Many friends who watch the ball or touch the shoes late, may not know Arenas, his story is very legendary, in 2001 to participate in the draft, selected by the Warriors, and then traded to the Wizards, after shooting the three-point kill action, the ball has not yet entered the box to begin to celebrate, which has become the NBA juniors compete to imitate the action, he also once cut 60 points on Kobe's head, nicknamed "General", "Agent 0", his peak and Adi's peak almost coincided, the signed shoes under his feet are the youth of countless people.
Finally, this pair of Gil Zeros is back! Retained the appearance of the first year, the configuration also did an increased amount of processing, the first exposure of the color matching, it caused a sensation in the sneaker circle, today, the dog brother will tell you the story of the sneakers under his feet.
Gil Zero
Let's take a look at the shoes first, some friends see this pair of shoes must feel no stranger, because Adi has brought him back many times before, but each time is not original, only an empty shell, cushioning technology is gone, the signature sole system has disappeared, the color matching is not the first year, not so much a pair of basketball shoes, it is better to say that he is a casual shoe.
But this time the return of Gil Zero has everything, and there are surprises, this pair of shoes with a low-top design, you know, in that era, that is, gil Zero debuted in 2006, this shape is very similar to casual shoes, ultra-low-top basketball shoes, is very rare, and, at that time, Arenas, or he has always been a "grassroots star".
However, Gil Zero created Adi's sales myth, in 2022, Gil Zero returned again, the shape and the first year is almost no different, low-top shape, the upper uses a variety of material composition, different colors used in different materials are not the same, the midsole, the front low and high, the heel position has a three-bar design, the toe position has a reinforcing patch.
In the middle of the upper, there is a long strip design, extending from the upper to the midsole, where different colors and different pattern logos are interpreted, which is very in place. The first year version of the technology is very explosive, the midsole using adiPRENE+ and Formotion two technology combinations, adiPRENE+ everyone must know, this is Adi's material cushioning technology, relatively old.
What is Formotion? This technology was born in 2006, can be understood as Adi's "post-heaven foot" era of signature technology, his concept and the sky foot is very similar, used in the sole, the earliest T-Mac 6 outsole is the original form of Formation, the forefoot 3 cylinders, the back palm 2 cylinders, with several independent modules scattered in the sole, disperse the pressure, so that the shoe is more stable.
After gil-Zero also used the technology of Formation, two cylinders on the front palm and one cylinder on the back palm, because Arenas is a defender, his shoes need to be more flat and stable, so it is such a design, Formotion is like a hanging pillar, which can make the sneakers adapt to various venues and look more beautiful.
Adi "picked the right one"
The return of Gil Zero retained the shape of the first year, the outsole of the Formation technology has also been retained, this technology is much more powerful than zoom, boost, many friends see the round column, will think of Nike shox, the two are completely different, shox corresponds to Adi's ancient "A3" technology, are structural cushioning, Formotion is more like a system.
Mention of Formotion to say that the heavenly foot, the structure of the sole bionic, and the concept of Formotion, there are also some associations, in today's shoe sole are "not so" important era, the brand has set their sights on the cushioning technology, this systematic technology is not seen for a long time, in the eyes of the dog brother, just the return of the formotion, it is enough to attract the attention of the dog brother.
But Adi did not stop there, the return of the Gil Zero midsole joined the boost technology, the return of the classic shoes, but also joined Adi's most capable of playing cushioning technology, as well as the lost for many years of Formotion technology, which is enough to make people fall, this pair of shoes can be used to play, his actual combat performance is estimated to be no less than any of Adi's current signature shoes.
What is conscience? Dog brother feels that Adi's Gil Zero this time is, not only that, the color matching is also surprising, a total of four colors have been exposed, named: Hibachi, USA, UNDRCRWN, three super classic color matching, and an unknown color matching, very fancy. Brother Dog's favorite is still the "UNDRCRWN" color matching, don't ask why, you also love to see the picture.
This color matching is the style made by the Adi joint trend brand UNDRCRWN, also known as the "reverse crown" color, using pink embellishment, the midsole is filled with UNDRCRWN's iconic grain, and there is a small crown logo in the mid-foot position, which is also the origin of the color scheme name.
USA color matching is more classic, using a white body, details added blue padding, three bars in the heel position with red performance, very beautiful color matching, Arenas' signature kill celebration action, which was worn at the time. In addition, there is a "Hibachi" color scheme, black and white and red matching, the upper of the shoe is expressed in the form of weaving, and the heel position has the word "Hibachi", which is also very beautiful.
"Peak Five Tigers"
At that time, Gil Zero was particularly popular and was about to become a "street shoe", but Adi did not intend to introduce him with signed shoes at that time, which Werenas himself fought for. His childhood was not good, his mother accidentally conceived him, and then ran around with his father to live, at the age of 11, Arenas took basketball as his number one interest, he worked hard enough to become the best player in the local league in high school, but when he chose college, UCLA's coaching staff thought he was too weak, and eventually he came to the University of Arizona.
During college, he showed superhuman scoring ability, and naturally participated in the NBA draft, but was selected with the second pick in the second round. Before entering the NBA, Arenas has been "looking down" on everyone, and when he got to the NBA, he could finally speak with strength, and his kind of strength to go against the current and not believe in evil infected many people, and he and Maddy benchmarked and cut 60 points on Kobe's head.
He became Agent 0 and became the "Great General". In 2006, he won a pair of signed shoes for himself, and the advertisement that Adi gave him that year was very classic:
This advertising slogan is completely consistent with the trajectory of Arenas' character, and the great general at that time was like a god, so his signature shoes were popular. In addition to him, Adi also has stars such as Chansi Bilups, Duncan, Maddy, Andet, forming the "Five Tiger Generals", these five people are the top of the pyramid in the league that year, and the sneakers under their feet are also quite hot.
In 2006, Adi proposed the concept of "It Takes 5IVE", five people correspond to five positions on the court, Adi's five pairs of signed shoes caused a huge response at the time, and this concept also affected the positioning of basketball shoes of many brands.
Maddy: That year, Maddy came to the Rockets, his popularity was super high, the signature shoes came to the sixth generation, the midsole used Formation technology, and after the return of Arenas signature shoes, the T-Mac 6 was even louder.
Arenas: Needless to say, Arenas' achievements made Adi shut up and make him signature shoes.
Duncan: The shoe for the "Stone Buddha" is called The Stealth CC, which is a pair of shoes with Clima-Cool technology, which is the "Breeze" system, and now this pair of shoes is also very handsome.
Garnett: Garnett's KG Bounce 07 is very sci-fi, using Bounce cushioning technology, which is different from the current "Bounce", which is the peak of mechanical cushioning, which is very suitable for heavy weight players.
Billups: Changsi played very steadily, although he was a point guard, Adi still made him a pair of high-top shoes, C-Billups's appearance is the same as his style of play, lacking some star flavor, but Adi's later shoes are based on this pair of shoes design.
At the peak of the Adi is really strong, but they then made a wrong decision, canceled the signature shoes of five people, all with the "TS" team model instead, Arenas' signature shoes after a generation, it became the middle TS Lightswitch, the midsole Ofot is gone, but the star smell of this pair of shoes is still quite strong, if I remember correctly, he can still adjust the cushioning system by replacing the insoles.
After that, Arenas only wears the regular Low Cut version, there is no feature at all, the fermentation of the late "gun gate" incident, Adi and him terminated, Arenas has never played a surprising performance again because of injury, Adi has fallen, he has also withdrawn from the NBA, a short time to play in the CBA, a short return to the peak, but we all know that the "big general" who is against the sky has long been in the past tense.
The youth of a generation also ended, belonging to the story of Arenas, belonging to the story of his signature shoes, can you still remember the blood of that year? Well, this article is here, for the Gil Zero shoes, do you have any stories you want to share with brother dog? What do you think of these shoes? Welcome to leave a message in the background and discuss with brother dog.