imagine putting on tightly laced
basketball shoes every day for hours at
a time for i don't know
maybe 15 to 20 years straight at a
minimum what do you think your feet will
feel like would they be normal looking
would they be deformed would you have
any foot pain
i don't know but what i do know is that
nba players wear basketball shoes for
most of their lives and some of them
have really deformed feet
here we have james harden back when he
was on the rockets getting ready for
shoot around before a game he was caught
putting on his sock and his gnarly feet
can be seen his toes are all bunched
together i'm guessing from being in
shoes all the time and his toenails have
seen better days for sure this nasty
foot belongs to dallas mavericks
assistant coach daryl armstrong however
this picture was taken when he played on
the mavs armstrong had a 17-year
basketball career 13 of which were in
the nba on the magic new orleans hornets
mavs pacers and nets as you can see from
this picture courtesy of dirk his foot
is so worn out that his big toe is under
the second toe in his foot he also has a
massive bunion on the side of his foot
and his toenails are definitely in rough
shape
current clippers guard reggie jackson
also is a big sufferer of baller foot
his former pistons teammate andre
drummond took a video and even hung the
jaws theme song to it because his feet
looked like they belonged to a killer
piece those toenails look like they were
rotting yikes
lebron james has been a popular player
in the league so there are a few
pictures of his deformed feet probably
the most well known is him at the beach
where it's clear his toes are all
bunched up in the middle of his foot and
his pinky toe is practically on top of
the one next to it this same phenomenon
can be seen on the trainer's table when
he was being worked on by a miami heat
staff member this last picture shows his
other foot which doesn't look as rough
as the other but definitely has a unique
shape it reminds me of the shape of a
nike lebron 16 for horseman model number
ci7862-001
it's weird that a foot can be molded to
fit a shoe perfectly
the nba world was blessed again when
2012 evan turner at the time part of the
sixers posted a picture of an anonymous
teammate's totes these either belong to
jason richardson royal ivy drew holiday
kwame brown or maybe spencer hawes who
do you think it is
it's a mystery to this day but my money
is spencer haws calling them critters is
accurate in my opinion and i guess this
is the type of stuff people posted on
the gram back in the day
outside of being the best center in the
nba joel embiid's feet can also compete
in being some of the grossest in nba
history his toenails are nasty and those
smaller toes are hanging on for dear
life
even the foot connoisseurs at inside the
nba did a pull comparing embiid's feet
to shacks but fans didn't think his were
as bad
speaking of shaq he probably holds the
title for nastiest feat of all time and
unfortunately for us he has created a
lot of content about them i have the boy
you have the
most of these feet were bad but looking
at shaq's feet truly make me nauseous
he seems to get a lot of pedicures in
his post nba life but i don't think
these nail salon workers are magicians
so i'm not sure how much they're
actually going to be able to help
on the topic of pedicures it seems like
some nba players have caught on to how
their profession affects their feet
because there have been an increased
trend of ballers getting pedicures going
to the nail salon is usually considered
a woman's activity but has become more
socially acceptable in nba circles
former nba player nate robinson was one
of the first guys to publicly showcase
himself receiving a pedicure on
instagram back in 2014
other players like jonathan simmons
jason smith harry giles and darren fox
have gone on record of expressing their
use of pedicures dj augustine told
reporters quote i've had situations
before with my toenails or the calluses
on my feet they would hurt my feet
during games it makes a big difference
end quote
former player and now coach scott brooks
expressed quote i never wanted to get
them done because you're embarrassed of
your toes i mean they're a combination
of dead toenails hammer toes i would
imagine all basketball players have bad
toenails just from the shoes and all the
running and stopping and starting end
quote
wayne ellington said quote i need one
end quote in reference to his pedicures
as he gazed at the toes on his right
foot that turned midnight black from
years of taking a beating
early on in his career evan turner heard
stories of the goat michael jordan
getting pedicures which inspired him
former player amir johnson started
getting pedicures when he walked by a
nail salon back in high school and saw
the late comedian and actor bernie mac
soaking his feet in the tub de'andre
jordan's hero tyrell owens was big into
manicures and pedicures which finally
got him into the practice of taking care
of his feet other players have been
inspired by shaq dwyane wade and lebron
pedicures for basketball players isn't
only a relaxing activity it is backed by
science as being a vital form of care to
prolong mba careers and improve
performance
the american academy of pediatric sports
medicine has noticed how wearing new
shoes constantly which nba players do a
lot can partially explain the trauma on
players feet the shoes never quite break
in so the skin around the foot has to
grow thick layers to absorb the
excessive stopping and starting on the
court over time the pressure causes
calluses to build up on the bottom of
the foot and painful ingrown toenails to
also develop
pedicures help to fix ingrown toenails
and soften the skin which helps
basketball players with their foot
health the knowledge is spreading so
quickly around the league that the
atlanta hawks player development staff
hosts a player's spa day and i'm sure
other teams do something similar as well
so as you can see one of the possible
side effects of getting into the nba
is having some nasty feet but there are
some techniques that future players can
take to prevent their feet from looking
like this
anyway guys please like this video
because it was tough for me to look at
all these hooves while making it
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