The slide comes after Duke’s Zion Williamson injured himself as his Nike PG 2.5 shoe burst open during the Blue Devils’ prime-time game Wednesday night against North Carolina. Williamson drove right and tried to spin back left, planting his left foot hard into the floor at Cameron Indoor Stadium. But the cloth side of the shoe ripped clean away from the foam sole and Williamson, a surefire top NBA draft choice, slid to the floor clutching his right knee. The extent of the relationship between any injury to Williamson and the Nike shoes that he was wearing is not yet known. Had the shoe not have given way for Williamson’s foot, Ford said, some 1,500 pounds of force would have concentrated on his knee.

Source: Washington Post February 21, 2019 13:22 UTC