What's the difference between casual and athletic basketball shoes?

What is the difference? I bought a pair of Nike Air Prestige basketball shoes because they fit well and they were $65. I played basketball with the shoes today and they are great.|||I think casual shoe are more fashion like and athletic shoes are made the feel comfortable and durable for sport and thing of that sort.|||casual is the kind of shoe you wear to go somewhere.......and athletic is the one u should play basketball with. u shouldnt wear the casual shoe playing basketball cuz it wont give u the support u need in basketball and u might end up spraining ur ankle or something

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|||The difference is how they're really designed and what they were intended to do.





A pair of proper athletic basketball shoes are designed to support you through the motions you'll typically go through while playing a game of basketball. This could be like more support to the arches or ankles, more cushioning to prevent impact to your joints and having a shoe sole that's designed to help you jump, land and change directions quickly and safely.





Typically, casual shoes are designed with style in mind and aren't designed necessarily to play in. Their soles, for instance, may not be designed to stablize your feet during landing from a jump and not provide extra support to your arches. They're also no designed to be as light, cushioned or supportive (in some part to lower the cost of producing the shoe).





While you can play basketball in pretty much any pair of comfortable shoes, a pair of proper basketball shoes will also help maximize your performance while lowering the likelihood of injury.