Kyrie Irving Goes Sneaker Shopping With Complex

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were in Boston that concept with five-time NBA star and NBA champion Kyrie Irving. I used to complain about Nike not sending me those shoes and he said car, one day you will have so many shoes. I'm not going to know what to do, today I'll do some

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s. Come on, Kyrie, obviously fans all over the world, but it's the kids, the elementary schools, every time you go. Everyone is wearing their sneakers.

What do you think that has to do with their connection with the younger generation? How I feel? What closes that gap? Do you know I have great stories? You know they're easy to follow, but they're also pretty universal. I try to live by some basic principles and I try to pay tribute to my father and how much he has taught me, as well as learning from the greats that have come before me, whether it's in sports or fashion, you know something culturally progressive, um. I agree yeah you know what I want is to show the younger generation and they are the ones that keep this going and you know you are very practical in the design but also in the price, super affordable. terms of a signature sneaker that I think is really important and I really applaud how important it was for you to make it at a price that kids could buy for the first day of school and stuff like that, man, I'm telling you it's a fight.

Every time you know, I am very adamant and make sure it is affordable for everyone as much as possible. At the same time, having some warmth and some shoes will actually increase the price a bit after the sale, which I think. I appreciate it because yeah, the only person we saw doing stuff like that was Mike and some weird sneakers that, you know, other people wanted to have ring concepts, a special concept colorway, the other five, how excited are you? with this color combination, especially you. I am very excited when I saw the shoe for the first time.

I didn't know Concepts was doing a special collab like this, yeah, you know, and to think how far it's come from just being a fan from afar to now having my own concepts collab. It's something I don't think I would have ever dreamed of, but I appreciate it, you know, you have the eye over here, I have it tattooed on my hand, yeah, you know, concepts always come up with some things that just call to you. the attention is that it is separate in all the other shoes, honestly, you bought it yourself and you know we have all four, but the five fifth model, you know, not many people get even one, yeah, I consider it as part of the evolution of Who I am as a basketball player, philanthropist and businessman.

I think the more I understand how the inner workings work and how they see me at Nike and how much I push my team to always be always. Thinking about what will be next, not what is most fashionable, but what will be next, stands out to us and means something. You can always create color combinations where you can just attach your name to this and that and it will sell, but at the same time. At the end of the day, if you have really authentic things coming from you and you have some cool collaborations with amazing people, then you come up with things like this, so obviously you have the concept shoot and you have the yellow and green lobsters and I know this one It's going to be the start of the most Gracie units that Nike has ever put in a shoe, so I'm grateful that I can set some records that no, yeah, elementary school is so full of these, that's what I'm saying and to I always think about that kid who doesn't even play basketball and they see it on the shelf in, you know, the trunk of our House of Hoops and they say, oh, I want this shoe, who is this player then?

You draw him into the game, perfect, hello, sure, we have to talk about Nike SB, but you were a big fan of Costin and the urine bar absolutely came out and you skated, what shoes were you skating in? Honestly, I didn't even have anything to pay for when I was skating, I was probably skating in some of my hoop shoes, okay, I think seeing the style that they skated with as much as the grip they had on the kind of skate culture and how much People idolized them outside of skateboarding too. Think about it, I moved every day and, you know, when I come home I shoot some hoops and then I pick up my skateboard and go off some ramps and probably skate downhill and do some dangerous things, but that's two. guys I was a fan of, especially at Nike, yeah, where the coach is worried, you know, basketball and skating are a dangerous combination and I'm gaining a word about the coaches.

I was worried about my dad, dad, man, my dad, oh okay, yeah, my dad was adamant. and one time I'll do a Holly on a rock. I hit the rock. I haven't skated since Wow, smart investment though, Clark. I haven't always skated since then, but that was the last time I honestly said it's serious about not doing it. I know it was good for my life. I wanted to be a skater when I was a kid. Yes, you incorporated, you know, models like, obviously, the lobster, the ray guns. How important was it once you got the signature line? make a nod to Nike SB, your models, that was one of the important things I wanted to do, it was like a goal I set for myself.

I wanted to enrich myself with the Nike SB culture. I had already worn Nike SB before becoming an exclusive athlete. so I had been pushing my brand team like, what can we do with a costume? What can we do? We've arrived, yeah, what can we do with these guys? I want to show them that I love their stuff. I want to show him, you know. After a while, they figured it out and then we had some cool collaborations. I did some stuff with Causton, obviously, I've seen Peter strange. Yeah, you know, I've skated at the barracks, so it was awesome to be a part of. from that kind of ever-evolving skate culture, Kairi, I read it back in the day when you were playing with your sister, wearing seventh and eighth Jordans and beating them and then when you got a little older you appreciated the value more.

Yeah, it was like that when you were skating in Jordans and stuff like that. What was it like to just wear sneakers? um and literally not caring what I was wearing or doing anything like I was a kid. Yes, like any child. of not necessarily having that appreciation yet of the shoes you're wearing, it took me a minute, but after a while I realized what the wave was and how weird the work of certain Jordans is. He had some rare Jordans. my sister who added me asked me why you go outside like I said before so you know I had to learn and out of everyone today what were some of your favorite Jordans growing up?

I mean, my favorite Jordans growing up, probably about, of course, all eleven. eight to seven six is ​​one of my favorite pairs, they were actually Jordan 20s, really yeah, like I said, I picked it up after a little bit of understanding you. I also heard that you buy a lot of shoes and give them away, wear them once and give them away is true or have you slowed down with that, sometimes I will have many pairs of my shoes and donate them to men's homes or youth homes and they have better use there than there for me just collecting dust, so my dad always taught me, you know, he told me a story too.

He used to complain that Nike didn't send me those shoes and he told me: man, one day you will have so many shoes. I'm not going to know what to do right for me. I always loved giving it back to the kids and obviously all my friends. I would love to photograph more than myself. That is incredible. I've been researching for a few days. You love Cortezes, yes, the plastic ones. You, yeah, what's with this? You know everyone loves them, but you really wear them every chance you get, especially the Kendrick Lamar ones. Yeah, well, I'm a big fan of Kendrick, especially Nike collaborating with him and I felt like he embodies a lot. what LA culture is all about, they have an authentic style and it was interesting about the Cortezas, especially in LA or California culture, they used to use them like we used to use the air force, so you know, having Cortezas was something everyday, but For me now where Court says it's like it's the hottest thing, so I love how you can have one coast and the other coast and now we're meeting in the middle, well, we talk about everything, now it's the part easy. explore the shell and see what you're going to take home, but then grab these in size twelve, the first stage of the iPhone.

Can you check if you have more of these in the back for yourself? I got you the total time to be $380. Hey, he's a guy who says your brother, thanks MA, so Kyrie came and told some great stories. He got some great sneakers. Thank you very much for taking the time. Is it good luck this season? Man, thanks.