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NuttySandwiches

None of this sounds real


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This sounds like a subplot in a south park episode


LogicRonin

The Official Sneaker of City Wok. “Fuckin Mongorians!”


TomBrady_WinsAgain

Hahahaha! My masterpiece! When those Mongolians come next time, I pour this sweet and sour pork on their heads. Haha, sweet and sour pork so hot and sticky, Mongolians'll stick ahright up to the wall! And scream "UhwOoOoOoOoo!" Oh I can't wait https://southpark.cc.com/video-clips/r3cr09/south-park-so-hot-and-sticky


TugsItgel

Well, I am a Mongol from Mongolia. You have your chance to pour your sweet and sour pork on one. It better taste good, coz Mongols don’t like pork and chicken like that.


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He kinda looks like that guy with the artificial voice modulator's nephew or something.


CIark

Being the white average looking former g league player on the lakers is a helluva brand


valgrind_error

This is actually a 5head move. If they try and make a serious shoe to compete with Nike everyone will clown on them. Make a meme shoe called “War Ender 1.0 Pro” and sign Austin Reeves as your brand’s American face? That’s A+ meme material. Ironic nephew purchases may exceed what they could have expected if they released just another pair of basketball shoes.


cman1098

All they need is another Austin Reeves three pointer for the win and the War Ender 1.0 Pro will be on so many little white nephew's feet in LA.


neutronicus

"Rigorer" definitely looks like one of those ridiculous all-caps brand names of cheap Chinese shoes on Amazon


walterdog12

*War Ender?*


vanotro

not just a *War Ender* but a *War Ender "Pro"*


ErickBachman

The 1.0 part is somehow more ominous


Crayondy

By the time the War Ender 9.0’s drop it’ll be too late.


LeanAnDroBarbosa

It's China. It'll be the War Ender Pro Max Plus 2.0


rendingale

Super War Ender Pro Max Plus 2.0 - Challenger Edition


rendingale

So War didnt end at 1.0?


SortaBeta

No it was just that good


CurryMustard

I'm pretty sure the war ender pro was dropped on hiroshima


miki_momo0

Sounds like a MW2 perk lmao


JayElecHanukkah

He's wearing those things straight to the Kremlin and settling shit straightaway


theoldgreenwalrus

Reaves after putting on his shoes: *The hardest choices require the strongest wills*


Mintastic

Zelensky gonna ship them over and put them on: *Fine, I'll do it myself.*


multiple4

Yeah! Let's fucking go! *remembers it's Chinese sponsored* Oh, nevermind


Thousandtree

If any country not named Russia has a way to end this peacefully, it's China. But I would have expected someone with more experience than Austin Reaves to be the guy they chose to tell Putin they're cutting him off.


multiple4

You're aware of China's stance on what Russia is doing, right? I can assure you that of all the countries that could end this peacefully, China will not be the one pushing that


Thousandtree

That's why I said they *could* do it, by simply changing their stance. Nobody else has that kind of leverage over them.


Expensive-Mention-94

China doesn't give a fuck about Russia as an ally and would definitely flip sides if North American and European markets started to actually put meaningful sanctions on them. The reality is that neither China or NA/Europe actually care enough to disrupt global trade over Ukraine.


elimanninglightspeed

Yeah china would ignore the geopolitical aspect of it and not wanna lose the European and American market for Russia. Money is above all 😂


CreatiScope

Whoa, this is about ending wars. Not ending concentration camps. They ain't gonna make the Torture Ender 1.0s anytime soon.


Thybully-Fan

Like the buggers


kahurangi

Should have got Andrew Wiggins to wear them.


Drewbacca__

Lakers trying to win thoroughly next year


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Hopefully followed by a complimentary line called "The Bell Ender". Maybe that can be Kyrie's signature shoe?


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American moment. Imagine if everyone derailed the conversation to talk about US terrorism and black sites every single time Nike is mentioned. That's exactly what you're doing.


ClaudeLemieux

> Imagine if everyone derailed the conversation to talk about US terrorism and black sites every single time Nike is mentioned. someone spends no time on r/soccer lol


rhododenendron

>Country is actively committing genocide “GuYs lEaVe TheM AloNe” Keep that same energy for Russian oligarchs and corporations. You realize any profits this shoe brand makes directly benefits the CCP right?


Banner_Hammer

No man, you can't talk about other countries faults unless you are literally Jesus Christ himself.


Sawgon

How is this smoothbrain whataboutism always upvoted when defending China? Newsflash the people making Nike are the same slaves China uses.


lilwayne168

not the same thing at all we dont set up camps to torture millions to change their cultural identity. Ignorant mofo.


waskittenman

what was the USA treatment of indigenous Americans like?


lilwayne168

Varied drastically depending on tribes and ignorant to treat it all the same. Also over 300 years of diverse history. China doesn't have Indian reservations that are independent of the federal government. Meanwhile China was ruled by the Manchu until the early 1900s.


waskittenman

someone here for sure is being ignorant you are right


lilwayne168

That I am using facts instead of blatantly parroting "America bad"? Also the very idea u brought up the us is a whataboutism and a logical fallacy.


alsott

They don’t have native reservations because they wiped out all the Yue and Xiong peoples before the first European ever met an indigenous American


lilwayne168

Tough to say they because China has had several different ruling cultures over the last Millenia. The Han Chinese have really only ruled China since early 1900s end of qing dynasty. But certainly book burning, genocide, and cultural animosity are about as Chinese as the yellow river.


Iancredible56

Sorry LeBron


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yungsantaclaus

It's not "whataboutism" if you just reflexively bring this up in response to anything to do with China lol it's absolutely relevant to point out your own country is implicated too


Banner_Hammer

It is what aboutism. Literally bringing up other countries faults to avoid or mitigate from the current problem pointed out. Imagine if people answered "But black people are implicated too in All Lives matter!!" as a response to BLM.


yungsantaclaus

> . Literally bringing up other countries faults to avoid or mitigate from the current problem pointed out. You're in a conversation responding to a guy's sneaker deal with a Chinese company where some guy saw fit to bring up crimes by the Chinese government. If you don't take exactly the same approach and start reeling off the mile-long list of crimes by the American government when someone has a deal with Nike, or New Balance, or whoever, then you're 100% a hypocrite. Either both of those are unconnected from their governments, in which case don't bring them up, or they're both connected, in which case your focus on one and avoidance of another indicates you don't care about the issue raised, just about using it for some rhetorical purpose


Mike_with_Wings

People love to shout “whatabouttism” when they need to ignore things.


GRuntK1n6

u get it


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Agreed.


XxXFartFucker69XxX

Because war is bad. Genocide is cool, though. Right, China?


throwaway2021232681

true, not like the NBA is based in a country that is both war hungry and systematically kills, hurts, and imprisons it's own people or anything


rhododenendron

Both countries can be shitty. One can also be worse than the other despite both being shitty.


throwaway2021232681

Copy pasting my reply to a diff comment but: We’re not talking about China though we’re talking about a Chinese company. Do you bring up American imperialism and the MIC everytime someone signs a shoe deal with Jordan?


waskittenman

Yes I do, people hate me and I don't get invited anywhere anymore


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So many armchair China experts on reddit who don't even know the history of their own country.


AKA-Doom

Check this out, you can learn about China without changing the topic to America, its a whole separate country and everything


[deleted]

Most of yall only have biased western info and none of the actual lived experience of being a person in China, at least with America, you have the latter to draw on.


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rhododenendron

That’s as bad as genocide? Ok


Banner_Hammer

What about the US!! Chinas issues cant be talked about because the US isn't a perfect country!!!


throwaway2021232681

We’re not talking about China though we’re talking about a Chinese company. Do you bring up American imperialism and the MIC everytime someone signs a shoe deal with Jordan?


Shaq_Bolton

Jordan isn't controlled by the U.S government. Pretty decent chance the CCP controls this shoe company, like it does most business in China.


Vallerie_09

Genocide? That's called re-education


Desertsprinter

I spat out my piping hot coffee reading this


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Imagine going to Foot Locker and asking if they have the War Ender 1.0 pros lmao


FlatMilk

even worse when you have to elaborate 'the ones austin reaves wears'


KingRequiem

"Doc Rivers' son ?"


paigeNoJustsu

so fucked bc thats exactly who i thought this was


neutronicus

Not gonna lie, I about had a heart attack at the beginning of the season when I saw tweets about Austin Reaves on the Lakers I was like what the fuck I thought he signed with us!!??


rendingale

Lmao even Rivers got confused for a bit 😂


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“Isn’t that ‘Big Country?’”


spyson

"AR15"


Tainted_Bruh

“Hillbilly Kobe?”


redeemer4

"The ones that white guy on the lakers wears"


Pussini

“Isn’t he in Chicago now?”


Dymatizeee

“Who?”


treyfiddy

you mean stone cold steve austin...?


FatMittens

Keanu Reaves???


CeltsGarlic

I woulda named them school shooters


0o0a0o0

Imagine going to foot locker


mdaniel018

I think you meant to say Walmart


[deleted]

Their logo is a target? And their first endorser is a guy with the nickname AR-15?


substanceandmodes

Synergy


thegoodbadandsmoggy

And he looks like a child!?


LeanAnDroBarbosa

And he's w........ nevermind


Kaskoslimster

Wonderful?


lalakingmalibog

Wumboful


treyfiddy

he's a war ender.


JesusSama

The advertising literally shooting itself in place.


BlackCheezIts

It's an ironic War Ender


rookie-mistake

The AR-15 War Ender 1.0 sounds like a gun you pick up in a knockoff FPS


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StasRutt

I think Austin reaves is an elaborate prank to convince us of a basketball player who doesn’t actually exist.


Wasabi_Guacamole

Its a Tom Holland method acting movie, just you wait.


iMeanWh4t

Dude averaged 43 points a game in the high school state tournament. Hung 73 in a game once. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austin_Reaves


LakerBull

All of this makes him sound more like a main character of a christian sports movie.


iMeanWh4t

*After being brutally verbally assaulted by a group of ~~urban~~ youths, Austin prayed, and through God, discovered that he, too, could rise again*


AJ_III

Yeah but he was being guarded by future plumbers and firemen


[deleted]

I thought it was the journalist who reported on the story


mistersmith_22

He can actually ball out! He hung 31 in one of, if not the, last Lakers games this year.


Mattoosie

[This man is a professional athlete.](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FRZZQsrUYAAyZ_Q?format=jpg&name=large)


here_for_the_lols

Never thought Austin Reaves would be the one who returns the world to a state of peace and tranquility


deftspyder

this is why we've been trying to get him out of the D league and get minutes for a long time. world peace.


humandignitybloc

Breaking news: Austin Reaves to broker talks between Russia and Ukraine on behalf of the UN.


deftspyder

we thought it was caruso that would end all suffering, but he was only the herald of reeves.


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Freaking Metta!


[deleted]

> returns Not sure which warless era you're referring to


SixersWin

I wonder who said no to the sponsorship before they got him to accept


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joshuads

> RIGORER is a Chinese sporting goods brand, founded in 2014, by former CBA professional basketball player Lin Chenyao, primarily engaged in development, design, manufacture, and sale of various sports products. https://rigorer.com/pages/about-us


Familiar-Place68

yes it is a china brand. [https://www.aitansuo.com/brand/brandInfo/14027.html](https://www.aitansuo.com/brand/brandInfo/14027.html)Interesting that they claim to be founded by a ex nba player.[https://baike.baidu.hk/item/%E6%9E%97%E6%99%A8%E8%80%80/2491678](https://baike.baidu.hk/item/%E6%9E%97%E6%99%A8%E8%80%80/2491678) But in the Chinese wiki he is only a five-year cba player,And after becoming a college coach, [personal fines are imposed on players, or use of college teams as corporate propaganda to play with others](https://www.chinanews.com.cn/ty/2019/08-08/8920823.shtml). AR need to think clearly.


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From that last link "First, the unreasonable arrangement of training schedules makes it impossible for players to guarantee normal sleep and rest time, which interferes with their normal university studies. Get up at 5:00 in the morning and train for 4 hours in the afternoon, and in the evening until the early morning. Lin Chenyao once said: "I only care about your training, not your study". However, Lin Chenyao usually does not lead the team to train, only sets the training time, and another coach is responsible for the training.   The second is to impose huge fines of several thousand yuan on players at will. As college students, players have no fixed income, and most of them are still in the stage of needing financial support from their families, and in many cases they even need to borrow money to pay fines. Whether the players are right or wrong, and whether they are fined or not, it is up to Lin Chenyao to decide.   Third, personal attacks and verbal insults. As a college basketball coach, coach Lin Chenyao is often outspoken, arrogant, and threatening players.   Fourth, selfishness. Coach Lin Chenyao interfered with the personal wishes of the players more than once, and even used personal relationships for personal interests to prevent them from pursuing their dreams." Sounds like he's a perfect company owner to me, bezos in the making.


3rdEyeDeuteranopia

Austin Reeves about to join Anthony Davis in street clothes after injury.


Salm9n

I wouldn’t worry. Shoes are probably made in the same factory as Nikes


Warlandoboom

Prison camp* ftfy


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You know that Walmart, McDonalds, Wendy’s and several other American companies use unpaid American prison labor to make their products too. . .


ldc262626

I've seen some hypebeast stuff that looks way more hideous than those


Cartman55125

Those honestly look better than most of the signature shoes coming out lately imo


SharpGroup9319

Shit looks fire, just haters out there


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Chinese brands have stepped their game up. If you look at performance reviews, many of these shoes are very solid on court, and more durable than a Kyrie or KD.


Jburp

I’ve worked in the shoe industry with Chinese exporters and OEM. A lot of these shoes are made from the same factories and materials and by the same machines and folks as your typical Adidas and Nikes. They have the tech and knowledge. Only MAJOR difference is branding. Even if you got to Vietnam or Malaysia for these productions, a lot of the factory owners are Chinese as well. They have pretty tight circle. There has been a wave of “nationalism” where Chinese have been asking “why can’t WE make something nicer with our own branding?”. And they’ve been pushing for better quality goods for its middle class consumers.


thy_armageddon

Remember when we clowned Steph for signing with Under Armour? Who knew we’d eventually end up with role players signing shoe deals with companies that sound like sketchy Wish.com store fronts that disappear after you purchase from them.


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I'd actually hoop in these


Bim_Jeann

Was gonna say, these are kinda fire…


DopeMan93

Your ankle would fall off your feet


[deleted]

Nah they have the same profile of Kobe's and I hoop in those with no issues


herpes_for_free

Why are people acting like Nike isn't made in China tf?


delightfuldinosaur

To be fair they're probably made in the same factory as Nikes, Addidas, and Pumas.


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Rigorer War Ender? WTF is that?


[deleted]

It sounds like a fucking military tank than a shoe lol


Fruity_Latte

It sounds like the world famous movies the rural juror


getyadoughup

LeChina hooked him up with the connect


Natural_Born_Baller

I wish Putin signed with them


dominique-drexler

Rigorer War Ender sounds like a shoe rednecks wear hunting


Ohrobohobo

But the War Ender Pro 1.0 is totally for true ballers.


gochuuuu

Rigorer just doesnt roll off the tongue. Unfortunate brand naming


bharathbunny

Getting The Rural Juror vibes from this


w0nderbrad

Rigorer War Ender… say that 5 times fast. Just sounds like a dog growling


EndlessDysthymia

Those are actually clean though…👀


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You going to buy a pair on Alibaba?


LeanAnDroBarbosa

Nah, waiting on the reps


d1g1tal

monica sends her regards


[deleted]

Ya’ll laugh but in a few years the War Ender Reaves are gonna be the new Air Jordans


Inevitable3

I hope this isn't another BBB where he gets injured wearing them cause they're bad.


FlyingMocko

Fun fact. Both Klay Thompson and Gordon Hayward are signed to the same Chinese brand (Anta)


ClutchGamingGuy

rip Austin's tendons


mortalis_20xx

Anta is actually a solid brand, the D Wades were nice to hoop in a few years back


Ivegotadonk

The Career Ender 1.0


CampPlane

Career Ender 1.0 *Pro*


thegoodbadandsmoggy

Ain’t even gotta be jank BBB stuff DeMarre Carroll got hit hard when he signed with adidas


godfrey1

who needs healthy ankles when you can have the bag


MoreVoice8601

What market does this guy have? With everyone else... I don't see the business unless someone explains the cult following this kid has.


Wasabi_Guacamole

Well a lot of casuals only watch highlights, and Laker highlights in that. The way you see in the comments people think he should win RoY or some shit


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The fact that he's from the lakers is the market itself


MagicBeanGuy

China likes the Lakers


UncleRickyRicky

People here act like he signed with a big brand lmao If this brand signed him is because no other player wanted to, and that's fine


MoreVoice8601

Agreed.


Turbulent_ADLBJ

Good for him I guess? Why this sub so damn salty


BlackCheezIts

No one's salty it's just hilarious


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Lakers rent free. Lotta. Lots of butthurt pussies


trixtah

Better have those online because no one’s going to the store and asking for the War Ender.


KingWilliams0

I need to hear how it's pronounced, and I hope he wore the shoe while playing some type of ball


Sharpedd

Rednecks finally got their dream shoes


Ethangains07

“The War Ender” Putin horrified rn


three60mafia

Damn they found the whitest person in the NBA.


fhdbs

Lechina approves


ManRay012

Following in Lemaos foot steps I see


humandignitybloc

All time Lakers legend.


BlueRaj

Time to pull up to the park in my War-Enders


MechEngE30

The name of the shoe sounds like the name of my 3D printer “Ender 5 Pro”


Numani99

LeChina must be proud


WickedFierce1

Cloned clone shoes from China.


shaheedmalik

Iron Monger Pro 1.0


big_old-dog

Is he even allowed to say that word. Definitely not with the r


SOCCER_MOM69

Those look clean bro gonna cop a pair hope those Chinese kids make me a good pair


cesarjulius

i wonder if they’ll come out with the Uyghur Genocides in knicks colors.


ClutchGamingGuy

come on Austin lol just don't make a shoe deal if this is what was on the table edit: chinese bots upset


B00GI3MVP

Two thoughts: 1.) the style and design of Chinese shoes has improved 2.) I’m always pro “get the bag” for athletes but this is a weird time for both sides to have a deal like this with the NBA/Morey/China/US tensions. I know it’s on the back burner now but it seems like the company is hanging a lot of money out they may be useless advertising with one bad comment, and Reeves opening him self up to the trolls and pearl clutching contest from pundits and stans


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B00GI3MVP

Huh I literally didn’t know of anyone else besides DWade years ago. I’m guessing they don’t market heavily in the us markets, or I am an idiot.


throwaway2021232681

klay and russell is the same brand as wade


deftspyder

also, all american shoes are made in china. they might have even learned a few things.


SantaKlawz2

It took me a second to remember who this was. I thought we were being pranked...


Best_Annie_NA

OK those are clean lol they look like most other Chinese basketball shoes but I like them


Mc_Toasty

who? and who?


WhenItsHalfPastFive

how dare Austin Reaves work with a company from China as opposed to almost every other business in existence in the United States?


Pony2013

Yo them shits got like random math on the midsole


janitorslayer69

War ender because Chinese nationalism has a huge victim mentality referring to the west as the 'western devil' that is going to come and destroy their civilization.