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Sole Provider: Thirty Years of NIKE Basketball | 
 enlarge | Author: Robert "scoop" Jackson
Publisher: powerHouse Books
Category: Book
List Price: $35.00
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Avg. Customer Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 318993
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1st
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 215
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.6
Dimensions (in): 9.5 x 8.8 x 0.9
ISBN: 1576871614
Dewey Decimal Number: 796.323
EAN: 9781576871614
ASIN: 1576871614
Publication Date: November 2002
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Book Description
Designed with Nike's trademark visually gripping graphics, Sole Provider: Thirty Years of NIKE Basketball is a collection of Nike hoop shoes and the subculture that surrounds them. Text by Slam magazine editor-at-large Robert "Scoop" Jackson, Sole Provider gives the inside story of NIKE Basketball - from its inception in 1972 to its incredible success as the basketball brand with over 60% market share. Featuring anecdotal facts and figures, inside interviews with NBA players, Nike footwear designers, musicians, and other pop-culture notables, Sole Provider showcases the historical context of the game with exclusive images from Nike's archives: posters, print advertisements, commercial stills, behind-the-scenes footage, NBA photos, and never-before-published images. Features spreads that illustrate the development of the most pivotal shoes during this period, as well as interviews with designers and drawings of their prototypes; Features the key shoes and the players associated with them including: The Blazer (George "Iceman" Gervin), The Bruin (Moses Malone), The Air Force I (Michael Ray Richardson), The Air Jordan (Michael Jordan), The Alpha Force (Charles Barkley), and many more. Features never-before-published images - as well as insights - from the Nike archives of iconic NBA players including Moses Malone, Patrick Ewing, Michael Jordan, Charles Barkley, and Jason Kidd, among others. Features still from famous advertising campaigns by Wieden & Kennedy featuring Nike alumni including Spike Lee, Bugs Bunny, Steve Martin, Godzilla, and Lil' Penny, among others. Index pages provide an at-a-glance look at all the shoes produced. Features a chronological history of the Nike and NBA partnership over three decades. Features the WNBA (Women's National Basketball Association.)
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 Very good book November 7, 2005
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This a very good book and a MUST if you are a sneaker head!
The best Nike Basketball Shoe Book Made!! February 11, 2005
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book was well detailed and gives well articulated information from the first to current Nike Basketball shoe. This gives the backround and inspiration for almost each bold Nike shoe. It tells about the technology that is given to each shoe to make it unique. This book lets Nike shoe lovers know how shoes are made and the steps it takes to make it. At the end of the book it gives approximately 15 pages full of every Nike basketball shoe made in chronilogical order. This book deserves to be read and should be read by all Nike shoe lovers. This book deserves 5 STARS.
 Oops June 20, 2003
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
less than i expected. i'm a hard-core nikee. but the book is not prepaired as good as shoes. lots of out of date Ads. only few Air Jordan in detail. the catalog almost as same as website. To see it in your local book store before you click on the ADD TO CART.
A MUST for any sneaker fiend March 6, 2003
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
If you are a sneaker fiend this book is a must.Scoop Jackson does a great job documenting the history of Nike's basketaball sneakers. Its mainly a picture book, which is pretty good for reference and features, in addition to photos of just about every Nike basketball sneaker ever produced, classic posters and athlete photos. If you are looking for a comprehensive biography of Nike's history in this field, this isn't the book for you
Sweet Book! January 13, 2003
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
Great book. I'm a Nike Fiend. This shows the history of the great hobby of shoe collecting. I even saw my old Olympic edition Charles Barkley Air Force 180's.
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