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Our 33 Favorite Kobe Bryant Moments, Part IV

Brandon King

As we continue our countdown of our favorite Mamba moments, this segment focused, actually by sheer happenstance, on non- NBA regular season moments. Enjoy   18. His appearance at the Drew League During the lockout that cancelled the preseason and compressed the 2011-12 season to 66 games, it wasn’t unusual to see many top NBA guys in summer leagues across the country. Lebron, Carmelo, CP3, Wade, KD and many others took to th summer circuit to stay as sharp as possible. Kobe made a semi-surprise appearance at the Drew League…

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Our 33 Favorite Kobe Bryant Moments, Part III

Brandon King

23. The Steve Nash dunk Taking Shane Battiers in college is fine and looked upon favorably. It has is place in the Association(especially if you have no way of vertically challenging the shot) but it can get you put on a poster. Steve Nash had to learn this lesson the hard way.     22. The Yao dunk http://youtu.be/DJtcus-JMZU Personally, it was the first time I’d ever seen anyone dunk on Yao. Standing O’s were indeed in order.       21. Dunking Vincent Yarbrough right out of the league Outside of age…

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Our 33 Favorite Kobe Bryant Moments, Part II

Brandon King

  28. Kobe’s sneaker free agency After his departure from Adidas, Kobe came into the 2002-03 season sans a shoe deal. What ensued was an awesome season long sneaker smorgasbord. As he destroyed cats that season,Bryant rocked Nike, Jordan Brand, Reebok, as well as And1, just to name a few. I’m not sore if we will ever see such sneaker variety from a player of his caliber, but it was fun because you never knew what we was going to wear from game to game       27. Surpassing 31,000…

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Our 33 favorite Kobe Bryant moments, part 1

Brandon King

The book on Kobe Bryant’s career has unfortunately been closed. All season long the Kobe farewell tour has garnered major attention, and rightfully so. In looking back on the legendary career of one Mr. Kobe Bean Bryant, we here at SneakerShopTalk decided ,over the next few days, to identify our favorite 33 moments from the Mamba’s 20 years in the Association. We hope you enjoy reliving these moments as much as we did.   33. The 1997 Slam Dunk contest http://youtu.be/POWX-Ki78Qo   32. Taking Brandy to the prom Back in the…

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Make A Free Throw! 

Brandon King

Last night I watched the Clippers beat the trailblazers, I knew the inevitable parade to the free-throw line with DeAndre Jordan as the grand marshal would soon ensue. Once again we were treated to Jordan’s consistent bricks from the charity stripe. While he was an abysmal 8-18, his usual fashion on ineptitude didn’t hurt and the clippers as Portland was an able to capitalize on the bounty of misses.   I know some people absolutely hate the hack-a-[insert horrendously bad free throw shooter] strategy, citing it slows down the game…

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Kobe: End of a Career; End of an Era

Brandon King

   I met Kobe Bryant’s last game with a mixture of anticipation and sports sadness. Anticipation because I was curious about how Kobe would perform in his swan song; the sports sadness stems, selfishly, from the basketball fan in me not wanting to see an all-time great hang them up. It is also in knowing that his retirement marked the end of era, as Kobe brought an old school mentality and competitiveness that will be sorely missed in today’s NBA. When he missed his first five shots’, I started thinking…

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Kentucky Girl Gives Lebrons to Picked on Child

Brandon King

It’s stories like these that are not only positive but depict that there are many times that sneakers are so much more than leather and rubber. When 13 year old Shaylynn Hampton of Louisville, Kentucky saw another child getting picked on, she decided to do something about it. The little boys playing—before he had gotten here—were making fun of his shoes because they were not what you would call designer, Hampton said. What she decided to was to give the young fella a pair of sneakers-Lebrons to be precise- from…

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Nike and athletes pay homage to the Black Mamba

Brandon King

As we unfortunately and inevitably march toward the end of the legendary hoops career of one Mr. Kobe Bryant, Nike is honoring this all-time great with a global tribute. Starting today, Nike-sponsored athletes will rock black and gold shoes, which is intended to be a metaphoric tip of the cap, or sneaker in this case, to Kobe’s golden career fading to black. https://youtu.be/Qlg2NVpRqac This black and gold tribute will culminate with the Mamba Day celebration on April 13, the day of Kobe’s last NBA game in which the Lakers play…

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How to Find the Right Kicks

Brandon King

When purchasing footwear there are, by in large, three determining factors: performance, price, and personality. Purchasing decisions are ultimately a blending of the three ,but for the sake of simplicity, I shall discuss each one separately.   Performance Performance needs are still the single biggest deciding  factor in athletic footwear purchases. The majority of Athletic sneakers purchase are ,in fact,used for their  designed purpose so it is paramount they perform at a high level. It is vital to access your performance needs and wants prior to buying. For instance, if…

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Teen beat up and robbed of sneakers

Brandon King

In the Bensonhurst neighborhood of New York City, another meetup for a sneaker sale went horribly wrong. The victim told police he thought the arranged meeting was to sell two pair of sneakers but when he arrived at the meeting place on 86th street, one of the miscrients came up behind him with gun in hand. The other three assailants allegedly beat him up, robbed him and ran of with the kicks. This is another and unfortunate example of what can happen when you do meet ups with people you…

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