gilbert arenas’ sneaker war

from his nba.com blog:
“I’m a trend setter, people. I don’t want other shoe companies to try to jack my style now. My swag is too phenomenal. If any other basketball player out there wants to compete with my shoes, go ahead, we can have a 50 and Kanye right here. We can start it [...]

greg oden

its pretty official.  the future dentist will miss his 07/08 rookie season.
BGA — you had the premonition.
JR — your boy is killin me.
TAKEOVER TIME.

that’s that dude.  1000takes for the pic
10.30.07

Unbelievable.

I know — it’s been basketball madness on my blog lately.  And it is a bit out of control.
Basketball = life right now, and our spots for the NBA Playoffs came to fruition.
David Blaine is one bad mo’fo.

WARRIORS.

A glimpse from the game .. and oh what a night it was.

“The greatest upset in playoff history.” 

The NBA

So it’s finally that time of year. Late spring, the flowers are blooming, the sun is peeking out of the clouds, and the NBA playoffs have begun.

Remember the glory days, when the NBA embraced hip hop? Now they’re speculating the league is racist. In the Naughty X [...]

the glory days

Patrick, Dominique and a special guest … (minus the “cheating”)

… this is too easy.

the holy grail.

Nike finally launched their 25th anniversary/web database tribute to the Air Force One:  1thology.  Even if you don’t collect/appreciate/like sneakers … play around on this site anyways.  You can sort by color, style, and year the shoes came out.  Wow.

legendary

To add some fire to the NBA spot battle … here’s a classic.  Undeniably one of the best.

‘Nuff said.

Game over?

Let’s be honest … the NBA spot battle has only just begun.
The Nike Freestyle commercial, which anyone who reads this has already seen, has been self-promoted as victory by Mr. AG.
Don’t get me wrong — that’s an incredible idea/ad. (The statement gets its own line for emphasis)
And it even could be the best known [...]

Hoops commercials

In commemoration of our presentation to the NBA, I’ll post another all-time favorite hoops commercial.  Here’s the kicker though — similar to Andy’s Jamie Barrett story, I met the Creative Director who’s done more than one of the favorite commercials that I’ve posted, Geoff Edwards.  He did the entire ‘Impossible is Nothing’ campaign for Adidas [...]