TMZ- No one seems to know the location of Zion Williamson's infamous blown-out Nike sneaker -- not Zion, not Duke, not even Nike ... and it's a huge problem considering it's worth around $250,000!!!
Of course, Zion exploded his left PG 2.5 PE sneaker during the Feb. 20 game against North Carolina -- injuring his knee in the process. Thankfully, he's better now. But, what happened next? Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski has said Nike reps came out to Durham and inspected the shoe in hopes of identifying the problem. But, it's unclear who has the shoe now. So, when we spotted Zion and his Duke teammates in Washington, D.C. the other day, we asked the 18-year-old straight up ... who's got the shoe? Zion smiled and told us, "Uh, ask coach about 'em." So, we did! We hit up the Duke athletic dept., and a rep told us they have no idea where the shoes ended up. Next call was to Nike -- maybe they have the shoe, right? A Nike spokesperson told us ... “We’re thrilled to see Zion returning to the court. After working closely with the Duke Basketball team to examine the issue, we are confident this was an isolated incident. We continue to work with Duke, and all of our partner programs, to ensure we are providing the best product for their athletes.” When we again asked who currently possessed the busted sneaker, Nike told us ... "I don't have any more information [on the location of the shoe]." --------- Up next on 'The First 48 (days)': The sneaker last seen in the hands of the company that could have potentially lost millions upon millions of dollars following its insanely public eruption that put in jeopardy the health of sports' most prospectively profitable foot in a decade has gone missing... Talk about a show that would be over prior to the first commercial break. I mean, what are we even talking about here? This is far more common sense than conspiracy. What was Nike supposed to do? Perform the autopsy then immortalize it's most embarrassing moment as a bajillion dollar company in bronze before returning it to the person who proved to be too physical a freak to be restrained by rubber? Put their most monumental miss in manufacturing on display in a glass case to be reminded of it daily? If we're really interested in finding this thing then I'd suggest a search crew take to the deepest, darkest, and most unexplored body of water near Nike HQ, and feel around the bottom for a cinderblock, as either the shoe or it's original inspector will likely be to laced tightly to it. I don't see that as necessary, since treating a defective shoe turned Size 16 piece of trash like a missing person is very extremely odd. Leave it to TMZ to make something diabolical out of absolutely nothing, but whatever it's been appraised at is peanuts in comparison to what it's disposal meant to the company that created it. Therefore, I'd venture to guess it ultimately ended up in the same resting place as peanut shells. Not exactly a groundbreaking revelation is you ask me.
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