Lebron 10 - Cutting Jade

The Lebron 9 was a huge huge huge success. Despite the fact how dislike this guy is to be for many,  not only Nike has released counltess number of cw, as well as low tops, soldiers, and all other related sports wears. In Can the Lebron 10 picked up the huge hype off such a successful sneakers?

Air Penny II - Sprite

Penny Hardaway the Air Penny II has always been one of my favourites. (Actually every single pennies in the series) The Sprite is a very creative colorway brought to us by Nike in every way. More pennies needs to make a come back to remind the younger folks of one of the greatest players of all time.

Air Jordan 11 - Concord

The XI concord, one of the most anticipated among the Jordan series. A picture speaks for a thousand words...

Air Jordan 9 - Johnny Kilroy

 

I'm not sure why but not once the Air Jordan series has appeared here ever. I figured the Jordan series has always been the most collected shoes for pretty much everyone so there is no rush to do so. As they are piling up it is about time to unveil them. Lets kick off from the first retirement announcement of MJ back in the year 1993...

Shox BB4 Vince Carter - Black Volt

Since this is the best kicks for beavis lets feed him more BB4 until he's sick of it!

Shox BB4 Vince Carter - Olympics HOH

12 years ago Nike's Shox cushioning system was still a new technology, the shock absorbing and returned system was once thought to be the future of Nike's cushioning. Inspired by space suits for the upper and very futuristic design overall back in the days. We all know how this shoes changed the game: Vince Carter!

Fly Wade 2 EV - Club Purple

Been away on vacation for 3 weeks and things have changed a lot dramatically. Various NBA players such as KD, Josh Smith, Lamarcus Aldridge, Amare Stoudemire, Chris Bosh.. etc have unleashed their new signatures / PE colorways of sneakers. Westbrook rumored to get an endorsement with Adidas but ended up signing Nike, been juicing with a PE Super Fly during several pre-season games.

But none of the above were as excited as the departure of D. Wade from the Jordan brand to Li-Ning, an athlete sports wear brand from China, found by the former Chinese gymnast Li Ning. All time #1 performance kicks of my personal choice by far, the Fly Wade 2, be sure to pick up one while they are still available.

Zoom Rookie - Memphis Blue

I was once told by a dumbass buddy saying I have written too much as any sneakerheads would have known all sneakers specs, news from many famous online sites / blogs. Damn this lazy guy wants to see more pics but less readings lol...

Was going start a separate Penny project with all my lovely Pennies but figured it may not for everyone. So lets kick off from the school years back when Penny was in the Memphis State University, the Zoom Rookie Memphis Blue.

Jordan CP3 III

Finally getting to the sneaker of one of the most anticipated guards in the NBA. The 3rd signature shoe of Chris Paul CP3 III. This is a very comfortable shoe to ball in and I'm liking every detail on the shoe. One thing when I look at a pair of sneakers, its uniqueness separating it from all other shoes from the same brand or other brandings. Unlike the LBJ 10, I still find it looking very much alike the HyperDunk 2012. Which you can kinda tell they were both coming from the similar design base in shape.

Adidas Super Beast - St Patrick's Day - DH

As usual trending, many shoes from the 3-stripes have always needed either from a very strong push of an endorsement to a star, or a well known popularity of their historical models such as the Adidas original off court designs. There is no difference in the Howard signature series. Based on my observation it is much easier for Nike to come up with bunch of weirdo looking, low-medium performance balling kicks but still sells decently well, where it is completely opposite on the stripes side. But this doesn't decrease my love of Adidas. They're honestly missing some sick undeniable kicks on court, but this Super Beast has definitely taken my heart away.

Lebron 9 - Summit Lake Hornets

Decided to try finishing up all my owned Lebron write-ups so expect more coming the next little while.

The Summit Lake Hornets, one of the most anticipated colorways of the LBJ 9 series. I can’t say if this is one of the best 9s but definitely the top 3 for me. Not sure if I will ever be popping this pair at the end but its been tempted countless times.

Melo M8 - Gym Red / White / Black

Sick of Melos yet? Lol....... The best is still yet to come. More Melo M8 are coming...

That's right another cw. This gym red color way has been one of the most hated cw to many sneaker heads. I believe I'm one of the very few who has possitive opinion on it. Not just the shoe itself performs awesomely wicked, but I found various combo of colors actually drives its individual characters. Just like this awesome cherry-ish gym red.

Nike Foamposite Pro - Crimson

Loving the Foams. One of the best, most popular design Nike has ever came up with since the old Penny time. Another new colorway made it to retail again this year, the Crimson!

Melo M8 - Original Knicks Away CW

Again been away for long enough, no excuse this time but being a lazy ass. Loads of sneakers picked up and awaiting to be posted and tried on. Not sure why I chose the M8 again to start off from this long rest. But if you have been following the M8 is definitely one of my top 5 performance sneaker despite that fact most sneaker heads have never liking this model for some reason. I think it's hot as hell...

Air Max Shake Evolve (NDESTRUKT) - Dennis Rodman

Sorry folks for not being around for almost a month. Crazy project from my work, many great movie releases, family, the wife, balling.. been swamped. The great has yet to come, not only a busy month for me but also the world of sneakers yeahhhh!! Especially Olympics releases we've been through the past two weeks (BB4, More Uptempo, 2K4, AF 180); the non-stop Jordan brand retro releases; Super Fly, HD 2012, Nike+ HD... etc.

Well why not slow it down and take a slight step back to the 90's where the Shake Evolve NDESTRUKT were introduced and gone famous thanks to one of the greatest hall of famer - Rodman.

Lebron 9 P.S. Elite - Taxi

With the Thunders failed on me keeping Lebron out from getting a ring, looks like the day has finally come. The guy has made me spent so much anyway might well do another round of his signature. I know it sounds like a cheap looser but this thing is such a sharp piece of artwork with loads of enhancement over the standard version, how can I resist against it...

Fly Wade 2 EV - Red / Black / White

I still haven’t completed my Wade 2 review yet after all this time. But if you’re smart, and have been reading closely enough you should sense that the Wade 2 is by far my #1 preference of performance kicks. Not only its overall sleekness, its tight hug to my feet, responsiveness under pressure, and comfortability in general should definitely be rated #1, at least for the ones I have tried up until first half of 2012.

Lebron 8 P.S. - Royal Blue / Black

I found the Lebron 8 is a mixed in between the good and bad. The royal blue does make the shoes stands out where the white red is kinda too plain and unattractive. My favourite on the royal blue 8 is the eyes on the big lion logo dotted in blue, you can actually see it from a distance.

Nike Air Lebron Slide

This has gotta be one of the craziest purchase I ever made. Never thought about picking it up until it went on sale and was able to stacking it with the birthday discount code offered, what the heck and picked these up for the hell of it. Too bad it wasn't the nicest South Beach cw but good enough.

The Bet - KD or LBJ??

Have you ever been in an argument with a person before where you were fighting hard trying hold your ground, in other hand your opponent is doing the same trying to tackle it? Until a point where you both gave up and betting on some insane shit that you have never thought of? Here is the deal…

adiZero Rose 2.5 - All Star

To finish off my 2.5 series, featuring the anodized finish, the Rose 2.5 All-Star is suited up in bright reddish orange known as High Energy. Grey heather lines interior with white stripes wrapped around the heel. Slight hit of metallic gold on the vamp branding, and of course the massive ROSE logo on the tongue, adiZero marking, the stripe border and the miCoach recess. 

adiZero Rose 2.5 - School of Hard Knocks

Here we go continue with the Rose 2.5 series, the School of Hard Knocks. It was worn by Rose on the second half of the Orlando All-Star game back in the February. This colorway was inspired by his upbringing in the rough neighbourhood Englewood in Chicago. Since then Rose began his path way to the NBA at Murray Park, which is known for attracting hoopers with physical style of play. It is also linked to his time at Simeon Career Academy and the University of Memphis. A very meaningful story behind, must have for Rose fans!

adiZero Rose 2.5 - St Patrick's Day

It was set to have D Rose wearing this St. Patrick's Day green 2.5 to match up against Philly on March 17, I was really excited to watch this hot colorway being worn by my Man in Green. Unfortunately Rose didn't play that day due to injury, this beautiful 2.5 missed it's chance to shine the court on camera. It's okay, leave that to me...

adiZero Rose 2.5 - Brenda

The 2.5 Brenda is a beautiful, beautiful, and beautiful master piece when it comes to price vs look vs performance. Although I still believe the 2.0 was a better signature shoe representing the true D. Rose coz the 2.5 is looking too much alike to regular releases like the adiZero Shadow. BUT, this is an awesome performance pair of Rose with absolutely no regret even if I have bought it at full retail price then found a better deal later.

Reebok Zig Encore John Wall - All Star

Reebok, an almost forgotten brand name when it comes to basketball. The most famous signature from the brand was definitely the Iverson line like the recent retro release for the Question. Other than that you'll probably remember the few old school Shaqs and that's about it. Until John Wall came to the league and signed Reebok, which did not capture much of an attention although the Zig-Zag series has been quite popular in their running shoes world. 

Zoom KD IV - Cool Grey/Del Sol White

The more colorway it gets released, the more I found the KD IV is gearing towards a gimmick more than an actual performance shoes. So many stories behind each cw and I wonder what's going to happen when Nike is releasing the KD V as they have all been used on the IV. I was thinking maybe I should just put this on as my regular casual wear, but I still want to try seriously balling on it first and see.

Fly Wade 2 - All Star

I always like the way D Wade plays on the court. High basketball IQ, always predicting things happening around him, constantly staying calm under situations. I find his personality has also reflected on the Wade II. Not only this is by far the best performance shoes imo, it differentiated from others by replacing neither Zoom or Air Max with awesome Lunarlon cushion. It’s also a calm shoe with simple, subtle but explosive stylish design unlike other bulky ones like LBJ 9. The All Star is just another gorgeous colorway that impressed me a lot.

adiPower Howard 2 - All Star

Centre's shoes has never been popular regardless of how great the player is. From Dikembe Mutombo, Shawn Kemp, David Robinson, Shaq, to more recent Dwight Howard, DeAndre Jordan, Andrew Bynum... etc. Although not many of them had their own signature shoes except for Shaq's old school Rebook Shaqnosis, and the Superman. I guess it has something to do with the playing style of being a centre where your job is to stay D, rebound, and low post. It is not as exciting compare to spin and crossover moves guards do, but I have to admit I enjoyed weirdo Javale McGee's and other centres playing style a lot. 

Enough BS, let's get this rolling!

Nike Foamposite Pro

The Foamposite One was released back in 1997 as a signature shoes for Penny Hardaway, my all time favourite player. The material used and its revolutionary design has changed the way basketball shoes were made. This Foamposite Pro is basically a Foamposite One with just a slight change of it's cosmetic design. Definitely one of the best of the best sneaker from my collections.

Kobe V Party - Part 2

Part 2, this is not a review again but a close look at some of my favourite Kobe V colorways. So here you go!

Kobe V Party - Part 1

Did too many new shoes lately, lets slow the pace down and roll back to some of the previous sick rides. The Zoom Kobe V and VI, definitely the best of the best kicks in performance among the Kobe series since his time back with Adidas. The Kobe System VII, hmm... not feeling it as much like the previous two. It looks okay, but performance is more important to me...

NBA Playoff 2012 Summary - Round 1

It was an excited day for all basketball fans yesterday the 28th, the 2012 NBA Playoffs has officially kicked off. I'm sure you all know about the scoring by now so let's hear a quick recap of all the ups and downs yesterday.

What's top? This is top!

Woo... 可否爭番一口氣!!!! 

Congrats on D Rose, and the Bulls secured the top spots on the NBA's Most Popular Jersey and Team Merchandise list according to sales at the temporary NBAStore.com and on Fifth Avenue from Apr 2011 to present, just on his what, 3rd year in the league! 

D Rose... D Rose...

Air Max Hyperdunk 2011 - Chris Bosh - Teaser

Been seeing mixed comments since the first Hyperfuse and Hyperdunk series were launched. Finally decided to pick up the Hyperdunk 2011, but instead I have gone with the full Air Max version coz it should be more comfortable to hoop in than the Zoom dunks, or the Enforcers...

Fly Wade 2 Christmas

After being with Converse for 6 years since he was drafted D Wade made the move by scoring a deal with Jordan Brand. Bot that it wasn't nice but never too much a fan of the Cons. The move was also supported by many folks since Cons was bought out by Nike, it makes sense to enhance the brand image to have such a great player joining. Since then D Wade's signature shoes have always been uniquely designed and paying attention to every detail. Jordan 2010 was simple, straight to the point. Then the Fly Wade was introduced as the lightest shoes ever for the Jordan brand with only 13oz and I almost pissed my pant.

Fly Wade 2 Christmas, I jumped off the chair with a broken jaw when I first saw it...

Happy Late Easter yoo.. Zoom KD 4

KD 4, the 4th signature shoes for Kevin Durant has been out for quite a few months now but already been bombarded with 15+ colorways in the market. I have always been looking out for a pair because I do like this generation of KD better compare to the 3rd and 2nd. Unfortunately I haven't been able to eye on a color I like. The Year of Dragon was awesomely nice no doubt but too hot, so nahhh, didn't feel like lining up for a pair of KDs. 

Oh well luckily, we've got the "MINT CANDY"!!

Melo M8 - All Star

Super clean, well performed all around, more Melo shots til you're sick of it!

Here comes the All Star M8 Carmelo has worn for just that one time during the All Star game 2012 in Feb. Again not many people are liking this colorway for some reason like the Orangemen, I guess it wasn't flashy enough. Seriously Jordan Brand has been nuts releasing million cw for each signature making it too much and not as unique in value except to dig deep into your pocket for the cash... Its got me  -_-

Rosey Rose...

I don't know about you yo, but I could sleep with these all night long...

2011-2012 NBA Season Standings

Apr 1st, April fool.

There are 13-16 games left varies by team in this short season until the playoff kicks off. No team's got time off for a break and to practice but almost back to back everyday since Dec 25th 2011. We are seeing loads of injuries from players among most teams like Eric Maynor, Rip Ham, D Rose, Kobe, Lin Lin, T-Mac, Jan Pargo, Ray Allen, Kyrie Irving, Ben Gordon, Steph Curry, Kevin Martin, Chauncey Billups, J J Barea, Keith Bogans, Eric Gordon, Mike Miller... even Dwight got hurt abit...

adiZero Rose

You're up D Rose, finally!

The very first generation of D Rose's signature shoes after the Adidas SuperNatural he has been wearing. The best possible colorways are of course the Bulls homey white and red black away...

Melo M8 Review

Finally I broke the virginity of the Orangement M8 on Monday. This shit was simply amazing!

But let's start with the bad first...

Crazy, Stupid, "Light"

That would be a great position to stare at. But this ain't nowhere near as crazy as what you're about to see ...

Lebron 9 Miami Night - Let's hit it again

It's been started, so I guess we should just keep the boat running, welcome to the "Miami Nights".

Same shoes, different colorway. Nike expected the hype to be as hot as Nov 2010's LeBron 8 Miami release as a welcome note of LBJ's arrival to the team. Surprisingly these were nowhere near the crazy hype compare to 2010.

Lebron 9 - All Star... ! No...

There have been enough highlights and focuses on locust LBJ around the globe, been debating if I should even be joining the gang to talk about him or promoting his kicks. I still couldn't believe this is the 7th pairs of LBJs as a #1 hater of his, absolutely unacceptable!

adiZero, TECHFIT the World

Been playing on the Speedwraps for about 5 months, about time to share some thoughts on it. First off the whole purpose of having the wraps on is to prevent spraining your ankles. Of course they look cool as well especially when pairing up with my Rose 1, 1.5, 2.0, or 2.5.  =)

Is Rose Coming??

Coming back from the previous lost by the Magic, Bulls took the revenge by smoking'em big time last night.

Act of Valor

If you haven't heard of Act of Valor, you're just a mumbo jumbo.

Ok fine, I'll withdraw what I said especially if you're female species reading my stuff, Act of Valor is indeed a men's movie. If you're into modern warfare battles like myself then this film is for you. I ditched the wife to see this one alone on the release day, that's how good it is. The fact that it is based on real life true story may also attract some of you. However do not expect too much of a deep, strong story line, acting are also so and so.

Only if I were CrazyBlackman108

This guy you're seeing, CrazyBlackman108 who's only 15 a pretty cool guy. Been following some of his videos and he's got a point sometimes. (Although I hate his shaky hands when shooting close ups with an iPhone) I don't quite know how to put it into writing of how I felt when I first saw the video below, but this is just some crazy marketing schemes. Whoever came up with the idea in Adidas, you get my vote for the next president / CEO. Or at least the head of their marketing department if you are not already the one.

Melo M8 - Syracuse Orangemen

One of the few kicks that has received A grade from various performance reviews, Carmelo Anthony's 8th signature, the Melo M8. Inspired by the Syracuse Orangemen, very eye-catching orange blaze builds most of the Flywire upper, the white handles the patent leather overlay, laces, and outsole. Great looking colorway imo, unfortunately disliked by many other folks which I don't quite understand what they're thinking. Especially there is this stupid guy I know who is crazy about sneakers, said he liked it a lot in pictures when he first saw it but it looks too light of an orange after seeing it in person. Such a moron!

Cleaning Up... =D

What would you do when it's 20 degrees out there in mid-March? Drinking beer under the sun? Continue the party from St Patty's day last night? Hell no... 

PERFECT TIME to wash off the crap from balling. Trust me it's damn fun!!! Took me just about 1.5 hours cleaning 6 pairs. Watching the dusts and crap coming off, all synthetic leather and nubucks becoming nice and shiny once again, SUPER!!!

What to wear for ball tomorrow? Thinking about the M8 orange... We will see..

Yes sir, the "Marquette Golden Eagle" Wade 2

The Marquette Golden Eagle's Fly Wade II is finally here. Inspired by former Dwayne Wade's Marquette University colorway, university gold builds most of the hyperfuse upper shaving off weight, midnight navy takes care of the midsole, heel panel and tongue. The inner-sole was designed to mold the shape of your feet to make it personalized fit, we'll see how it goes since I have not tried balling with any pair of my Wade II yet.