Air Jordan 11 Concord: Nick Young Cowardly Ends MJ Boycott After Retro Release
Nick Young keeps his word as much as he plays defense. The Washington Wizards shooting guard is making a New Year’s resolution not to take himself seriously this year. Just months removed from vowing never to buy another pair of Michael Jordan’s shoes again, the spirit of giving…or in Young’s case, receiving, has changed his tune.
According to the Washington Post’s Michael Lee, MJ’s Air Jordan 11 Retro Concords are too nice to ignore, as Young said: “Those were some of my favorites. I might have to give Jordan a call and apologize. I didn’t know those came out. Those were my favorites.”
Shoes? Are you kidding me?
Young pulled off that pathetic truce after just tweeting: “im not wearin jordans no more cant believe what i just seen and heard from MJ #ElvisDoneLeftTheBuilding.”
“Protest is over. I’m sorry Michael,” Young said as he continued to show his yellow side.
How quickly he forgets.
The players and owners just went to war for months in order to get a new collective bargaining agreement done. While the players attempted to keep as much of the pie as they could, the owners were stubborn enough to willingly sacrifice the entire season to get what they wanted. And by all accounts, the owners made bank on the new deal.
Mike and Mike tweeted this analysis after the agreement: “New NBA CBA from @RicBucher: Owners got everything they want. They went into the players' house and stole everything, then gave them a fork.”
Led in a charge by Jordan himself, the owners won the CBA struggle in a landslide. That apparently doesn’t mean too much to Young, though.
Yeah, I understand the whole obsession over shoes like the new Jordan’s; it’s about status for most and a collector’s item for the rest. Now, I’m all for forgiveness, but the prestige of a shoe doesn’t justify Young bailing on his once strong stand against the MJ and the owners.
David Daniels is a featured columnist at Bleacher Report and a syndicated writer. Follow him on Twitter.
