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Throughout the years ,sneakers have evolved with style and technology but through trial and error, many sneaker companies have released some duds and some really fugly sneakers. Check out the best of the worst.

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Okay, we had the Phoenix Suns Foamposites as our sneaker of week, but before the hype of the Galaxy Foams last year, these things were considered an ugly shoe. Prior to the Galaxy pair, Foams would sit on store shelves. Now you can’t find a pair if you wanted to. Player: Penny Hardaway Company: Nike Shoe: Foamposite

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It was a bad idea giving Gilbert Arenas his own shoes, and it was a worse idea putting out these bad boys who balls in low top sneakers. The only ankles that are going to be broken are going to be yours. Player: Gilbert Arenas Company: Adidas Shoe: TS Lightswitch

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Copying Nike’s 360 air unit but doing a bad job of it and the color scheme is just terrible. Player: Kevin Garnett Company: Adidas Shoe: KG Bounce

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Nike has had a few misses and hits when comes to fusion sneakers, but these are one of the worst to hit the market. Nike just slapped two ideas together and presto! Ugly sneaker. Player: Scottie Pippen Company: Nike Shoe:  Air Max A Lot

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Is it me, or do you see a red cup in the shoe? Player: Wes Johnson Company: Adidas Shoe: adidas TS Heat Check

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Before Kobe jumped to Nike, he had a few sneakers with Adidas and like their other basketball kicks it was a dud. Player: Kobe Bryant Company: Adidas Shoe: Crazy 8

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After MJ retired this was the type of shoe Jordan Brand started to deliver. This was the shoe that started the down fall, after the 15′s everything was terrible. Player: Micaheal Jordan Company: Jordan Brand Shoe: Jordan XV

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If memory  has it, C. Webb might have been one of the first ballers to sign on with a company  not known for its basketball sneakers.  And man what a bad idea that was, that endorsement check he got must have been great to sport on the court. Player: Chris Webber Company: Dada Shoe: C4

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Reebok has lived in the shadow of Nike over the last 20 years, with sneakers like this from your flagship athlete it will result in disappointing shoe sales. Player: Allen Iverson Company: Reebok Shoe: The Answer XIII

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So Starbury had a great idea with distributing affordable sneakers to ball in, but the kicks looked really cheap and, dare I say, laughable. Good try, Starbury. Player: Stephon Marbury Company: Starbury Shoe: Starbury II

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One of the greatest players to touch a basketball and this is what Nike comes up with? Player: Kobe Bryant Company: Nike Shoe: Kobe 2 Zoom

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Reebok just announced they are bringing back their Shaq line of signatures sneakers this year, but we’re pretty sure we wont be seeing any retros of  Li Ning Shaq’s in the future. Player: Shaquille O’Neal Company: Li Ning Shoe: Shaq’s

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These might have been released during the Croc era. Player: Non Company: And1 Shoes: Chosen One

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During the hype of the chrome spinners, a sneaker company decided it was a great idea to incorporate the idea in sneaker with its inventor Latrell Sprewell. The result was  epic as it turn out to be one of the ugliest shoes to touch a basketball court. Player: Latrell Sprewell Company: Dada Shoe: Sprewell Spinners

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Adidas failed with the crazy 8′s and did an even worse job with these. Adidas claimed they got the idea for the shoe design from a Porsche. I think we would rather have the Porsche than these things. Being the great player Kobe is you would think he would  have gotten better shoes from both Nike and Adidas, something along the lines of Jordan or even Lebron. Player: Kobe Bryant Company: Adidas Shoe: Kobe 2

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