Why do we need basketball shoes?

Why we dont wear ordinary cover shoes when we play basketball?
and why we wear basketball shoes where their cost are usually higher?
There are a few reasons why we need it. Judge them yourself.

Protection

First and the most important is it gives you the protection you need in the game for example like ankle support to prevent ankle roll over where most ordinary shoes dont have. And impact absorption that protect your joints includes your knees and your spine. Basketball shoes giants like Nike, Adidas an Reebok have done a lot of research in this aspect and their products are good at it. When you land from a jump or leap an impact is created to our body, if it is not handled properly after a long time it will bring bad effect to your joints and spine.

Performance

Before that please dont get it wrong that a pair of basketball shoes will escalate your skills and your play. On the other hand, basketball shoes will bring the best of you on the court because they are specially designed for the game. The research on basketball shoes is run for many decades, therefore please dont be too doubtful to the effects that could give you.

The shoe Bottom (out sole) of basketballs shoes have excellent traction (grip to the floor) that we need for drive and crossover. Good traction is always the first consideration when i choose a new pair, if shoes dont grip it is impossible to make good drive or cut in. Next, the cover of these shoes also makes you feel that as if their are your bare foot, and this gives the responsiveness that you need in the game.

Nowadays, there are even technologies in basketball shoes that will increase your physical ability like Nike SHOX and Reebok Zig Tech where they claim that they can help you run faster.

Shoes Life

This is what i did to my badminton shoes 

In this aspect, i strongly think that if you are serious with the game please dont ever play in other shoes, if not you will pay for it. I have an experience of spoiling 2 pairs of shoes in 2 weeks they are a pair of jogging shoes and a pair of badminton shoes. I usually like cut and layup in my play therefore i love shoes with good traction and usually badminton shoes grip very well on most surfaces. But the out sole of badminton shoes is usually softer and in a typical yellow color. Often my badminton shoes only serves me for 3 to 4 months and later on i will find a hole in the bottom. However the out sole of basketball shoes are made of hard rubber which is more durable, and you will see the pattern of the out sole gone after 1 1/2 or 2 years. These all because basketball requires a lot of powerful movements like sprint, brake and jump therefore ordinary shoes cant bear it. Ya, i also always find the out sole of my basketball shoes detach from the shoe body. So it is definitely more bargain to invest in basketball shoes if you are serious with the game