As athletes go, you’ve got to give it to Steph Curry. He doesn’t have the body of LeBron or the fashion eye of Russell Westbrook, but by pure shooting ability he’s managed to become one of the most popular athletes on the planet. And he has a shoe deal to boot.
Curry is signed with Under Armour thanks to some terribly, short-sighted pitching by the big boys (Nike) at the start of his career. You’d think UA would do everything possible to ensure they make Curry’s shoes the coolest on the block, but then they made these:
Serving game since '88. The @UABasketball Curry 2 Low 'Chef' is in stores. | Stores: https://t.co/MeC16XnLFi pic.twitter.com/9H5e1IuTKr
— Foot Locker (@footlocker) June 8, 2016
Oh man. Those are, um, something.. They are worthy of a roasting only @fart’s Jon Hendren could appreciate. And the internet obliged with some amazing takedowns.
"Yes, officer. Right here. I saw everything" 7s https://t.co/XILBj2I6yi
— 🐧✨America Is Musty✨🐧 (@DragonflyJonez) June 9, 2016
https://twitter.com/TonyLee_/status/741051773343924224
https://twitter.com/rembert/status/741055597131485184
The Well Actually XI’s pic.twitter.com/zv8ed1R4jE
— Zach Harper (@talkhoops) June 9, 2016
Feel the Bern pic.twitter.com/86A4omaLcG
— Mark Ennis (@MarkEnnis) June 9, 2016
https://twitter.com/Denlesks/status/741224102594121729
https://twitter.com/martinrickman/status/740950375285575680
The Ringer Podcast PE Lows https://t.co/ZeM1zGiXun
— Ð ΡΛΓΚ (@DawaunParker) June 10, 2016
https://twitter.com/kevinmccauley/status/741060309197148160
The “I’ve seen the Wire, let me tell you about Baltimore” PE 2.5’s pic.twitter.com/9y1iMGYr1Z
— Zach Harper (@talkhoops) June 10, 2016
@netw3rk pic.twitter.com/BDFyw3D6H6
— Ben Detrick (@bdetrick) June 9, 2016
https://twitter.com/thrillis4/status/741071764495683585
OK, ok we get it folks. You don’t like them.
