NEW YORK, March 8 — The original Reebok Pump debuted in 1989. The shoe made Reebok a force in the basketball world for the better part of the 1990s. The Pump, and its US$170 (RM626) pricetag, made a major statement on and off the court. Paul Litchfield, the man who invented the Pump, tells Bloomberg how it came to be. — Bloomberg

Paul Litchfield, the inventor of the Reebok Pump, holds up an example of the shoe that changed basketball in the 90's. — Bloomberg pic