Younger basketball fans will associate Converse with Oklahoma City Thunder ... guard Magic Johnson and Boston Celtics forward Larry Bird. Johnson and Bird's regular meetings in the NBA Finals ...
However, unlike Nike, which needed a flagship athlete, Converse already had Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, and Julius Erving ... $10,000 per year to put their shoes on his players, Jordan was ...
Larry Bird, Larry Johnson, Dennis Rodman, Dwyane Wade and Elton Brand as the only players to receive signature shoes from Converse. “It’s the foundation of footwear and streetwear,” he told ...