OT: NBA bans performance enhancing shoes?

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    http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=5703947

     
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    Considering those shoes were pretty much shown to be bogus, I don't see what the deal is.
     
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    Yeah, it's not like they banned the Reebok pumps...

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    Didn't Karl Malone rock la gear catapult's back in the 90's?
     
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    Didn't the pump just make the tongue tighter?
     
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    Filled air pockets around the shoe to make the entire shoe fit more tightly.
     
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    Either the shoes work and they'd be bad for the NBA or they are false advertising. Either way it makes sense for the NBA to ban them.

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    In a way, the NBA banning them is good for the company who makes them. It makes it seem like they actually work.... which they definitely don't.
     
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    Time to buy some stock!
     
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    Too late, Stern already owns it all. Conspiracy theorists unite!
     
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    To make things fair, all players should have to wear Chuck Taylor All-Stars. This would end any and all performance-enhancing shoe theories.
     
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    But it would also shorten some careers in the process... Chucks have zero cushion or stability.
     
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    George Mikan and Bill Russell didn't need no stinking cushions.

    Also, I thought my sarcasm was obvious, but I was wrong.
     
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    Feet are no joking matter! Just ask Yao Ming and Arvydas Sabonis.
     
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    Have they banned Flubber yet?
     
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    Yeah, they banned that back in like the 50's....
     
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