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Unbanned: The Legend of AJ1

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Our connection, my connection is they might make you
play better

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Our connection, my connection
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is they might make you play better.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
31
Timestamp in Movie
00:14:44
Uploaded
Jul 01, 2025
Genres
documentary, sport
Production
N/A

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Movie Summary

Unbanned explores the dynamic life of AJ1 from its unlikely origins to its role in disrupting NBA rules, birthing sneaker culture, and influencing a social and cultural revolution. This is the story of a shoe that changed the world.
Magic Johnson and Larry Bird - Unbanned: The Legend of AJ1 00:05
Magic Johnson and Larry Bird
And they did an ad back-to-back - Unbanned: The Legend of AJ1 00:05
And they did an ad back-to-back
They didn't really sell across to New York City cats - Unbanned: The Legend of AJ1 00:05
They didn't really sell across to New York City cats
You didn't wait for All-Star Weekend to come out - Unbanned: The Legend of AJ1 00:05
You didn't wait for All-Star Weekend to come out
You didn't really wanna have anything to do - Unbanned: The Legend of AJ1 00:05
You didn't really wanna have anything to do
And then when you saw them, - Unbanned: The Legend of AJ1 00:08
And then when you saw them,
You're like, "Wait. This is the guy - Unbanned: The Legend of AJ1 00:09
You're like, "Wait. This is the guy
Sneaker culture in basketball, - Unbanned: The Legend of AJ1 00:06
Sneaker culture in basketball,
It was just cup soles and standard toe cups, - Unbanned: The Legend of AJ1 00:07
It was just cup soles and standard toe cups,
Things were stale and a little flat in the world - Unbanned: The Legend of AJ1 00:05
Things were stale and a little flat in the world
Jason Mayden, former senior design director - Unbanned: The Legend of AJ1 00:04
Jason Mayden, former senior design director
In '84, I became a fulltime employee - Unbanned: The Legend of AJ1 00:10
In '84, I became a fulltime employee
A lot of Nike's original designers didn't come from - Unbanned: The Legend of AJ1 00:05
A lot of Nike's original designers didn't come fro...
And so they knew how to manipulate - Unbanned: The Legend of AJ1 00:07
And so they knew how to manipulate
It was a half-ass shoe company. - Unbanned: The Legend of AJ1 00:04
It was a half-ass shoe company.
And it was more of a marketing effort - Unbanned: The Legend of AJ1 00:05
And it was more of a marketing effort
Adidas was killing Nike, - Unbanned: The Legend of AJ1 00:04
Adidas was killing Nike,
They were like the fashion hit, not Nike. - Unbanned: The Legend of AJ1 00:04
They were like the fashion hit, not Nike.
Even though they had some sales to a 16-year-old kid - Unbanned: The Legend of AJ1 00:10
Even though they had some sales to a 16-year-old kid
Well, it may be the 20th century and all that - Unbanned: The Legend of AJ1 00:09
Well, it may be the 20th century and all that