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       (Do not own right to this photo) I was never a huge fan of Carmelo Anthony's signature shoes but he's one of the greatest basketball players of all time and I feel like I should talk about his background in his signature shoes. Carmelo was one of the first athletes to sign under the Jordan brand and had his own line of Melo/Jordan shoes. I never bought any of Carmelo shoes growing up because I was too into Jordan retros that I felt like if I bought Carmelo shoes that it would look like a team Jordan shoe, and I didn't want that. At the time I was really serious about that but now that I look back, Melo had some pretty good signature shoes worth buying and collecting because now they are worth big bucks, and even though he's still in the league still playing Jordan Brand cut him off in 2017 discontinuing the Carmelo signature line. I hate that they did that to him, I guess the Jordan Brand saw his prime declining and felt it was best to move on f...

       (Do not own right to this photo) I know that the Nike Air Force 1s are not the basketball type of shoe but since it's my most bought shoe I thought I'd talk about them a little bit. The Nike Air Force 1s were not supposed to be calls the Air Force 1s but the creator of them compared them to the Air Force 1s plane that flies the President everywhere and that's where the name eventually came from. The shoe debuted in 1982 and discontinued in 1984 then brought back in the market in 1986. This shoe has over 1700 different types of styles and brings in over $800 million in revenue each year. AF-1 are very popular in pop-culture and have been for many years and even have a song named after them by Nelly. I have bought maybe 20 pairs of Af-1s since 2007-Present. They are my comfort and dress shoes when I don't want to wear sandals or boots.       (Do not own right to this photo) Estimated price of AF-1s is $180

       (Do not own right to this photo) In 2008 Nike debuted the Nike Hyperdunks which famously worn by the Bean himself, Kobe Bryant. This was one shoe that Kobe pushed but was never signatured as his. In my freshman year in high school this was the shoe for every team, and I mean everyone that played basketball had a pair of Nike Hyperdunks. There was a huge commercial with Kobe Bryant jumping over an Ashton Martin as it drives by him, making him look invincible. In my eyes Kobe wore this shoe more than any other player even though he had his line of signature shoes which I think that they could have made his own signature line of Hyperdunks but instead Nike only made a color way for his team's colors and the Kobe logo on the tongue. I bought the exact same pair that he jumped over the Ashton Martin with just to say I have them, my mom also bought me a color way for my school color and in my opinion probably my most favorite shoe I wore that was...

  In 1985 the Nike Dunk was invented; it was designed by the same person who designed the Jordan 1. The Nike Dunk was basketball shoe for college players and began to transform in the 90's, 00's, and even now 20's. I brought up these shoes because they are beginning to trend, and I came across a Sneakerhead a few months back who was trying to sell me a pair of Nike Dunk Syracuse for $380. Nike has recently launched dozens of Dunks in the past year, and you would think that the high-tops would be more expensive but this new era of shoe, the low tops are its biggest sellers. I'm a fan of the high tops but to each their own. I just wanted to talk a little about the Dunks and how far they have come in Nike history and the evolution of its purpose of wearing for style instead of play.       (Do not own right to this photo) Estimated price for Dunks is $220-$550 in size 11  

       (Do not own right to this photo) Some to most agree the Vince Carter is one of the greatest if not the greatest dunker of all time. During my early years of idolizing athletes Vince Carter next to Emmitt Smith and Kobe was my idol in basketball. I wanted to jump as high as him, I wanted to be as confident as him when he won the 2000 dunk contest and told the camera "It's over" after his infamous off the bounce, in between the leg dunk which scored him a 50 and won the dunk contest. I remember being a Champs Sports at the mall and asking my mom to buy me his VC 2s and the rest is history with my shoe collection.       (Do not own right to this photo) Nike Shox VC 2 estimated at $350

       (Do not own right to this photo) In 1995 Nike debuted Penny Hardaway's first signature shoe, Air Max Penny 1s "Orlando".  Such a promising basketball player in the mid 90s due to the run he had beating Michael Jordan in the Chicago Bulls and moving on facing Hakeem Olajuwon and defending champions the Houston Rockets. Although the Rockets ended beating the young Orlando Magics there was a bright future in the brand new franchise with their tremendous duo in Shaq and Penny. Nike went on that same year and debuted Penny's first shoe and made three more signature shoes with it. Penny would go on and become injury prone and would have a lot of success with the departure on Shaq but still in the years of Penny's 1-4 would still be a famous buy in the 2000's. I own a pair of Penny 1 and 4 along with some Foamposites which Penny made famous and are still a high priced pair of shoes.      (Do not own right to this photo) Air Max Penn...