The deeper you dive into Portland Trail Blazers’ history, the more you realize that shoes — simple as they are — haven’t always been a source of positivity for the organization. For every young, talented, Blazer player to ink a shoe deal, there’s always been somewhat of a painful story to tell.
There’s the little-told story of how Michael Jordan used his homicidally-competitive trash talk to mentally disintegrate Clyde Drexler mentally during their Dream Team run, just months after beating him in the 1992 NBA Finals, potentially changing the course of his entire superstar career:
“Michael reported gleefully to the Bulls’ coaches that one day Clyde Drexler showed up at practice with two left sneakers.