{"id":591487,"date":"2019-08-26T16:36:10","date_gmt":"2019-08-26T20:36:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/?p=591487"},"modified":"2022-09-15T02:49:36","modified_gmt":"2022-09-15T07:49:36","slug":"what-if-chris-webber-never-left-nike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/what-if-chris-webber-never-left-nike\/","title":{"rendered":"What if Chris Webber Never Left Nike?"},"content":{"rendered":"
We’ve seen a lot of shaky voting in recent years, but don’t let Hall of Fame ballots fool you, Chris Webber<\/strong> was a bad man on the basketball court.<\/p>\n Becoming a national name in high school at Detroit Country Day, the private school power forward would live up to the hype close to home in Ann Arbor as the premier player on Michigan’s renowned Fab 5. Following back-to-back Final 4 appearances, he’d declare after his sophomore campaign, rising to Rookie of the Year honors and eventually defining the 4 spot for the better part of the late ’90s and early ’00s.<\/p>\n While Chris would prove a journeyman in the NBA, swapping squads a total of five times over the course of fifteen years, his sneaker path would be much the same.<\/p>\n Signing with Nike after sporting the Swoosh over the course of his college career, Webber would receive a strong first signature in the form of the Nike Air Max CW Sensation. The problem? They retailed for more than Mike’s model at the time and C Webb didn’t like that. Leaving the boys at Beaverton, he’d jump around over the course of his career, seeing signature shoes from both FILA and DaDa, also wearing Converse, Reebok, AND1 and even an Air Jordan during his NBA days.<\/p>\n Based on star power and marketability, it’s hard to imagine that a full career with Nike wouldn’t place CWebb among the Kicks On Court greats with a full house of signature shoes and Force favorites to his name.<\/p>\n We take a look back at what was and imagine what if…<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Chris Webber’s rookie season under Don Nelson saw the same swag as his two year stay with Steve Fisher — lots and lots of Nike. Officially on Swoosh payroll, the Rookie of the Year rocked releases from the Flight and Force camps alike with his brethren in blue electing many of the same sneakers in Ann Arbor.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Dipsetting after a short stay in Oakland, Chris swapped coasts and laced the Nike Air Max2 Uptempo in his debut season with the Bullets.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n A signature star is born? It looked just like that as CWebb scored his own shoe — the Nike Air Max CW — in only his third pro season. The shoe was decked out with wavy lines, Air Max cushioning and even his own logo. Unfortunately, the Michigan alum wasn’t feeling the price point. But what if he was…<\/p>\nBut what if he didn’t?<\/h4>\n
What Was<\/h1>\n
1993-94 \/\/ Nike Air Maestro, Nike Air Unlimited & Nike Air Strong<\/h2>\n
1994-95 \/\/ Nike Air Max2 Uptempo<\/h2>\n
1995-96 \/\/ Nike Air Max CW<\/h2>\n
What If?<\/h1>\n
1996-97 \/\/ Nike Air Max CW2 aka the Nike Air Pippen 1<\/h2>\n