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Inspired by the Knicks team colors, they come in a white, tetra blue, blazing orange and black. It was Feb. 9, 1991, and the Celtics rookie guard was standing near midcourt at Charlotte Coliseum, preparing for his first dunk of the NBA Slam Dunk Contest.

A little marketing push didn’t hurt either as The Human Highlight Film himself, Dominique Wilkins, rocked the eponymous Pump basketball shoe on the hardwood and in the first-ever commercial touting the technology. Jacques Dominique Wilkins (born January 12, 1960) is a French-American retired professional basketball player who primarily played for the Atlanta Hawks of the National Basketball Association (NBA).

Reebok is getting in on the limited-edition action by re-releasing the "Pump Twilight Zone," the signature shoe of former Atlanta Hawks superstar Dominique Wilkins, this Christmas Eve. Reebok stock catapulted from 10 to 35. The president of the ad agency that handled Air Jordan advertising called to threaten that Michael Jordan was going to sue Dominique Wilkins! New Reebok V48633 Pump TWILIGHT ZONE Dominique Wilkins White Blue Orange Shoes | eBay The Reebok Twilight Zone Pump is back in an all new "New York Knicks" themed colorway. Jacques Dominique Wilkins (* 12.Januar 1960 in Paris als amerikanischer Staatsbürger) ist ein ehemaliger US-amerikanischer Basketballspieler.Er war von 1982 bis 1999 in der NBA aktiv und ist einer der erfolgreichsten Punktesammler in der Geschichte der Liga.. Mit seinem Repertoire spektakulärer Dunks gehörte Wilkins zu den aufsehenerregendsten Spielern seiner Zeit. Featuring a white-based leather upper with blue, orange and black accents. When it was officially released in 1989, Pump immediately became the pinnacle of footwear tech thanks to its tongue-based pump apparatus and connected, upper-embedded bladder. Not only did the shoe look unconventional, but the pump-up aspect was something that no one had ever seen before.

November 20, 1989 started the Reebok Pump reign. He sheepishly hung up. I begged him to encourage Jordan, because the publicity would jump the sales of the Pump to a billion bucks.