In the southwest corner of Union Square Park in New York City, there is a semi-hidden bronze statue of Mahatma Gandhi. I know this statue is here because this is where the girlfriend (now wife) and

In the southwest corner of Union Square Park in New York City, there is a semi-hidden
bronze statue of Mahatma Gandhi. I know this statue is
here because this is where the girlfriend (now wife)
and I used to agree to meet before we had cellphones.
Yes, we’ve been together THAT long. But so, this
statue is incredibly lifelike. I used to sit there observing
it…just looking at it…marveling at it. And I used to
always notice…Gandhi is wearing sandals. Super
obvious if you know anything about history, sure,
but…I dunno…I couldn’t walk by that statue without
looking at his feet and those sandals…not all that
strange for a sneakerhead…right?

That Michael Jordan Statue in Chicago in that patented
pose has him rockin’ a pair of 9’s. 9’s! In a hundred
years when we’re all dead and gone and assuming the
world is still functional and basketball and sneakers is
still a thing, are sneakerheads of the future going to
look at that statue and think the Jordan 9 was the
most important shoe of the Jordan line? I mean, why
else would they put 9’s on MJ if they weren’t the most
important J’s? Right? RIGHT? I'd argue SEVERAL
models over the 9's for Jordan's most important
shoes...probably like...at least 15 others are more
important than 9's, IMO.

I suppose…as the most salient example, by way of
tragedy, would be the Kobe Bryant statue they just
unveiled. Besides it instantly becoming the meeting
place for plenty of people who will eventually get
married (s/o to my wife), Kobe is wearing a pair of Nike
Zoom Kobe 1’s. This is historically accurate as being
the pair he was wearing in the photo the statue was
based off of, but in a hundred years……does that
automatically make the Nike ZK 1 THE shoe that Kobe
is known for? IMO…this is kind of a disservice to the
impact of the 5 or 6 - which are much more obviously
the shoes that the vast majority of sneakerheads care
about when they think of Kobe’s shoes.

So…I guess…if they were to make a bronze statue of
you - what shoes would you be wearing? I really ain't
got an answer for this one. Maybe some Air Max Plus's
for me? Those'll most certainly stand the test of
time...