Today's Deal

What up folks? It has truly been a long time since I did one of these. I saw these and knew I had to let you all in on it. Though not a high profile color, the Nike Hyperfuse Low 2011, is a great basketball sneaker. If you pay attention to the NBA you will easily recognize the shoe since a ton of basketball players prefer to play in them. Anyway, if you need a new pair of basketball kicks, you can't go wrong with these. For $50 these are a no brainer. Grab your pair at you local Finishline or at finishline.com. Happy Shopping!!!!

My Two Cents

This NBA lockout is really getting out of hand. On Monday night the league announced the cancellation of the first two weeks of this year's season. The cancellation amounts to a loss of about $83 million is revenue. WTH?!!! I know that this is a business, but, this makes no sense. As a fan, I feel like that the owners and the commissioner could really care less about the people that are supposed to matter the most, the fans. Being a true NBA fan, I suffered through the lockout shortened season of 1999 and I am really not looking forward to going through that once more. The "powers that be"  however are determined to have me and every other fan go through it anyway. Faced with this reality I came across these old Nike commercials during the last substantial lockout of 1999. Though the video may be old the feelings expressed in those classic commercials are still very relevant today. Enjoy this look back with me and let's hope that this madness ends soon.

Greatness

Anyone who knows me, knows that I am a huge basketball fan, and I do mean huge. I am an even bigger Kobe Bryant fan and thus I am a Lakers fan. I am one of those don't talk to me for the next two and a half hours cause my team is playing type fans. Of course I am deeply saddened by the NBA lockout and the prospect of not having a basketball season this year. So, what does a basketball fanatic do when the game he loves is not on television? You watch highlights of your favorite player doing work! Kobe is (in my humble opinion) the best player in the league right now. I know many may argue against that and I'm OK with that. I think he is the truth and a beast on the court. My brother shares my appreciation for his basketball IQ and skill set and he was kind enough to share this video with me. At his urging, I will share it with you. Please enjoy and feel free to speak your mind in the comment section, both good and bad comments are welcomed. Even though I will take the negative ones as just a sign of hate. LOL, I kid. But for real though, just sit back and enjoy the mastery of, Kobe Bean Bryant!

Coupon Code

Sup folks? I hope all is well. I found a great coupon code today from my favorite sneaker brand, NIKE. On purchases of $50 or more you can get free shipping when you use the coupon code, FLYWIRE. Go to nikestore.com right now!

Real Kick Collector of the month featuring @royal_movmnt

                                                                  

 

This month's feature is on one of my truly favorite collectors and people I have been able to connect with through twitter. I stumbled across his youtube channel under his former name, Shaadi23, by accident pretty much and he came across as really cool and laid back dude. I was happy that once I did reach out to him on twitter he was as cool and gracious as he appeared on the videos. But enough about that without further ado, let's get to know my dude, @royal_mvmnt.

 

 

When did you start your sneaker collection and what got you into sneaker collecting?  

I started back in '99 and I was into sneakers since the 6th grade.  My parents weren't into buying me $100+ sneakers so I always told myself that when I get my first job I'm buying all the shoes I want!

 How large is your collection currently?

I'm down to about 45 pairs right now.  Sold more than I care to remember.

 What is one pair that you don't have, but, wish you did?

Right now the main shoe on my list is the Doernbecher 3's. Haven't been lucky to get my hands on them yet.

                                                              

 What sneaker release are you looking forward to the most for this year or in the near future?

I was really anticipating the Dark Pine Foamposite Pros and the Black/Cement 3's.  I have both now so the flip 3's are now on my radar.

 How has the sneaker culture changed since you started collecting? What are your thoughts on the resellers, etc.

I think when I first got into collecting, MJ was still a huge part of the game of basketball so collecting sneakers (Jordans mainly) was about owning a piece of history or something that took you back to good ol' days.  There weren't as many connects available back then and a lot of the shoes were retro-ing for the first time so there was a lot more anticipation and hype surrounding releases.  The main thing is you had toknow what you were talking about to be respected.  Now it's about being fly and more for sport, not to say that we weren't about being fresh!  Younger cats  don't care about the history as long as the shoe looks good which is cool, but there's more to the game than that.

                                                              

Tell me about Royal Movement? What is it about? 

ROYAL MVMNT.  is a company I'm starting and basically what I set out to do is inspire and motivate through many different ventures.  I'm promoting hard work, passion, dedication and success to those in pursuit of excellence.  So far we have the ROYAL MVMNT. tees out and the response has been great!  I have a few other things in the works as we speak.  Check out the tees at http://royalmvmnt.bigcartel.com and the ROYAL MVMNT.  Facebook page: http://facebook.com/royalmvmnt

 Anything you want to add?

Thank you for the opportunity!  I would like to S/O my KNGS Crew fam and respect to all those who share the same passion for this hobby.  Lastly I would like to say, WEAR YOUR SNEAKERS!!