Hoop Stars: New Balance 740 and 785 LA Lakers James Worthy 1986 Basketball Shoes Vintage High Top Sneakers

Here’s an old New Balance ad from 1986 for the 740 and 785 basketball shoes featuring LA Lakers star James Worthy.

Ad info is below:

When you're going coast-to-coast.

Go the way James Worthy of the L.A. Lakers goes, in a pair of the shoes he helped design—the Worthy Express, by New Balance. With features like its light cushiony EVA midsole and stabilizing Flextended saddle, this shoe gives James all the support he needs for his furious fast breaks. So take a trip with James and New Balance. Take the Worthy Express.

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Hoop Stars: James Worthy LA Lakers Vintage 1987 and 88 New Balance High Top Shoes Basketball Sneakers

Here’s a couple of vintage ads from 1987 and 1988 for James Worthy’s New Balance basketball high top sneakers. The models featured in this ad are the P600, P700 and P800.

Ad info is below:

THE INCREDIBLE DRIVING MACHINE.

P600 P700 P800

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Worthy Express

And another similar ad from 1988.

Ad info is below:

NO WONDER HE WAS MVP OF THE FINALS.

LOOK WHAT HE DRIVES IN.

P600 P700 P800

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Worthy Express