streetball mixtapes. The brand is alive today through another Brooklyn endorser, Lance Stephenson.

Marbury later turned into a sneaker “Robin Hood” after launching his Starbury line, which was made affordable for parents who couldn't afford to buy premium sneakers from bigger brands. Marbury is living like a King in China, and is still dropping buckets.

Tim Duncan: Nike

Tim Duncan receives a lot of jokes he's not the most stylist NBA legend. He had one job, and that was to play basketball. But all in all, Duncan still found success in ads back in the day, and even donned some heat with Nike. The Nike Total Foamposite Max, Nike Air Flightposite and Nike Uptempo Max 3 were consumer favorites at the time. While it was hard to market a shoe afterand a very unique zipper system. Payton’s line continued for a couple years until he signed with Jordan Brand to finish out his career.

Jason Kidd: Nike

In the same department as Gary Payton, Jason Kidd laced up in Nike early in his career, and he wore some classic Nike models. The Swoosh gave him his own signature sneaker, the Nike Air Zoom Flight 95 after he won the NBA Rookie of the Year award.

Scottie Pippen: Nike

Scottie Pippen’s signature line with Nike is perhaps one of the most overlooked shoe lines in history. But when you are playing alongside the greatest shoe endorser of all-time in Michael Jordan that was bound to happen. In 1997, the Swoosh gave Pippen his own shoe, the “Nike Air Pippen 1”. The silhouettes were