During the first few seconds of last night matchup between Duke and North Carolina, Blue Devil star Freshman Zion Williamson sprained his knee after his Nike shoe exploded:
Zion’s Nike shoe rip in slo-mo pic.twitter.com/UYQuoDMxq5
— Darren Rovell (@darrenrovell) February 21, 2019
Thankfully it doesn’t look like the injury was too serious, but that was the probable first pick in the NBA draft going because his Nike shoe failed:
What a bad look for Nike having their shoe explode off Zion Williamson’s foot in the highest profile game of the year on the highest profile player in college basketball in a long time
— Adam Apicella (@MrAdamAp) February 21, 2019
On national TV, no less:
That the shoe blew out on National TV. That the shoe blew out for Duke-UNC. That the shoe blew out on Zion Williamson. Awful look for Nike.
— Darren Rovell (@darrenrovell) February 21, 2019
From woke to broke:
This is Zion’s shoe. Completely in half. Not good @Nike pic.twitter.com/6lRh1XJwOT
— #PrayForZion Barstool Blue Devils (@BarstoolBDevils) February 21, 2019
Former President Barack Obama was at the game and instantly became a meme when he was caught on camera mouthing, “his shoe broke”:
“His shoe broke.” pic.twitter.com/FAtpaF5uAt
— Chase Hughes (@ChaseHughesNBCS) February 21, 2019
Obama wished Williamson a speedy recovery:
Zion Williamson seems like an outstanding young man as well as an outstanding basketball player. Wishing him a speedy recovery.
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) February 21, 2019
Nike is now in damage control mode and promising an investigation:
Nike promises to investigate why Duke star Zion Williamson's shoe fell apart resulting in injury. https://t.co/MSjNmdivZd pic.twitter.com/MdZhoO2NMg
— ABC News (@ABC) February 21, 2019
And the stock price is taking a hit from the news:
A look at Nike's stock losing over $1B in value overnight after Duke Basketball star Zion Williamson's shoe broke. pic.twitter.com/yyUhuFTkV1
— RedditCFB (@RedditCFB) February 21, 2019
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