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Had to Google the Air Monarchs
No basketball till October :(
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Had to Google the Air Monarchs
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there was a dude in my highschool who would show up to tryouts every year with a fresh new pair of these
like actually a brand new pair every year
silverbackhoney
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Had to Google the Air Monarchs
I had to buy a pair to reserve my chicagos.
Don't knock the hustlethere was a dude in my highschool who would show up to tryouts every year with a fresh new pair of these
like actually a brand new pair every year
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Man how did an NBA player play in these nightly. That's more of a mystery.i remember kids hooping in these back in the day
there was a dude in my highschool who would show up to tryouts every year with a fresh new pair of these
like actually a brand new pair every year
no way i would trust 15$ kicks for basketball
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I'm old and love the old school Js as much as anyone, but no way I'd play in any retro Jordan's.
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Anything from the 11's on I would. Those still actually have fairly decent tech in them. But how people playing retros 3's and 5's and so on, on a professional level is insane.
silverbackhoney
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10s are the best retros to ball in tho
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Never tried those to ball. 12's and 21's, 21's especially are my favorites signature J's to ball in.
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Kobes adidas suck? The hell outta here.
silverbackhoney
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Twos definitely did.
10s were the most popular retro in the NBA this year. Pretty good lockdown actually
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i miss the good ol days when dudes would ball in these
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nah. jordans. and a.i.'s
darthska
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[quote name="Silverbackhoney"][quote name="Heshua"]Kobes adidas suck? The hell outta here.[/quote]Twos definitely did.[/quote]For real. And The Kobe is such a great shoe. The dropoff from The Kobe to Kobetwo was... well, I mean, Kobe left afterwards, so... 
Every single thing before Kobetwo, tho...
Every single thing before Kobetwo, tho...
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tmacs b
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ahhh tmacs!!! Great shoe. but xvii's>>> and cool greys. and the answer 4. and the infared 6. and the mocha 3s. waaaaaaay too much heat dropped in the early 00s for adidas to get too much love.
I had some of my biggest games as a kid in the answer 4 black/grey joints and the AJ VII's and all the 01 3s. Used to absolutely destroy teams in those.
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Who cares about creases as a kid?
darthska
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[quote name="Freeze"][quote name="Jay Won"]adidas pro models were probably the go to sneakers for kids in the early 2000s[/quote]nah. jordans. and a.i.'s[/quote]Two times I remember showing up to courts and NOT seeing Jordans dominate: Barkley (specifically the Max CB), and Iverson (specifically the Answer IV).
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i liked a couple of reebok xbeams...
those steve francis shoes were comfortable af to ball in.
those steve francis shoes were comfortable af to ball in.
silverbackhoney
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I remember Air Force 1s and timbs used to dominate the courts back in my day
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Growing up in China, rockets tmac was a god and way more popular than Yao
I had to hold down team kobe until tmac was washed and everyone realized who the one true God was
I had to hold down team kobe until tmac was washed and everyone realized who the one true God was
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Matt Bonner went to your HS?there was a dude in my highschool who would show up to tryouts every year with a fresh new pair of these
like actually a brand new pair every year
silverbackhoney
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Is it really majority Rockets and Kobe fans there?
Isn't the Warriors fan base pretty big too?
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there was a dude in my highschool who would show up to tryouts every year with a fresh new pair of these
like actually a brand new pair every year
Matt Bonner went to your HS?
Legit the middle aged white dude go-to shoe now. I see them all the time on white guys at the gym or some other type of Sports Authority type of basic athletic sneaks for $49.95
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Maybe now they are but it's pretty much been the Yao rockets teams and kobe. Everyone loves kobe in China. He can't cure cancer but if he were to lie and tell a chinese dude that his cancer was cured the guy would totally believe him.
From what I've seen Jeremy Lin isn't too big in China, probably because he's from Taiwan
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Man, the retro quality is even worse than the OG's.
I love my XI's, I love my XIVs for ball. My fav. Jordan are the XIII's but I would never play in those, horrible ball shoe :x .
I love my Adidas Kobes...and the Tmac's were my favs for a minute.
These new shoes though! Gotta think. With Bird, Dr. J, Jordan, Magic, playing in these low quality joints, man, we gotta give them a handicap advantage cause they did it with horrible gear
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