just my 2 cents

[bookjones]

Dudes

Thusly bringing us back full circle to my original whinging which is that these so-called "sponsors" do ZILCH for me. I can't get any shopping endorphin feels from fucking Sports Authority here peoples!

Derek Rose makes some fashionable shoes...

I personally would say they are more totally BADASS then fashionable per se. Adidas (<---**** yeah German stylemeisters!) knocks shit out of the design park for him! I love the "rose" logo made from the "D" representing his momma and brothers and I love on the latest ones the image of Englewood that's like silkscreened on the underside of the tongue. . .BADASS!

 

[MassHavoc]

Doesn't he have an exclusivity deal with foot locker or something?

 

[bookjones]

Doesn't he have an exclusivity deal with foot locker or something?

I have no idea---I only know of the larger deal with Adidas to sport their gear and their designing of his entire line. Other than Chucks I would never try to rock b-ball shoes so I have no idea about retail exclusivity though off the top of my head that would seem to be an unnecessary and weirdly limiting retail business plan even if it's just in the U.S. Why would they want to limit access like that?

 

[bookjones]

Yeah. It's European, it must be better.

Your snarkasm has hurt the feelings of my poor little Hugo Boss and Escada shoes you tyrant. Not to mention all my other European shoes. And YES! I *do* fucking anthropomorpise them!