The navy/white Crusaders Uconn wore are tbs (team bank). A lot of college teams have been wearing Zoom Crusaders with the same color blocking, just with different primary colors (ex: red or green instead of navy). There's a chance that the tbs will release officially some time this year, but I don't think it's likely. Usually, unreleased tb shoes end up eventually being sold at discount stores like Marshals, although you'd probably have to wait a year or so for them to end up there. Until then, I'd say check ebay often and see if anything pops up.
Yeah dude as if Nike forces Paul George to wear the Crusader
Im sure Nike is paying him to promote the shoes. PG is trying to get a shoes deal too so he got no choice. If he's not hesitated in these socks he would have attack the basket more often while wearing these low cut socks then lol. Should just tell Nike that shoes sucks and switch back to HD 2013 or just throw on some Kobe 8.
Yeah dude as if Nike forces Paul George to wear the Crusader
Seriously if you want to bash the Crusader at least give a good argument. PG switched through the Hyperdunk 2013, the Hyperrev and now seems to prefer the Crusader. When he went "hard left" past LeBron for the two handed dunk last week I dont think he "hesitated". If PG is not playing like his usual self, the blame is certainly not on a shoe
PG does have a choice... It's Nike that has to worry here. As an upcoming sneaker free agent, PG has all the power in the situation as he can choose to go with whatever brand he wants (you can't honestly tell me he won't be getting multiple offer sheets this summer). He wears what he wears by choice. I think you're forgetting that Nike made PEs for him of multiple models, implying they're perfectly fine with him playing in whatever he deems comfortable. Besides, if anything's to blame for him being hesitant it's his off court situation.
Why would Nike worry? lol They are the boss and will always be the boss. They're not worry about PG or what his demand is. They are giving him the checks to wear their shoes and probably somewhere in their clause they wanted him to promote the Crusader. Think about it Nike got KD, Lebron and Kobe not to mention the money maker Jordan Brand in the house. Why would they worry about PG? He's not even that good. Even if PG decide to go to Adidas or Under Armour. Those brand probably won't give him a sig shoes neither. They going to give him the team shoes PE like Lillard, Wall, Brandon Jenning, Curry etc. Adidas learned their lesson from Rose and Under Armour don't have the money yet.
Not to go too far off course here but take a look at what happened with Dwayne Wade. Li Ning was relatively unknown at the time in North America, so they didn't have the star power of Nike or the legacy of Jordan Brand. What they did have was a ton of cash and a willingness to give signature shoes to their players. They offered Wade $12 million. That's three times what CP3 earns from his current deal. This same company gave the LA Clipper Baron Davis a signature shoe a few years ago. If you don't think PG has options outside of Nike then you really have to take a closer look at the market. There's a shift going on in the NBA and Asian companies are signing players left, right, and center. Whether he leaves Nike this summer or not, you can't deny that PG has options.
Looks like they're up on NDC now -- XDR pair. I think this is the pair you're talking bout?
The main difference is the outsole. It's made from a slightly different compound and is usually a bit thicker so it'll last longer outdoors.
Yeah you meant outsole, right? -- with this shoe, the thicker xdr would definitely hold up better outdoors, but I'm thinking it won't change things much indoors. I guess I don't know for sure. Generally thinner/more flexible is usually better for the hardwood but it doesn't always make a huge difference. If you had major problems I'm sure Nike would take them back
