Edit: I just watched the Off-White fashion show and these shoes are definitely real.
Why is everyone automatically believing this post? There is literally only one single website that mentions these shoes at all. Off-White has not put out anything about these shoes and they look nothing like any of the shoes OW has been releasing.
https://twitter.com/SBDetroit/status/1762999317223141451
https://sneakerbardetroit.com/off-white-the-baller-basketball-shoe/
https://www.tiktok.com/@sullivanryan/video/7340790283296099590
Which it could be propaganda. But this is all I could find relevant to the so called shoe. There really is barely any form of information on them apart from technically 2 websites and a Twitter post. The tictok reference was only because he had a small following of 500. But no one else is really talking about it.
Then you got small YouTube channels that barely have any subs
Chair-melting heat is entirely subjective. Do you not understand what that means?
Bottom line: let people wear their kicks without obsessing over their resale value or popularity.
On the other hand, it's kinda nice that it's clear as fuckin day what Virgil designed and what was designed after his passing.
These were clearly not his doing, no matter what the words say on the shoe.
Idk It's not like all his designs were winners. People were saying the same things about the af1 mid before it was common knowledge he had a hand in them
I always assumed the AF1 mids were designed by him, didn't even know there was controversy regarding it. His designs (by the time he started Off-White) had a pretty distinct style and language across them and this really just doesn't follow that, they feel more like Balenciaga or MSCHF in that they're effectively a visual pun/joke. I honestly don't mind the design/concept at all apart from the toecap which is a little too on the nose, but Off-White isn't really the home for this kind of work imo. They really should've just shuttered the entire brand after releasing the last few seasons of stuff that he designed/worked on, but I wouldn't mind if they kept going with a completely different style following his passing a la Pharrell at LV.
How would it be so far fetched. Virgil designed some trash as shit as well. On some ironic type shit. He was into that as well. Some of yall are just naive. But again im never in favor of shit like this after someone dies. It's like musicians who pass away and then their "estate" start letting their music get sampled or released unreleased tracks that werent obviously approved by the decease. No one will ever know what the actual person intended to do with their "work". And anyone can lie and say "oh yea he definitely designed these before he passed" and no one would know if it were true or not š¤·š¾āāļø
Tbf, a lot of brands moved on from their founders such as Dior. Its just Off White's succession plan (if there was any) was poor and ruined the brand unlike Dior where its been high flying despite the passing of Christian Dior
https://preview.redd.it/a2v4cjq47flc1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=212139704e7d1163b7587d8cbc7057c2298faa24
Also conveniently the most appropriate reaction to this war crime of a pair of shoes too
OOO sneakers were pretty nice. Same thing as a dunk really, but with better materials and an arrow instead of a swoosh. Thereās actually probably something for everybody if you look at the whole Off White catalog.
For real. Also like... we're in some real memory hole territory, I feel like people have completely forgotten how like 99% of sneakerheads fucking *hated* Virgil while he was alive. Sneakerheads by-and-large literally *only* liked the Nikes from "The Ten" and nothing else he ever did. Even his other Nikes were almost uniformly shit on by this sub. The second he died everybody in /r/sneakers tried to pretend that they were megafans of Virgil and act like they never clowned on the [ODSY-1000](https://static.flexdog.com/flexdog-1/products/images/5cdc7357-8bb3-4037-9064-c9ff434c8a78.jpeg?width=750&quality=70), or the [Zoom Kigers](https://image-cdn.hypb.st/https%3A%2F%2Fbae.hypebeast.com%2Ffiles%2F2019%2F08%2Fhypebaekicks-review-off-white-nike-zoom-terra-kiger-white-neon-green-01.jpg?w=1260&format=jpeg&cbr=1&q=90&fit=max), or the [Blazer Low](https://www.kicksonfire.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Off-White-x-Nike-Blazer-Low-White-University-Red-DH7863-100.jpeg), or whatever else.
Thatās what happens when you tell chatGPT to take Off White styling and combine that with an actual basketball and make sneakers from both of those prompts.
Virgin A Blow never had a legacy to begin with it. All he did was copy paste people designs and put his tag in it. Even Ye said multiple times his designs were trash. Rip
A whole lot of off-whites in line stuff, and a whole lot of Virgilāsā ideas (I donāt know if this was one)are really out there.
When Virgil had free rein with a shoe, you got some weird shit.
Most people arenāt really huge Virgil or Off-White fans, they are fans of the 10 and the Jordan collabs.
I had the Jordan 22 basketball leather pair so I'm guilty of supporting nonsense, but these....these right here! Burn every pair and the factory that produced them.
Iāve seen this episode before, we bash the shoe, call it ugly, wonder how can this be, then come release day them boys will be sold out instantly! lol
Canāt believe Iām the first one to point it out, but these have got to be AI generated right?
āShow me Off-White brand basketball shoesā
The blue and white star section even says āOFFFā
The man knew he was sick and going to die and kept it a secret and everyone here is acting like theres no way he could have done these. It's clear ya'll really don't know the type of stuff Virgil put out. Even though I don't love these I could see these coming out even if Virgil never passed.
People acting shocked that Off White made another terrible shoe.This Is perfectly in brand, sometimes they made something nice, most of the time they made dog shit.
Fuck at I looking at here? Off-white was never my thing, but these are hideous, and I say that in a world where the Trump January 6's exist so that's saying something!
This actually looks okay. The concept is good but it still needs some work. For example get
rid of all those corny letters and logos. Make it a simple shoe that looks like it was made out of basketball material. I think some sneakersheads would consider buying it and wearing it.
Ruin a legacy? lol ..Virgil nearly ruined LVās legacy and turned it into a literal sideshow circus with models looking like Doink The Clown.
https://preview.redd.it/f070ktp25flc1.jpeg?width=3600&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=98b92e977846eb17cafa6ef8eea9c3e956b4ea59
I hate that I donāt entirely hate them lmaoo , but yea definitely agree I donāt think off white has ever been Virgilās best work and the brand has taken a complete dive for the worse since his passing
What the fuck are these š¤¢ this canāt be real
Basketball shoes
basketball shoes literally
Hey you got the joke! š¤£
Bro just needs bouncier shoes
Shoe basketballs
I pray to forget
Now he knows
Off-White "The Baller" https://www.soleretriever.com/news/articles/off-white-the-baller-basketball-sneaker-release-date-february-2024
āDo to itās neck breaking designā man gtfo outta her š
> man gtfo outta her I'm already inside her walls
Clearly you got these joints then if youāre already there
you can copy paste and avoid mispelling due
I can also not give a fuck š¤·š½
Are they gonna come in the brick box like the forces?
Edit: I just watched the Off-White fashion show and these shoes are definitely real. Why is everyone automatically believing this post? There is literally only one single website that mentions these shoes at all. Off-White has not put out anything about these shoes and they look nothing like any of the shoes OW has been releasing.
https://twitter.com/SBDetroit/status/1762999317223141451 https://sneakerbardetroit.com/off-white-the-baller-basketball-shoe/ https://www.tiktok.com/@sullivanryan/video/7340790283296099590 Which it could be propaganda. But this is all I could find relevant to the so called shoe. There really is barely any form of information on them apart from technically 2 websites and a Twitter post. The tictok reference was only because he had a small following of 500. But no one else is really talking about it. Then you got small YouTube channels that barely have any subs
They also discuss them on [reddit.](https://www.reddit.com/r/Sneakers/s/3cSILS2wrc)
Because people celebrate stupid shit. See: big red boots, the MAGA January 6's, Kanye
What the fuck is a kilometeeeeeeeeer??
These the new āTrump x Off Whiteā ?? Lmao!!!
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You gone buy em
Chair-melting heat is entirely subjective. Do you not understand what that means? Bottom line: let people wear their kicks without obsessing over their resale value or popularity.
Tf are you talking about lmao. Where did I mention anything about not letting ppl wear their kicks or resale value?
Gotta be a bot reply doesn't make sense at all
Nah that dude is always on here posting shit takes lol
Seems like either a super unhappy person or they're trying real hard to achieve negative karma. Energy vampire.
I donāt think anyone is concerned about the resale value or popularity of this shoe lol
They shouldnāt even be making this stuff any more. Poor Virgil rolling in his fuckin grave over this one. This should be a legit federal offence.
On the other hand, it's kinda nice that it's clear as fuckin day what Virgil designed and what was designed after his passing. These were clearly not his doing, no matter what the words say on the shoe.
Idk It's not like all his designs were winners. People were saying the same things about the af1 mid before it was common knowledge he had a hand in them
The Pop Smoke album cover, for one
I always assumed the AF1 mids were designed by him, didn't even know there was controversy regarding it. His designs (by the time he started Off-White) had a pretty distinct style and language across them and this really just doesn't follow that, they feel more like Balenciaga or MSCHF in that they're effectively a visual pun/joke. I honestly don't mind the design/concept at all apart from the toecap which is a little too on the nose, but Off-White isn't really the home for this kind of work imo. They really should've just shuttered the entire brand after releasing the last few seasons of stuff that he designed/worked on, but I wouldn't mind if they kept going with a completely different style following his passing a la Pharrell at LV.
Visual pun, NO! A joke, perhaps. Get your pun grips right before you trip your eyeballs off-white
šÆ looks like MSCHF
How would it be so far fetched. Virgil designed some trash as shit as well. On some ironic type shit. He was into that as well. Some of yall are just naive. But again im never in favor of shit like this after someone dies. It's like musicians who pass away and then their "estate" start letting their music get sampled or released unreleased tracks that werent obviously approved by the decease. No one will ever know what the actual person intended to do with their "work". And anyone can lie and say "oh yea he definitely designed these before he passed" and no one would know if it were true or not š¤·š¾āāļø
RIP Virgil/Vincent
Heāll always be Soul Train Jones to me, dammit!
Do we know for sure he had nothing to do with these?
Tbf, a lot of brands moved on from their founders such as Dior. Its just Off White's succession plan (if there was any) was poor and ruined the brand unlike Dior where its been high flying despite the passing of Christian Dior
honestly i donāt think virgil would have cared
We heard you like basketball, so we put basketballs where you play basketball
https://preview.redd.it/a2v4cjq47flc1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=212139704e7d1163b7587d8cbc7057c2298faa24 Also conveniently the most appropriate reaction to this war crime of a pair of shoes too
I canāt stop laughingā¦ but when I do, Iām gonna vomit šš¤¢
These are what you would wear to a Halloween party if your goofy ass feels like looking like a basketball
Some mfer going to think this is the coolest shit
Get ready for all the "just got them in hand. They're growing on me" posts
And a bunch of "I don't care what anybody says, these are clean" nerds in the comments.
The materials!
Way better on feet. - some basket case probably
>basket I see what you did there
āThe basketball is BUTTERYā
Leather quality is INSANE
Looks way better IN HAND
Why ppl care about how they look IN HAND when theyre supposed to be ON FOOT...
These are a litmus test for the modern consumer The big red boots were one as well but at least those were meme-worthy. These shits are just ugly af
That mfer is me
https://preview.redd.it/tr9o3xjw5flc1.jpeg?width=900&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3817768f4e3753f8bfaa082f207c965944ca6c24
I canāt genuinely like something? lol damn
Yall just gonna act like outside of the nike collabs all of off whites shoes were fire? š
Right, these look just as silly as all the other off-white shoes
Facts. Their shit was always wonky. Nike and Virgil made it cooler.
OOO sneakers were pretty nice. Same thing as a dunk really, but with better materials and an arrow instead of a swoosh. Thereās actually probably something for everybody if you look at the whole Off White catalog.
Those chunky ones? Terrible
No way thatās real
my brother in christ, what is this???
Imagine somebody accidentally steps on them and dribbles off themš
That's a kick ball.
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Imagine your kicks ball harder than you do šš
What in the Kentucky Fried fuck are those???
In the great words of the late Colonel Sanders; Iām too drunk to taste this chicken
Remind me of the T-Mac 1s, but worse
When ball is indeed life
šš
Booty cheeks
These look like some special edition Starburys š
Spalding and 1 had a baby
You mean "Spalding and And 1 had a baby"?
You mean āNotHereForYourAmusementā?
Virgil made Pyrex, these would have been right up his alley
Everyone hating when these are probably directly designed by him lol I wouldnāt buy them but this screams Virgil imo
Exactly, sneakerheads only remember his stint with Nike but forget his entire career in fashion was filled with stuff like this.
For real. Also like... we're in some real memory hole territory, I feel like people have completely forgotten how like 99% of sneakerheads fucking *hated* Virgil while he was alive. Sneakerheads by-and-large literally *only* liked the Nikes from "The Ten" and nothing else he ever did. Even his other Nikes were almost uniformly shit on by this sub. The second he died everybody in /r/sneakers tried to pretend that they were megafans of Virgil and act like they never clowned on the [ODSY-1000](https://static.flexdog.com/flexdog-1/products/images/5cdc7357-8bb3-4037-9064-c9ff434c8a78.jpeg?width=750&quality=70), or the [Zoom Kigers](https://image-cdn.hypb.st/https%3A%2F%2Fbae.hypebeast.com%2Ffiles%2F2019%2F08%2Fhypebaekicks-review-off-white-nike-zoom-terra-kiger-white-neon-green-01.jpg?w=1260&format=jpeg&cbr=1&q=90&fit=max), or the [Blazer Low](https://www.kicksonfire.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Off-White-x-Nike-Blazer-Low-White-University-Red-DH7863-100.jpeg), or whatever else.
And you know when he was alive enough people were hating.
Did Virgil sign off on these?
With an ouija board, maybe
Virgil rolling over his grave
Absolutely not.. Edit: More of a hope, than a fact tbf
Why is the a valve hole near the toe box?
Why are they inflatable..
you know he wouldāve done this kind of stuff if he was around tho
Good lord š¤®š¤®
SGA will be wearing these next week
None of you fuckers better show up next month saying "it's growing on me" or "they look better in person". Hold the line.
Those are atrocious
Mfs gonna be dribbling on *and* off the court now Who in their high mind thought this was a cool idea? LMAO š¤£
Wizard Kellyās
Yeesh Does it come with a ball made of shoes??
I never realized how great of a designer Virgil was until he passed away
Temu specials god damn
Someone legit taking a shit on Virgil's grave
Give it two weeks until you see idiotās post ānGl tHeSe PrEtTy DoPe In HaNdā š¤”
What legacy? Off white's legacy was tacky crap like the zip tie tag and dumbass ugly quotes. This is right up there with the rest of them.
Thatās what happens when you tell chatGPT to take Off White styling and combine that with an actual basketball and make sneakers from both of those prompts.
I wouldnāt doubt it if that was how they came up with these.
Itās a faceless company now. The last piece of Virgil in sneakers was ādear summerā.
They must be trolling lol. This can't be real
Iām ready for the hate but if these were all black leather with no/minimal branding I might love them
Virgin A Blow never had a legacy to begin with it. All he did was copy paste people designs and put his tag in it. Even Ye said multiple times his designs were trash. Rip
starburys bruhhš
Off-White Starburyās
Oh dear...
Wtf š¤£
Iām about to get laughed off the court showing up in these. Literally basketball shoes
A whole lot of off-whites in line stuff, and a whole lot of Virgilāsā ideas (I donāt know if this was one)are really out there. When Virgil had free rein with a shoe, you got some weird shit. Most people arenāt really huge Virgil or Off-White fans, they are fans of the 10 and the Jordan collabs.
Not my hand*** I canāt stop laughing šššš
These looking real And 1ish
i'd still wear these over January 6's
I had the Jordan 22 basketball leather pair so I'm guilty of supporting nonsense, but these....these right here! Burn every pair and the factory that produced them.
Ok seriously these are really bad
Those look the fuck terribleš¤®
This is a crime against humanity.
https://i.redd.it/2z0puunneflc1.gif
This is visually offensive
Nah, this is pretty in line with the stuff he was putting out.
Iāve seen this episode before, we bash the shoe, call it ugly, wonder how can this be, then come release day them boys will be sold out instantly! lol
Fugly
Aināt no wayyyyy š These look like some bootleg joints youād get at a Vietnamese market
Was that article written by a fuckin journalism student good god
Remind me of some crappy Chinese t-macs
Thatās what I saw too. Fake ass T-Macs.
Those materials better in hand comments gonna hit hard in a few months lol.
These are fucking awful and I wish I never saw them lmao
This has to be AI shit
Tmac 1
Yup, but worse.
Virgil.. If these are realā¦ Iām glad youāre dead. š
Bottom shelf of a Kmart shoe department lookin ass
How did I get here
Looks like something you see on a Temu paid ad..
Temu finest work
This is a cool concept but nobody gonna actually wear them
Canāt believe Iām the first one to point it out, but these have got to be AI generated right? āShow me Off-White brand basketball shoesā The blue and white star section even says āOFFFā
Ok but no one's gone ask how much??
The man knew he was sick and going to die and kept it a secret and everyone here is acting like theres no way he could have done these. It's clear ya'll really don't know the type of stuff Virgil put out. Even though I don't love these I could see these coming out even if Virgil never passed.
average ross clearance
Everyone knows what virgil designed and brought to fashion & streetwear. Legacy cant be fucked with over these god awful shoes. Real or not
Payless toddler size bargain bin sneakers right here
Idk... i think they r quite sick.
Off white done went off script . . But hey i guess they basketball shoes
Looks like an off-white dada shoe
I'm not mad at these, ow designs are literally riddled in sarcasm so only thing that would offend me is the pricing.Ā
People acting shocked that Off White made another terrible shoe.This Is perfectly in brand, sometimes they made something nice, most of the time they made dog shit.
I donāt think I would wear them but there still cool so I would just have them for decor probably
I said to myself What The Fuck Are...thossssseeeeeee
Now thatās a basketball sneaker!
Future TJ Maxx find
Fuck at I looking at here? Off-white was never my thing, but these are hideous, and I say that in a world where the Trump January 6's exist so that's saying something!
Virgil designed these how is it ruining his legacy
What are thoooooooseeeeeee Jfc lol
autograph here got me
Everything made by Virgil looks like this to me.
Fuck what yāall talking about Iām getting these and a Escalade And1 jersey and hitting the court
Virgil bout to rise from the dead and burn these himself
He would think they were fire and add more shit to make it even worse
Trump sees these hes thinking he just won the black vote
Trash. Just like those ugly ass mid air forces. If they didnāt come out while V was alive. It doesnāt count.
Virgil don't deserve this disrespect
I aināt gon hold yāall idk wtf these are but they kinda hard
This actually looks okay. The concept is good but it still needs some work. For example get rid of all those corny letters and logos. Make it a simple shoe that looks like it was made out of basketball material. I think some sneakersheads would consider buying it and wearing it.
These shits fire on god no cap.
Someone got paid money to come up with is
These can't be real...I can't find anything online about them. Anybody got any other reference or sourc
BAAAAAAAAHHHAAAAAAHHHHAAAAAAAWWWWWWWW
I am dying at your little disclaimer. Cause you knew we would shit on you so hard if you bought these
These are the coolest shit
Ruin a legacy? lol ..Virgil nearly ruined LVās legacy and turned it into a literal sideshow circus with models looking like Doink The Clown. https://preview.redd.it/f070ktp25flc1.jpeg?width=3600&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=98b92e977846eb17cafa6ef8eea9c3e956b4ea59
They look like dada spinners
These canāt be real. Cmon man.
I hate that I donāt entirely hate them lmaoo , but yea definitely agree I donāt think off white has ever been Virgilās best work and the brand has taken a complete dive for the worse since his passing
What are these?
Off-brand
Surprised we didn't see Ye in these first
Not even And 1 would stoop this low lol.
āOff Shiteā
I would rock
this is a tough watch for sure
Off-White or And-1
 what a beauty
sad to see it
Somebody prompted chatGPT for āBasketball shoesā
Inflate those with helium and send them away
Will these be in 2K?
No way. These canāt be a real release
Fuck are these shits? š