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Area dads praise Stephen Curry's all-white sneakers in video
Basketball fans got a nice little diversion from the intensity of the NBA Finals this June when Under Armour released Stephen Curry’s signature Curry 2 Low “Chef Curry” sneakers, an all-white look seemingly built for nurses and dads. The internet mocked them without reservation or end, and you’ll still see a joke now if you hang around Twitter for an hour or two.
Under Armour says the shoes are selling well, which isn’t terribly surprising given that style-averse people make up a large portion of the nation’s consumer base. If you need more proof of their popularity, take a look at this video from GQ. They sought out dad-looking guys on the streets of New York City with a pair of the Chef Currys in tow and got some rave reviews:
I mean, yeah, that seems about right. The whole premise of the jokes about these sneakers was that they look like the anonymous all-white shoes that dads go for, so they obviously were totally into the Curry Lows. We appreciate that they took time away from making sure no one fusses with the thermostat to confirm it.
That doesn’t mean the video is unnecessary. We already knew that dads like these shoes, but that doesn’t detract from the value of seeing them show their appreciation with such supreme dadness. Get a load of how the first dad turns the shoes every which way to decide that they are “pretty sharp,” or how the dad at the 0:10 mark assuages our concerns that it might be too heavy to wear comfortably. The glasses dad at 0:20 even appears to be wearing an entirely khaki outfit!
In the end, there is no dad joke that can substitute for the image of a dad in his native environment.
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Eric Freeman is a writer for Ball Don’t Lie on Yahoo Sports. Have a tip? Email him at efreeman_ysports@yahoo.com or follow him on Twitter!
