# Professional Athletes Wearing Other Pro's Sneakers?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/professional-athletes-wearing-other-pros-sneakers/638945>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [October 26, 2012, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/professional-athletes-wearing-other-pros-sneakers/638945 "2012-10-26T16:22:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![IceQube](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@IceQube](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IceQube)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2012, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/professional-athletes-wearing-other-pros-sneakers/638945/1 "2012-10-26T16:22:03Z")

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Do professional athletes wear other pro’s sneakers in actual games and competitions?

For example, will I ever see someone other than Lebron James wear a pair of Nike Lebron Elites in an actual NBA game?

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**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2012, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/professional-athletes-wearing-other-pros-sneakers/638945/2 "2012-10-26T17:07:09Z")

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Moved to the Game Room from GQ.

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**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2012, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/professional-athletes-wearing-other-pros-sneakers/638945/3 "2012-10-26T17:45:52Z")

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[Many wear Air Jordans](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Jordan#Team_Jordan). I stopped looking after that.