KICK GAME!

K1X:
Originals

Last week, while making the rounds through this busy city I came across a pair of k1x cheifgliders. I can't say where I got them, but I can say I've wanted a pair of these things for years. Here is a quick look at these cult classic kicks. Peep the old-school "Naismith-era" basketball on the side. chiefgliders, Rucker Edition. As my sources say, they are very hard to come by in the U.S. and are unlawful to ship into the country.

These kicks date back to when Zach Marbury, Steph's little brother, was one of the German brand's first endorsers. Since then, Ron Artest and rapper Joel Ortiz has rocked k1x and more recently street ball king Corey "Homicide" Williams.

Random Hoops Photo

NPBL TRYOUT:

snapshot

After a long hiatus, I'm hoping to resurrect HoopsArchive.com. It's a passion project I have surely missed. Writing about random happenings in hoops is something very dear to me. I want to try and document the games I go to, practices and tryouts I visit, and sneakers and roundballs I encounter. While I already blog, and write features for SLAM ONLINE, Hoops Archive is a place I'd like to store random basketball related things that might night exactly fit into the context of a story. You'll find stories about small time hoops, links to other stories, pictures of sneakers and courts I've seen. If you're really into hoops, this may be a cool place to keep coming to.

For instance, this photo is over a recent tryout of the National Professional Basketball League. Pictures (in the black tank top) is Ben Rupel, my college buddy. In this picture, Benny rocks a jersey fron k1x and some Shirts & Skins shorts he got from me. Benny, who does a lot of promo work for us at SLAM, is attempting to make a semi-pro club called the "Westchester Monarchs."

I wish him luck.

Been Trying to Tell Ya:
Study Shows Signs of Favortism in NBA

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/02/sports/basketball/02refs.html?_r=2&hp&oref=slogin&oref=slogin

The New York Times, and the Associated Press, reported that a team of Ivy Leaguers conducted a study in which they concluded that there is a race bias in the refereeing of NBA games. Nice work guys, addressing race in the NBA is interesting and a totally valid point for conversation. But, my question is, with all the diversity and different ethnicities represented in the game does the NBA have a race problem or an image problem? Did the NBA have a race problem before this article came out? I'd love to hear from anyone who might be reading.