Who would you choose if asked to select either Joe Smith or Kevin Garnett? Yeah, we'd pick KG too; but in 1995 the Golden State Warriors selected Joe Smith out of Maryland with the first pick of the draft. Selecting the sophomore Terrapin seemed like a great idea at the ...
Karl-Anthony Towns might have been the unanimous choice for Rookie of the Year for the 2015-16 NBA season but the 1995 was a different story. That year voters had two outstanding rookies that made their mark on the league. By the time the votes were in it ended up being ...
Kevin Johnson with FILA KJ7 Retro During Kevin Johnson's five decades on Earth he has amassed a nice list of highlights, not only on the NBA hardwood, but off of it as well. Born in Sacramento, California he grew up in a tough part of town but that didn't stop ...
First off: no, I don't only write about Duke players. I like other teams, really. It just so happens that I am a HUGE Derrick Rose fan; Kobe is high on my players to watch list, as are Dame and Steph and Kemba and Dirk. But here is the honest truth: ...
We all relish the fact that Chicago won a record 72 games in the 95-96 season, but let's not forget the Bulls 1996 NBA Finals. We loved the fact that Michael Jordan was finally back in his old modest basketball self--while still in baseball condition and not basketball condition. The ...
Earlier this week I sat down with a unique individual in this whole sneaker thing. He has an enormous stash of vintage kicks from brands many have never heard of or completely forgot about. If you're into vintage sneakers, and vintage high tops especially, you've got to take in the knowledge ...
On this date in 2001 the Phoenix Suns raised Kevin Johnson's #7 jersey into the rafters of America West Arena adding him to the Suns' "Ring of Honor." Rarely does a player stick with one team his entire career and KJ nearly did it. But whereas most players leave teams ...
Kevin Johnson Fila 7 We had to pay our respects to one of the best pass-first point guards in the Jordan Era, when the NBA really took off. The current mayor of Sacramento, was known for giving Stockton a run for assists leader every year. Besides dropping dimes, he was ...
Grant Hill in FILA Grant Hill Like a few before and some after him, many anointed Grant Hill the next Michael Jordan. His arrival in the NBA was good timing since MJ was recently retired from professional basketball. Through his first year, he was living up to the hype and ...
Photo courtesy of: Sole Collector Officially being called the Fila '97, but we all remember these as the kicks G Hill rocked when he was killing in The D (pause). Fila has payed homage to Hill the past few years by rolling out other retros and we are glad to ...
