The Mistakes I’ve Made

Back in ’96, Grant Hill was the new hotness. I mean, he was white hot, as was Jason Kidd. Both entering their 2nd seasons, Grant and Jason both got their own shoe deals thanks to the fine children in Cambodia making shoes people at Nike and Fila.

Now, you’ve got to remember that back in the day, Fila wasn’t the joke that they are today. Not only did they have endorsement deals with Hill, but also Jerry Stackhouse, Barry Bonds, and Sammy Sosa. That was like a giant orgasm of sportsness. I had the first Grant Hill shoe. I had a red Pistons Hill alternate. I drank Sprite regularly. Needless to say, when the new Grant Hills came out, I was going to have them.

Not only that, once I wore those bad boys out (get it, Pistons, bad boys….yea, screw you too)…I had to move on to the Wife Beaters Jason Kidd’s. Never has ugly been so cool.

Well, until I focused by 13 year old eyes on the Scottie Pippen’s…

Oh god…it’s like I hit puberty when I spotted those things. I wore them everyday, flaunting them begging for my ass to be kicked, letting my coolness leak out all over the blacktop.

Jason Kidd’s

Grant Hill’s

Scottie Pippen’s

And stop frontin…you know you were half black back in the day too.