





Nike ready to roll out new Jeter shoe
NEW YORK, March 30 (UPI) -- New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter is the only major league baseball player with a spring tradition that has everything to do with -- basketball.
Jeter's latest Nike basketball shoe, the sixth "Jumpman Jeter Official," hits stores Saturday, the New York Post reported Thursday.
Released as part of the legendary round-baller Michael Jordan Collection, the Jeter shoe retails for a cool $100, the newspaper said.
ESPN2 "It's the Shoes" host Bobbito Garcia said only 20 percent of the people who buy basketball shoes actually step out on a court in them.
"The other 80 percent just wear them to look cool," he said.
And as far as "cool" goes, Garcia predicts the new Jeters will be a big hit.
"These look 'aiight,'" he said, "very 'aiight.'"
For the uninitiated, "aiight" is shorthand for all right.
Jeter's latest Nike basketball shoe, the sixth "Jumpman Jeter Official," hits stores Saturday, the New York Post reported Thursday.
Released as part of the legendary round-baller Michael Jordan Collection, the Jeter shoe retails for a cool $100, the newspaper said.
ESPN2 "It's the Shoes" host Bobbito Garcia said only 20 percent of the people who buy basketball shoes actually step out on a court in them.
"The other 80 percent just wear them to look cool," he said.
And as far as "cool" goes, Garcia predicts the new Jeters will be a big hit.
"These look 'aiight,'" he said, "very 'aiight.'"
For the uninitiated, "aiight" is shorthand for all right.

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