What is it about basketball shoes becoming involved in brouhahas these days?
First we had the big Zion Williamson controversy, when the Duke star suffered a Nike shoe blowout 36 seconds into the North Carolina game last week and hasn’t returned to play since due to a knee injury.
Then, in a less serious way, we had the “’DeMarcus Cousins Shoe Toss” on Monday night in the fourth quarter of Golden State’s 121-110 win over the Charlotte Hornets.
When the Hornets’ Jeremy Lamb stepped out of his shoe around the free-throw line while Charlotte was on offense, no one other than Lamb noticed for a second or two.