Jan-05-2011
Posted by : John Brilliant
R.I.P. James McAdoo’s Nike shoes.
Top 10 nationally ranked high school player James McAdoo experienced a most unfortunate event: In a recent Norfolk Christian High School game, his Nike shoes blew the hell up.
Wearing the $125 Nike Hyperdunk 2010 model in a Norfolk Christian uniform matching white and purple colorway, McAdoo’s Swoosh-backed sneakers looked fine until it appears the foam midsole cracked and ripped off halfway down the shoe giving his feet some unanticipated extra air circulation. The damage to his Nike shoe was so bad, the entire bottom sole had to be reattached to the upper with athletic tape as a temporary measure so McAdoo could continue playing.
McAdoo, who’s uncle is NBA hall of famer Bob McAdoo, is signed to play at the University of North Carolina this coming fall. Last summer, McAdoo led the inaugural FIBA Americas U16 Mens team to a gold medal and became the youngest recipient of USA Basketball’s Male Athlete of the Year Award (previously given out to the likes of Michael Jordan, Shaquille O’Neal, Scottie Pippen, Ray Allen, Tim Duncan and Carmelo Anthony).
Coupled with the in-game image of James McAdoo continuing to play in his blown out Nike shoes, CounterKicks has also provided images below of what the Nike Hyperdunk 2010 is supposed to look like when it’s not ripped up, wrapped in tape, and hours away from being thrown into a green high school dumpster.
Let’s just hope in a few years that McAdoo doesn’t have to experience the same humiliation in the NBA as Matt Bonner and his New Balance shoes did recently.
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LOL damn Nike!
That athletic tape patchwork sounds dangerous to play on too, dude could Easily slip and break a neck. Crazy shoe blow up.
Isn’t this the shoe Steph Curry twisted his ankle in early in the season?
this shoe is such a, forgive me, peace of crap.
ha our coach had to order a new pair for almost everybody on the team cuz they all friggin blew the hell up
this never happened in the NBA, and they play alot harder and faster…he must have had the wrong size…or he just playin in the wrong shoes. Nike has shoes for different types of players. This obviously isnt a shoe meant for him. He should play in some LeBron 8′s v1 or if he perfers lighter material the hyperfuse. You as a player should know what shoes fit you best. smh at trying to expose nike when all you did was expose an ignorant baller.
^^^ That is about the DUMBEST thing I have EVER read. A player in high school wore the shoes his Nike sponsored team made in his school colors and sent him. He didn’t buy them. You expect him to be smart enough to pick the shoe right for him but not be smart enough to know what size he wears? And trying to expose Nike? They do that every day. Face it, that shoe is not made to be durable for players at ANY level.
Nah Nba ballers get a lot of free shoes, this will just happen to whoever has play in the same shoes more than twice, and most likely payed for them.
These shoes are the best and i would want a pair like these!!