Today, New Balance announced its signing of Cooper Flagg, an acclaimed prospect widely expected to top the NBA’s draft board next summer. He’ll join Kawhi Leonard, Dejounte Murray, Cameron Brink, Jamal Murray, and Zach LaVine as brand ambassadors for New Balance’s resurgent basketball lineup.
Flagg explained his decision in a statement released by the company: “I grew up wearing New Balance, and I appreciate their authentic connection to my community. The focus and growth of the brand in basketball and our shared values and history drew me in. From day one, it was clear that this would be a family-like partnership. I’m so excited to join this family and help them grow the category with young athletes.”
Wasting no time, New Balance released its first of what we expect will be many ads starring Flagg:
Cooper Flagg, The Intelligent Choice. pic.twitter.com/JvvvMM9lfm
— New Balance (@newbalance) August 26, 2024
Those anticipating a signature shoe will likely need to exercise patience, however, as Flagg will spend the upcoming season playing for Duke University, which is sponsored by Nike.
Stay tuned to NikeTalk’s New Balance Basketball thread for updates, and to join our community discussion of this signing.
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Reactions jaynev, Declan and brian bladesThese are dope. I see the comparisons to the bb v2. The cushion is a little firmer but more stable. The upper needs time to break in a lil. I wish I was 10 years younger to really push these lol.
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Midsole cushion. Feels great, it is definitely thicker than the 2. For heel to toe transition they are slightly clunky. Not as bad as the 1 and worse than the 2. Don't get me wrong heel to toe transition wasn't mad at all. Didn't feel the spring plate much but the midsole is kind of stiff so I can imagine that it would be good for springiness. Not much court feel they are similar to the 1 in this way, but the containment is better in the 3. I feel like the 1 contained your foot on lateral movements with the upper. On the 3 there is containment in the midsole because it rides up a little on the lateral sides of the foot. I feel like they will get even better when they break in a little.
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