Category: Basketball

Matthew Dellavedova will have PEAK signature shoe

Brandon King

Cleveland Cavaliers backup lead guard Matthew Dellavedova will soon have his own signature sleds with Chinese sportswear company PEAK. He signed a three year deal with the company.  In a press release from PEAK, Dellavedova had this to say: PEAK Australia approached me nearly two years ago with the idea of introducing a basketball shoe into the Australian market. From there, talks became more serious in the past year and PEAK worked hard on developing a shoe that offers the type of reliability and performance that drives me every day. It’s…

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NBA Finals Game 1: Our Take

Brandon King

Game 1 of the highly anticipated matchup between the Warriors and the Cavaliers is in the books. The Warriors smacked the Cavaliers 104-89.  While the vaunted Golden State backcourt was relatively quiet, going a combined 8-27 for 20 points, 11 from Curry and 9 from Thompson, was their bench that came up big scoring 45 points. Sean Livingston accounted for 20 of them on what seemed to a never ending hail of midrange jumpers.  The Cavaliers’ big three of James, Irving and Love went 23-60 for 66 points. J.R. Smith…

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Lebron Breaks out Rare Zoom Generation at Finals Practice

Brandon King

Today at Finals practice  Lebron went into the way back machine and broke out a pair of Zoom Generations. That in and of itself would be enough to draw the attention of sneaker enthusiast, but these were not the run of mill vintage Generations, rather one of the rarest versions of the shoe, the ROY PE.  This special makeup done by Nike to commemorate Lebron’s 2003-04 Rookie-of-the-year campaign, features an all-white upper; the “LBJ23” logo has been turned to read “ROY 0304”. There is also custom “20.5.5” along the medial…

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Pelicans’ Guard Bryce Dejean-Jones succumbs to gunshot wound

Brandon King

Dallas police announce New Orleans Pelicans guard was fatally shot after kicking in a door to an apartment. In a statement, Sr Cpl DeMarquis Black said officers were called early Saturday morning and found Jones collapsed in an outdoor passageway’ the 23-year old ball player was taken to a hospital, where he died. Cpl. Black also stated a person living at the apartment was asleep when he heard his door kicked open. The resident then retrieved his firearm and fired when Jones attempted to kick down his bedroom door. According…

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Another Too Late,Pointless & Incorrect Ruling by the NBA

Brandon King

I have to start off by saying I like Draymond Green. I’ve followed the progression of his career since his days at Michigan State, to his ascension to major cog in the Golden State Warriors machine. I like his game and I’m a fan of the passion he brings to the floor each and every night. With that being said,our personal feelings about a guy will not deter us from from calling it as we see it. We all saw the shot to testes that Green delivered to the testes…

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Official images of the Black/Red Air Jordan XII Retro

Brandon King

To say this is an highly anticipated release is a vast understatement and the flames of that anticipation have only been stoked by the release of the official images from Nike. For those who may not know, this Air Jordan XII was originally released way back in 1997. Made famous for being on the feet of one Mr. Micheal Jordan in game 5 of the 1997 NBA Finals, which was known as the “flu game”. Jordan was sick due some bad pizza. Despite the illness, he scored 38 points,including hitting…

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OG Space Jam Director Joe Pytka warns about doing follow up film

Brandon King

There have been rumblings for the past few years that a sequel to Space Jam featuring Lebron James was a possibility. Now it appears the long rumored follow up to the 1996 smash is becoming a reality. The sequel will be directed by Justin Lin, who also was in the director’s chair for Star Trek Beyond.  Not everyone is in favor the film; in fact someone with intimate knowledge of Space Jam who’s telling the producers of this project to do an about face. That someone is the director of…

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The Shoes of the Dream Team are up for sale

Brandon King

The decision to first allow NBA players to compete in the Olympic games gave birth to what I feel unequivocally was the greatest basketball team ever, the “Dream Team”. That team, bursting at the seams with hall of famers and was  also instrumental in the globalization of basketball , steamrolled through the games en route to the gold medal. The team, literally, is the stuff of legend and now fans and collectors alike now have a chance to score some major Dream Team memorabilia, namely kicks worn by every member…

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Official Images of the Chicago “City Pack” Air Jordan X Retro

Brandon King

The official images of the “Chicago” model from the Air Jordan X “City Pack” have been released and it is a visually pleasing package.  It derives its look from the city’s municipal flag, it’s white leather upper is complimented by Crimson coloring at the tongue and heel collar.  University Blue is used on on the straps that that traverse the tongue , the lace loops and in alternating stripes with the Crimson on the heel pull tab, and on the outsole. You can try to add these to your collection…

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White/Red Air Jordan XI Low coming back this summer

Brandon King

With its white ballistic mesh upper, varsity red patent leather rand and clear outsole,the white and red Air Jordan XI Low was a very striking shoe that has not seen the light of day since it’s original 2001 release. That is set to change this summer when this XI low makes its long awaited retail return. You can try to get your hands on these when they release June 4,2016 for $170.               Air Jordan 11 Retro Low White/Varsity Red-Black 528895-102 June 4, 2016…

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