Posted on 10/03/2018 9:23:28 AM PDT by Red Badger
Rap mogul Kanye West is already taking fire for his defense of President Trump on Saturday Night Live over the weekend. Now, in addition to those problems, a new report claims that the NBA will not allow the rapper’s “Yeezy” basketball shoes to be worn on the floor this year.
According to ESPN, the NBA will likely ban the shoes due to their reflective highly-reflective heels. The concern, according to industry insiders cited in the ESPN report, is that the reflection from the heels would be a distraction to spectators and television audiences.
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I’m not sure this is retribution. The NBA says its mainly an issue with the high reflectiveness of parts of the shoes (a feature of Kanye’s brand) and if this could be modified in some way they’d allow them.
If it was retribution they’d just ban it outright and score the political points by saying so.
That’s what they did with RFRA here in Indiana.
If they are as reflective as they are in the pics, I agree with the NBA.
How many of those poor Chinese Shoe Factory Workers were blinded by those?
Hey Kanye: Put those panels on a decent pair of running or cross-training shoes, and even us white honkeys will buy your stuff.
MAGA.
:: their reflective highly-reflective heels ::
Wow! That’s reflective of the seriousness of the (Obama created) Department of Redundancy Department.
Republicans will just have to build their own stadiums and buy their own leagues
His wife has 4 million more Twitter followers than Trump (58M) and he has 27M of his own. I think he’ll be able to get the word out without the NBA.
Those shoes on television would cause Pokémon seizures across the land. The NBA is right. They just need a toned down model.
Yikes ... Better be a damn good shoe, stand up to several years of marathon training.
Poked around on Amazon ... ~$400 is the starting price for that stuff.
Sorry, Kanye: us white honkeys aren’t dumb enough to pay four figures for running shoes.
I find discount brand name shoes at outlets for less than $50.
I’m a little more limited now that I will never buy Nikes again.
I have NEVER spent more than $60 on a pair of running/athletic shoes and they had an original retail value of $180. I know, still a lot of money.
Trump will win over 50% of the Black vote in 2020.
He has brought jobs and prosperity in a way no President has done before.
Kanye is the first stones falling down the mountain prior to the avalanche
Yeah, I was going to give it a try. But these are sneakers for billionaires.
That’s probably because you use running shoes for running. $400 shoes are strictly an accessory for those with lots of money
Absolute nonsense.
To be fair, that’s a photo designed to highlight the reflection. I’m curious to see a plain demonstration on the court, without a carefully aimed spotlight and well-placed camera.
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