{"id":271903,"date":"2013-02-12T23:05:59","date_gmt":"2013-02-13T05:05:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nicekicks.com\/?p=271903"},"modified":"2022-09-16T13:29:56","modified_gmt":"2022-09-16T18:29:56","slug":"all-star-diaries-1980-george-gervin-nike-blazer-my-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/all-star-diaries-1980-george-gervin-nike-blazer-my-5\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA All-Star Diaries (1980s): George Gervin Explains Evolution of Nike Blazer &#038; Current Sneaker Rotation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Iceman is Nike Basketball&#8217;s trailblazer in a pair of Blazers.<\/p>\n<p>Long before the <strong>Nike Blazer<\/strong> was seen in the streets donning flower print uppers, perforated Nike Swooshes and\/or velcro straps, it was first spotted on the ABA courts by way of Hall of Famer?<strong>George Gervin&#8217;s<\/strong> feet. 40 years ago, Nike presented Gervin with the Nike Blazer, a shoe that is considered the alpha of Nike Basketball&#8217;s amazing, ongoing legacy.<\/p>\n<p>As the 1980s installment of our All-Star Diaries series, George Gervin discusses the evolution of the Nike Blazer, having one of the first, true player exclusives and a look inside his sneaker rotation.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0HbQh8a7Sls\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Nike Blazer<\/h3>\n<p><strong>George Gervin<\/strong>: &#8220;I still wear the Blazer from time to time. It will always be in my rotation because I&#8217;m greatly associated with that shoe. I love it. It&#8217;s kind of hard to wear me though. I&#8217;m not that vain.&#8221;<br \/>\n<!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<h3>Air Jordan 11 &#8220;Playoffs&#8221;<\/h3>\n<p><strong>George Gervin<\/strong>: &#8220;I wear this past Christmas&#8217; Jordans a lot because I love black and red shoes. The 11 is one of my favorite Jordans to wear because of the patent leather.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<h3>Nike Air Max 2012<\/h3>\n<p><strong>George Gervin<\/strong>: &#8220;This past year&#8217;s Air Max is the shoe I wear the most. It&#8217;s just a really, really comfortable shoe. I stay in those. I wear them to lounge around in and when I&#8217;m out and about.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<h3>Air Jordan 11 &#8220;Concord&#8221;<\/h3>\n<p><strong>George Gervin<\/strong>: &#8220;Well, you see me in the Concords right now. This shoe is my favorite Jordan of all time. It&#8217;s just sleek, clean and ready to go with anything I wear.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<h3>Air Jordan 14 &#8220;Last Shot&#8221;<\/h3>\n<p><strong>George Gervin<\/strong>: &#8220;I really like the 14s. I&#8217;m glad they brought those back out. Everybody remembers MJ and what he did in those; it&#8217;s just a special moment in time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED<\/strong>:?Snkrs Day Presents: Olympic Diaries?|?<a href=\"\/tag\/kicks-on-court-diaries\/\">Snkrs Day Presents: Kicks On Court Diaries<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We kick off out NBA All-Star Diaries series with the great George Gervin. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":149,"featured_media":272366,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1224791],"tags":[1328,1208351,1225799,1225537,1225742,1225547],"cultivate_rss":[],"class_list":{"2":"type-post"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.0 (Yoast SEO v24.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>NBA All-Star Diaries (1980s): George Gervin Explains Evolution of Nike Blazer &amp; Current Sneaker Rotation | Snkrs Day<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Where to buy NBA All-Star Diaries (1980s): George Gervin Explains Evolution of Nike Blazer &amp; Current Sneaker Rotation shoes. 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