The former player, once a world No 1, also inspired a defining Adidas shoe and is the subject of a revealing new documentary For sports fans of a certain age, the seasonal queues that form around shoe stores in anticipation of the latest Jordan sneakers are a painful reminder of the many young people who only know of the hoops legend as an athletic brand. But well before Nike reduced Michael to a Jumpman silhouette, Adidas was hawking Stan Smiths - the leather, low-top kicks that became such a f...
The former player, once a world No 1, also inspired a defining Adidas shoe and is the subject of a revealing new documentary For sports fans of a certain age, the seasonal queues that form around shoe stores in anticipation of the latest Jordan sneakers are a painful reminder of the many young people who only know of the hoops legend as an athletic brand. But well before Nike reduced Michael to a Jumpman silhouette, Adidas was hawking Stan Smiths - the leather, low-top kicks that became such a f...
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