Where Were you When...

Where were you when these came out... The Air Max CB2 one of my favorite Barkley sneakers of all time. I was looking through my hard drive trying to find the pic of the merchant booklet (more on that later) and found this wallpaper I used to have on my desktop. These were retro'ed i believe in 2003 and are still being used. (they even released a low top version of these.) sorry Nike, sometimes you can mess up some of your classic sneakers. They really should've released these but the replaced the purple accent with royal blue. (pretty close to the OG version.) I actually saw the ad for these in a sports illustrated magazine i never got these ( i have them now) because i had already got my kicks (AJ VIII) for the year, mom was not trying to hear me ask for another pair. And plus, I was 11 so the kids sizes never had the full air like today.

Kobe Bryant's overseas Tour.

Once again Nike sends Kobe Bryant overseas on a south Asia tour. Making stops in Manila, (Philippines) Taipei, (Taiwan) and Hong Kong just to name a few. Over at the Nike b-ball site there are extensive pictures showing him run some of his workout plans, and drills he uses to get ready for the up and coming season. he always seems to put on a show with regards to his dunks in the pics there. (and there are a lot of pics like these with him wearing local Taiwanese garments). It goes to show you how he was able to revamp his image, back to where he was, before. I don't know if Vick can do it but, it can be done. It just takes big name companies to stand behind you. Nike no longer supports Vick but i wonder if they will retro any of his shoes?Probably not.

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Phoenix Mercury Champs

I'm not a big fan of the WNBA. I don't really watch the games until the finals. Sometimes women's basketball can appear sloppy even though they are pros just like other athletes. ( i won't say women athletes bec. athlete has no gender Nike's right.) but since they adopted the five game format the games have become more interesting. Like college basketball, certain teams need a couple of games to establish a rhythm. (college chould have a couple game playoff, but it might be long bec. of the many teams). The Detroit shock were defeated by the Phoenix Mercury in five games. (Phoenix has a championship but they of course wanted the suns to win sorry Amare.) The shoes above are the shox elite's for the Finals MVP Cappie Pondexter (hence CP23). They were made to show her Mercury colors . suprisingly i like them, they are a hot kicks (They probably won't be released to the public). Kobe's been busy Overseas again nx time.

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Greg Oden's (extended off-season)

I, as a basketball fan was a little disappointed when it was told last week that Rookie Greg Oden will undergo knee surgery which will render him on crutches for at least 6 months. He's having the same surgery that many NBA players have had, so there have been many perspectives as to how he will turn out. (Amare Stoudemire recently had the surgery and look at him, but then again so did Allan Houston Former Knick Guard.) The NBA season still will be great without him nonetheless, but he's actually a true center and we haven't seen a rookie like him since Shaq. (can't count Yao, he's not as dominant down low but he' s getting there.) So for the rest of the season his jersey will be hanging in his locker at the Rose Quarters. (For more on him go over to the Portland Trail Blazer's official site.)

Nike Elite II Series Update

Over at Niketown NYC I looked for the new Nike Elite series. A sales rep. told me they were coming out next week but check online for the full overview. The shox version was always my favorite. Glad to see that they were going to release a version of those there. Check over at nikebasketball.com for more info on the Elite II new series.
be back with Oden news ( bad of course nike had plans for him.)

Niketown NYC (Odom)

You never know who you'll run into at niketown on their off hours (730-8p they close at 8pm). LA Laker Lamar Odom.

be back with niketown news Sat.

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( i took the pic ,my friend who wanted to meet him.)

Dream Team Cont.

Just some more Dream team pics that I had hanging around my hardrive. look at the one with Barkley, Ewing and Jordan. Jordan and Barkely (who was the leading scorer on the 1992 dream team.) were both wearing memorable shoes, (barkley wearing special makeup of Air Force 180 and Jordan waring Air Jordan VII, but you already knew that.) When they were released they were sold out instantly. Some people still have them to this day, never worn. If you want both of them you can go to flight club in NYC, Or if your a size 10.5-11 contact me. Actually on that topic I'm in the process of opening a kick store on my own (more on that later.)

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(Can anyone name all four kicks above and who wore them?? the first two are easy)