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Converse Weapon EVO Performance Review

Posted by George Kiel III | Oct 14, 2009

If you recall (we don’t expect most of you to), the original Converse Weapon was backed by one of the strongest advertisement campaigns the sneaker world has ever seen. Magic Johnson, Larry Bird and many other NBA stars wore this sneaker in the mid 80s. Almost 20 years, later Converse has now released an updated version dubbed the Converse Weapon EVO.

This particular model debuted in the retailers this month; however, we first spotted it during the 2009-2010 NBA season, namely on Chicago Bulls guard Kirk Hinrich’s feet. Obviously, the aforementioned Weapon was one of the better basketball sneakers of the 80s; yet, can the Weapon EVO be one of Converse’s standout sneakers for the latter part of the 2000’s? With that said, we put the Weapon EVO through multiple performance tests to see how it would respond. Click here to view its grade plus the various colorways it has recently released in.

Converse Weapon 2009 Colorways

Posted by Nick Engvall | Dec 16, 2008

Many of you may not know, that the Converse Weapon was one of the first shoes to inspire NBA ballers to become rappers. Magic, Bird, and Isaiah Thomas all dropped verses in the 80’s about these kicks, that are now returning in 2009 in three new colorways.

First up, a white and red colorway that could have found a home on the feet of Isaiah Thomas. A white and green colorway that seems to be designed with the Celtics home jersey’s in mind, maybe had Larry been up to par on his shoe game, he would have been rockin’ these on the hardwood of the Garden back in the day. Last up, a New York Knicks colorway, that could have been seen through the 80’s on the feet of Bernard King.

Take an in depth look at each colorway after the jump thanks to LimitedEditions.org and Check out the flows of some of the legends of the game as well.