adidas and BSTN come together to pay homage to two important teams in the history of European basketball, the Greek Panathinaikos and Split’s Jugoplastika de Split. And at FOOTDISTRICT we have seized the occasion to create a unique editorial that seeks to not only pay tribute to both teams but also to basketball and to everything it means in terms of sports and style inspiration.
When James Naismith came up with basketball late in the XIX century he probably did not realize the importance of his invention. But what he sure never imagined was that basketball would go way farther than Massachusetts: and that it would even be as important as it is nowadays in Europe .
Even more: it is impossible to understand current basketball without the influence of the ‘80s and ‘90s European basketball, two decades ran by an area, that of the Adriatic sea, full of talent in every sense.
After the ‘80s, when Italian was spoken all over the courts of the pallacanestro, change came and extreme competitiveness arrived from the other side of the Adriatic. Greece and the former Yugoslavian republics became, in their own right, the ones who ruled over European basketball.
AN EXPLOSION OF TALENT
The turn of the decade not only brought professional players into international competitions, but it was also the moment when European basketball took a step forward in many respects.
Better tactical systems and, above all, the appearance of talents able to seize that momentum forever left a mark on the history of a sport that has left big names and moments for history. And we are not only talking about talent as a personal quality, but also when it comes to money, as loads of money appeared out of nowhere to turn Greek basketball into a potency even able to sign Hall of Famers such as Dominique Wilkins.
Honoring two fearsome clubs whose names were enough to scare the bravest, Athens’ Panathinaikos and Split’s Jugoplastika, adidas teamed up with BSTN to create a true tribute to two teams full of stars that changed European and, in some cases, American basketball. Two fearsome teams that marked an era.
A TRIBUTE TO UNIQUE MOMENTS
At FOOTDISTRICT we love basketball. Because of that, we have created a very special editorial that dives into this basketball, the one played in gyms with wood boards and stiff rings, on the concrete streets. And, above all, because it was played wearing one of the most iconic and desired sneakers from back in the day: the Forum 84.
The first basketball silhouette offered by adidas in all versions, Low, Mid and High, well deserved a treatment like this, as you’ll be wearing a piece of history on your feet.
TWO BASKETBALL LEGENDS AVAILABLE NOW AT FOOTDISTRICT
You can now get the adidas x BSTN Forum 84 Low “Panathinaikos” and the adidas x BSTN Forum 84 High “Jugoplastika” at FOOTDISTRICT both online and in our stores in Madrid and Barcelona.