Regular sneakers vs basketball shoes

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Anonymous wrote:For 9 year old rec, save the money and don't buy specific shoes. The biggest benefit of basketball shoes is that they are only worn to play. Not being worn outside keeps the tread fresh for longer and not being worn regularly keeps the foam fresh for longer.

Uh, no. Whoever wrote this is a basketball ignoramus.

The biggest benefit of basketball shoes is they provide appropriate support and traction for the game.

Basketball shoes are not expensive for 9 year olds. There’s no reason to skimp unless you’re ubercheap.

The most popular basketball shoe in the NBA and college is the Sabrina. It's a regular low top with the same support as any other sneaker.

Just because a shoe is popular, doesn’t mean it’s a good shoe. NBA players wear shoes that sometimes come apart on them. The Sabrina is a sh*tty shoe.

I'm sure the guys with tens of millions on the line put no thought into their shoe selections

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Piggybacking on this post, anyone know of any good shoes for basketball, cheaper than Nike but with ankle support for an injury prone kid with adult size feet?

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Go to the Nike outlet store in Fairfax, they will have decent older model basketball shoes in the $60-$70 range.

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Anonymous wrote:Go to the Nike outlet store in Fairfax, they will have decent older model basketball shoes in the $60-$70 range.

In terms of basketball brands Addidas seems to be the other brand these days. Under Armor also produces some, but they seem to have a large range of quality especially in the youth shoes, they seem to go lite on the rubber for some reason. Adidas is more of a soccer company their basketball shoes used to be known for being fast and light, but they seem to have more variety these days, even forwards wear them.

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Anonymous wrote:Go to the Nike outlet store in Fairfax, they will have decent older model basketball shoes in the $60-$70 range.

In terms of basketball brands Addidas seems to be the other brand these days. Under Armor also produces some, but they seem to have a large range of quality especially in the youth shoes, they seem to go lite on the rubber for some reason. Adidas is more of a soccer company their basketball shoes used to be known for being fast and light, but they seem to have more variety these days, even forwards wear them.

Addias and Under Armor basketball shoes are not great. Puma Melos and Moolahs are both more common at tournaments

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Anonymous wrote:Go to the Nike outlet store in Fairfax, they will have decent older model basketball shoes in the $60-$70 range.

In terms of basketball brands Addidas seems to be the other brand these days. Under Armor also produces some, but they seem to have a large range of quality especially in the youth shoes, they seem to go lite on the rubber for some reason. Adidas is more of a soccer company their basketball shoes used to be known for being fast and light, but they seem to have more variety these days, even forwards wear them.

Addias and Under Armor basketball shoes are not great. Puma Melos and Moolahs are both more common at tournaments

Yes, in so many words. I was just looking at a girls UA shoes the other night, no rubber to speak of. It's hard to say something about a brand though, they may have good lines. Nike's basketball shoes are almost always *OK* for the purpose. They used to carry some stinkers though, at least when I was growing up. It's their thing, I haven't seen any Nike BBall shoes that are that bad these days. Adidas soccer shoes same idea, almost always *OK*, but Nike Soccer shoes I don't know.

One thing I have noticed though, is Nike has spun off some of their brands. EG Jordan's are no longer Nike. Jordan's are good also, though I suspect these may be on the pricier side.

One thing to watch for are Volleyball/Gym shoes, Asics... They look like basketball shoes, but they aren't. They're on the opposite spectrum of running shoes, good for lateral motion, but don't handle the pounding of running up and down.