoes introduced in the 80s were the Nike air force ones that were very similar to the bruins. They got the name Air Force 1 because that's the plane the United States president rides in

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In 1985 Nike teamed up with Michael Jordan to make the first air jordans the revolutionized basketball shoes. This is one of the most iconic pairs of shoes ever

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Believe it or not but the Air Jordan ones soon after release were banned from the NBA because they did not meet the "Dress Code" in the NBA

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The Air Jordan 2 got released in 1986 and they were made with leather detailed to look like lizard skin and when they got released they did not add the Nike swoosh

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The Air Jordan 3 was released in 1988 designed by famous designer  Tynker Hatfeild

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Just after the decade changed and it was February of 1990 Nike released the Air Jordan 5 and the shoes were designed by the same person who designed the Air Jordan threes and fours, Tynker Hatfield. The design of the sneaker was based on a WWII fighter/bomber plane

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FILA was a new brand to the sneaker game and wanted to combat with Nike and Adidas so they signed with 3rd overall pick in 1995 and made the FILA Grant Hills

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The FILA Grant Hills were very similar to the Air Jordans but the Air Jordans were very expensive and The FILA's were much more affordable

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Allen Iverson paired up with Rebook to make the Allen Iverson questions in 1996 made with chunky suede.

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In 2000 the brand AND1 released  the Tai Chi's celebrating Vince Carters career and the shoes had a weird and unusual mid-top

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In 2003 The Air Zoom Generation from Nike were Lebron James's first signature shoes. Lebron was a rookie when Nike made this deal with him

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In 2003 Adidas released the T-mac twos. This shoe was heavily padded on the inside so they would be more comfortable

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In 2005 Nike signed a deal with Kobe Bryant to make the Kobe 1.

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In 2008 Nike created the Nike Hyperdunks. These shoes were worn by most of team USA's stars in the 2008 Beijing Olympics games.

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Shoes today take the best things out of the old shoes and make it better so shoes can keep on revolutionizing the game of basketball