Boulevard des Italiens 16/08/2020 20h55

The station entrance of métro line 8 and 9 Richelieu Drouot on the Boulevard des Italiens with an advertisement of the new retro Nike Blazer of 1972.

Nike Blazer

The Nike Blazer was only the third shoe released under the newly named sports brand "Nike" in 1973, originally developed as a basketball shoe.

This sneaker was originally worn by NBA star George "The Iceman" Gervin which exposed NBA fans to the Nike brand for the first time. The original shoe was made out of three main components, the upper portion of the shoe was made up of leather, the tongue was made up of nylon and the mid sole consisted of rubber just like most sneakers use today. At this point in time, other sneaker giants were also breaking into the NBA with their own basketball sneakers and basketball stars to market them such as Julius Erving with Converse and Walt Frazier with Puma, so Nike definitely had competition in this space.[5] Nevertheless, Nike was well prepared to compete with the other industry giants and that could be attributed to the fact that the Nike Blazer possessed the best technology for basketball shoes at the time. The Nike Blazer is still available in the sneaker market in a low and mid-top.

Although the Nike Blazer was originally created for the sport of basketball, since then it became a part of the Nike SB (Skateboarding) sub brand and is currently marketed towards the skateboarding community.

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the stars of the 1970's NBA gathered together..the best poster of the times...front row;l to r; campy russell-alvin adams-dennis johnson-calvin murphy/drums-norm nixon-john drew-lionel hollins.back row; LtoR;dan roundfield-george gervin-phil smith-darrell griffith-reggie theus-elvin hayes-maurice lucas-mychael thompson-artis gilmore-moses malone-bill cartwright- truck robinson-robert parish-rudy tomjanovich-bernard king-paul westphal-austin carr.

Grabbed these NSW Blazers from a Nike Outlet a few years back. Still clean.

Check out my video on these: youtu.be/ZlKz2QuPe7k

Details about this pair:

Nike Blazer Mid “Silt Red”

Style Code: 371761-607

Colorway: Silt Red/Silt Red - Summit White

Retail Price: $95 USD

Release Date: August 1, 2017

Grabbed these NSW Blazers from a Nike Outlet a few years back. Still clean.

Check out my video on these: youtu.be/ZlKz2QuPe7k

Details about this pair:

Nike Blazer Mid “Silt Red”

Style Code: 371761-607

Colorway: Silt Red/Silt Red - Summit White

Retail Price: $95 USD

Release Date: August 1, 2017

the 'Iceman'...and another high scorer..Bernard King

a great backcourt duo..

eastern michigan. 1970-71

....including one of the alltime greats of the NBA and ABA, "Iceman" George Gervin

AKA, Ice

Led League in scoring four times. Elected to Hall of Fame in 1996.

George Gervin and David Thompson in the honor ring at the Basketball Hall of Fame

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George Gervin display at the Basketball all of Fame

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