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NBA 2K10 special edition
To celebrate the tenth anniversary of the franchise, 2K sports will be releasing a collectors edition of NBA 2K10 that will make alot of Kobe fans happy.Which includes:
A copy of NBA 2K10
A numbered 2K Sports game storage locker with combination lock that can store up to 20 games,
An exclusive figurine from McFarlane Toys featuring NBA 2K10 cover athlete and spokesman Kobe Bryant
A 16"x36" 2K Sports Kobe Bryant poster designed by Shepard Fairey's Studio N° 1
A NBA 2K10 10th anniversary video that explores the history of the NBA 2K franchise
Access to the "Gold Room," NBA 2K10's VIP online lobby.
Reportedly, all this can be yours for $99.99.
g4tv.com
Casio G-Shock July 09 Releases
Casio is going to release a few more "colorful" G-shocks for July!!!!!!
Saturday, June 27, 2009
Adele "Hometown Glory"
Adele is the truth. I seen her live at the Play House in Atlanta. If you dont have her album 19, you're late, but still go cop it!!!
Clipse ft Pharrell "IM GOOD" (behind the scenes)
Check this video out!!! My favorite part is at about 3min 04 sec. This might have to be our theme song.
Clipse feat Pharrell - I'm Good Behind The Scenes from Malice of the Clipse on Vimeo.
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Air Jordan 6 white/black
All the heat in 2009 hasn't even dropped yet and we're are already seeing some heat for 2010. Check out these AJ6 with a white and black colorway, the classic icey soles with some specks across the sides. Release rumors are for spring 2010.
Nike Roger Federer Wimbledon Collection
Created for the 2009 Wimbledon Championships, Nike works up a new apparel collection for tennis superstar Roger Federer:“This year we took inspiration from a jacket in the Nike Sportswear line, the M-65. Based on this modern interpretation of a classic military silhouette from 1965, we used the body as a starting point and created a tailored look for Roger to wear when walking on and off court. This contemporary piece is intricately hand-crafted and includes engraved zipper pulls with premium detailing throughout the garment that’ll give Roger a clean, understated look as he walks on court. The herringbone texture speaks to traditional menswear, tailoring elements, bespoke suits, and classic menswear fabric.
There is also a coordinating vest, polo and trousers that Roger can wear in different ways depending on the weather throughout the tournament. These have also been designed to be worn for his pre-match warm-ups as they incorporate Dri-FIT fabric technology that works to keep them cool and wick sweat away from the skin.”
hypebeast.com
Adam Kimmel 2099 Fall Jackets
Adam Kimmel releases a couple of new jackets for his 2009 Fall/Winter Collection. The pieces, drawing inspiration from the work of Gerard Malaya, feature a green velvet and wool/silk jacket, both featuring shawl collars with a blend of unmistakably trendy premium materials. Retailing for $1,379 and $1,888 respectively, both are now available via colette.
Monday, June 22, 2009
Saturday, June 13, 2009
Eva Longoria GQ Mexico
Tony Parker didn't win the championship this year, but he still gotta trophy. Check her out in GQ.
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
KOBE or LEBRON "Who's The GOOOODEST?"
Its time to put the ultimate question to rest!!! Lebron or Kobe? Kobe or Lebron? Some say Kobe based upon the way he can take over any game when he chooses. They say Lebron because of his speed & strength and how that combined is basically unstoppable. I was gonna put MJ in the eqation but that would be dumb. MJ is the King and there will never be another. They compare these two dudes to MJ. Like Chris Broussard from ESPN said, "MJ built the house that the Kobe and Lebron puppets live in". Check out Cris Broussards blog from ESPN.com below.
The next time you see one of those innovative Kobe-LeBron puppet commercials, savor it, because it may be the only matchup we get this season between the game's two biggest and best stars.
With LeBron's Cavaliers on the brink of summer vacation and Kobe's Lakers in a dogfight with the Denver Nuggets, who knows if we'll get to see the real deals try to one-up each other with the same passion as their marionettes?
You can't blame Nike for pushing the potential dream matchup, and the roommate concept was a nice touch.
It was also right on the money. Figuratively speaking.
LeBron and Kobe are indeed roommates, living under the same roof built by Michael Jordan. Let's call it a mobile home -- one that's, of course, crazy mad plush -- because everywhere they go, the ceiling of their Jordan-constructed digs travels with them.
Everything they do on the basketball court is compared to Jordan. Obviously, that's a compliment to their great skills, but it's also a near-impossible standard that often clouds the judgment of their critics.
I mentioned to LeBron a few weeks ago that he's always being compared to Jordan. His response was a healthy one that I'm sure allows him to keep his sanity.
"Man, there'll never be another Michael Jordan," he said. "You'll drive yourself crazy trying to be the next Michael Jordan."
I'm not saying it's wrong to compare these guys to Jordan, mind you. In every field of endeavor, we compare today's best to the best ever, so this is quite natural.
My point is just that Jordan changed the standard by which NBA superstars are measured, and that can often diminish the achievements of the great ones who follow him.
Jonathan Daniel /AllsportKobe and LeBron will have a hard time matching MJ's six rings.
For instance, with Jordan winning six titles without a dominant big man and with just one perennial All-Star teammate (Scottie Pippen) and with such nondescript guys as Stacey King, Bill Wennington, Will Perdue, Jud Buechler, Randy Brown, Steve Kerr, John Paxson, B.J. Armstrong, Scott Burrell, Luc Longley, Jason Caffey and Scott Williams playing key roles, a title is not just a title anymore.
It's no longer enough for a truly, truly great player to win just a title; he must win multiple titles. Then, even if he wins multiple titles, we analyze who he won them with and how good his teammates were.
That's why people seem to have forgotten that Kobe already has won three championships. We always belittle Kobe's three rings by saying, "But he had Shaq."
Yeah, and?
It's like Kobe has to win a championship without Shaq to validate himself.
He can thank Jordan for that.
And if the Cavs fail to defy history by rallying from their 3-1 deficit in the East finals versus Orlando, LeBron will take hits in some quarters for not being Jordanesque enough.
Never mind that he's scored more points in the first four games of a conference finals series than anyone else (including Jordan); LeBron is averaging 42 points, 7 rebounds and 7 assists on 50 percent shooting. Or that he hasn't had one teammate score 20 or more points in this series, a sad reality that hasn't happened in a conference final since MJ's Bulls lost to Detroit in 1989. Or that he has just one other starter hitting at least 44 percent of his shots. Or that the Cavs are the only team left standing that doesn't have at least two legitimate stars. Or that he doesn't have anything close to a Pippen or a frontline stopper like Dennis Rodman.
But such is life After Mike.
The legends we lift up and adore from the B.M. (Before Mike) days weren't held to nearly as high a standard.
First of all, before Mike, perimeter players weren't measured by their championships, because no matter how good you were, you needed a big man to win big.
Oscar Robertson, whose triple-double play we laud (and rightly so), won only one title, and that was as a 32-year-old, 11-year veteran playing with a young Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Yet Robertson, who averaged 19 points and 8 assists as a champion rather than the 30-12-11 we praise him for, is still viewed as possibly the best guard ever not named Jordan.
The Logo, Jerry West, played 10 seasons with a healthy Elgin Baylor and four with a healthy Wilt Chamberlain and won just one ring. He lost seven times in the NBA Finals before winning his lone championship (and eight times overall) yet he's nicknamed "Mr. Clutch."
I hesitate to write this next line because it feels sacrilegious, but it's true: If West were being held to the same standard as Kobe and LeBron, he'd be known as "Mr. Clutching His Throat."
Larry Bird won three rings, but none without Top 50 All-Time teammates Kevin McHale and Robert Parish, not to mention the scores of other solid Celtics he played with over the years, including Hall of Famers Bill Walton and Tiny Archibald.
And though Magic Johnson's five rings all came with Kareem, I've never heard him questioned because he never won one without the game's all-time leading scorer. Of course, Magic also had guys like James Worthy, Byron Scott, Jamaal Wilkes, Norm Nixon and Michael Cooper to finish his no-look dimes.
See, that's how good Jordan was. Before him, conventional wisdom was that you couldn't lead the league in scoring and lead a dynasty, that you couldn't lack a dominant big man and build a dynasty.
Can Kobe and LeBron ever reach MJ's rarified air?
We'll see. But if not, they're still in some pretty lofty company.
Hell no, theyll never reach Mikes status. But whose better? Lets check some stats!!!
Kobe Bryant LeBron James
Lakers Cavaliers
30 Age 24
6-6 Height 6-8
210 Weight 250
Lower Merion (Pa.) High school St. Vincent-St. Mary (Ohio)
13 NBA experience 6
13th overall, 1996 NBA draft 1st overall, 2003
2008-09 STATISTICS
27.5 (3) Points (NBA rank) 28.6 (1)
5.6 (57) Rebounds (rank) 7.5 (T-28)
5.0 (T-26) Assists (rank) 7.1 (9)
1.24 (30) Steals (rank) 1.84 (7)
47.6% (42) Field-goal%. (rank) 49.1% (32)
35.8% (T-94) Three-point FG%. (rank) 30.4% (T-122)
36.5 (T-32) Minutes (rank) 37.8 (T-13)
6.3 (4) Fourth-quarter points (rank) 6.9 (2)
65-17 Team record 66-16
CAREER CREDENTIALS
6 NBA Finals appearances 1
3 (2000-03) NBA titles 0
MVP (2008), Awards MVP (2009),
The next time you see one of those innovative Kobe-LeBron puppet commercials, savor it, because it may be the only matchup we get this season between the game's two biggest and best stars.
With LeBron's Cavaliers on the brink of summer vacation and Kobe's Lakers in a dogfight with the Denver Nuggets, who knows if we'll get to see the real deals try to one-up each other with the same passion as their marionettes?
You can't blame Nike for pushing the potential dream matchup, and the roommate concept was a nice touch.
It was also right on the money. Figuratively speaking.
LeBron and Kobe are indeed roommates, living under the same roof built by Michael Jordan. Let's call it a mobile home -- one that's, of course, crazy mad plush -- because everywhere they go, the ceiling of their Jordan-constructed digs travels with them.
Everything they do on the basketball court is compared to Jordan. Obviously, that's a compliment to their great skills, but it's also a near-impossible standard that often clouds the judgment of their critics.
I mentioned to LeBron a few weeks ago that he's always being compared to Jordan. His response was a healthy one that I'm sure allows him to keep his sanity.
"Man, there'll never be another Michael Jordan," he said. "You'll drive yourself crazy trying to be the next Michael Jordan."
I'm not saying it's wrong to compare these guys to Jordan, mind you. In every field of endeavor, we compare today's best to the best ever, so this is quite natural.
My point is just that Jordan changed the standard by which NBA superstars are measured, and that can often diminish the achievements of the great ones who follow him.
Jonathan Daniel /AllsportKobe and LeBron will have a hard time matching MJ's six rings.
For instance, with Jordan winning six titles without a dominant big man and with just one perennial All-Star teammate (Scottie Pippen) and with such nondescript guys as Stacey King, Bill Wennington, Will Perdue, Jud Buechler, Randy Brown, Steve Kerr, John Paxson, B.J. Armstrong, Scott Burrell, Luc Longley, Jason Caffey and Scott Williams playing key roles, a title is not just a title anymore.
It's no longer enough for a truly, truly great player to win just a title; he must win multiple titles. Then, even if he wins multiple titles, we analyze who he won them with and how good his teammates were.
That's why people seem to have forgotten that Kobe already has won three championships. We always belittle Kobe's three rings by saying, "But he had Shaq."
Yeah, and?
It's like Kobe has to win a championship without Shaq to validate himself.
He can thank Jordan for that.
And if the Cavs fail to defy history by rallying from their 3-1 deficit in the East finals versus Orlando, LeBron will take hits in some quarters for not being Jordanesque enough.
Never mind that he's scored more points in the first four games of a conference finals series than anyone else (including Jordan); LeBron is averaging 42 points, 7 rebounds and 7 assists on 50 percent shooting. Or that he hasn't had one teammate score 20 or more points in this series, a sad reality that hasn't happened in a conference final since MJ's Bulls lost to Detroit in 1989. Or that he has just one other starter hitting at least 44 percent of his shots. Or that the Cavs are the only team left standing that doesn't have at least two legitimate stars. Or that he doesn't have anything close to a Pippen or a frontline stopper like Dennis Rodman.
But such is life After Mike.
The legends we lift up and adore from the B.M. (Before Mike) days weren't held to nearly as high a standard.
First of all, before Mike, perimeter players weren't measured by their championships, because no matter how good you were, you needed a big man to win big.
Oscar Robertson, whose triple-double play we laud (and rightly so), won only one title, and that was as a 32-year-old, 11-year veteran playing with a young Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Yet Robertson, who averaged 19 points and 8 assists as a champion rather than the 30-12-11 we praise him for, is still viewed as possibly the best guard ever not named Jordan.
The Logo, Jerry West, played 10 seasons with a healthy Elgin Baylor and four with a healthy Wilt Chamberlain and won just one ring. He lost seven times in the NBA Finals before winning his lone championship (and eight times overall) yet he's nicknamed "Mr. Clutch."
I hesitate to write this next line because it feels sacrilegious, but it's true: If West were being held to the same standard as Kobe and LeBron, he'd be known as "Mr. Clutching His Throat."
Larry Bird won three rings, but none without Top 50 All-Time teammates Kevin McHale and Robert Parish, not to mention the scores of other solid Celtics he played with over the years, including Hall of Famers Bill Walton and Tiny Archibald.
And though Magic Johnson's five rings all came with Kareem, I've never heard him questioned because he never won one without the game's all-time leading scorer. Of course, Magic also had guys like James Worthy, Byron Scott, Jamaal Wilkes, Norm Nixon and Michael Cooper to finish his no-look dimes.
See, that's how good Jordan was. Before him, conventional wisdom was that you couldn't lead the league in scoring and lead a dynasty, that you couldn't lack a dominant big man and build a dynasty.
Can Kobe and LeBron ever reach MJ's rarified air?
We'll see. But if not, they're still in some pretty lofty company.
Hell no, theyll never reach Mikes status. But whose better? Lets check some stats!!!
Kobe Bryant LeBron James
Lakers Cavaliers
30 Age 24
6-6 Height 6-8
210 Weight 250
Lower Merion (Pa.) High school St. Vincent-St. Mary (Ohio)
13 NBA experience 6
13th overall, 1996 NBA draft 1st overall, 2003
2008-09 STATISTICS
27.5 (3) Points (NBA rank) 28.6 (1)
5.6 (57) Rebounds (rank) 7.5 (T-28)
5.0 (T-26) Assists (rank) 7.1 (9)
1.24 (30) Steals (rank) 1.84 (7)
47.6% (42) Field-goal%. (rank) 49.1% (32)
35.8% (T-94) Three-point FG%. (rank) 30.4% (T-122)
36.5 (T-32) Minutes (rank) 37.8 (T-13)
6.3 (4) Fourth-quarter points (rank) 6.9 (2)
65-17 Team record 66-16
CAREER CREDENTIALS
6 NBA Finals appearances 1
3 (2000-03) NBA titles 0
MVP (2008), Awards MVP (2009),
Rookie of the year (2004),
All-NBA first team (2002-04, 2006-09), All-NBA first team (2006, 2008, 2009)
All-NBA first team (2002-04, 2006-09), All-NBA first team (2006, 2008, 2009)
All-Defensive team (2000, 2003-04, 2006-09) All-NBA Defensive team (2009)
11 All-Star appearances 5
2008 Olympic gold medal 2008
25 (high-81) 50-point games 8 (high-56)
11 All-Star appearances 5
2008 Olympic gold medal 2008
25 (high-81) 50-point games 8 (high-56)
So whos the goooodest? Let us know with your comments and why.
ps who has the badder chick in the picture? lolTuesday, June 9, 2009
Mr Chi City is Courtside
This is whats up fam!!!! Sitting courtside at the Bulls Game, eating good, hanging with the ladies. ChiCity lives the goodlife.
source: MrChiCity3
Entourage Season 6
The boys are back!!! Season 6 premeires Sunday July 12 on HBO. Whats your predictions for this season?
Monday, June 8, 2009
Apple iPhone 3G S
The Apple iPhone 3G S is here finally, well not quite but almost. The iPhone 3G S will be released June 19th but it is available for pre-order from Apple. The new Apple device boasts a plethora of features fans have been wanting for some time, including longer battery life, a 3 mega pixel auto focus camera, video recording, voice operation and a compass. The device also comes loaded with the new iPhone OS 3.0 that allows for Cut and Paste, landscape keyboard and more. The iPhone will cost $199 for the 16GB model and $299 for the 32GB model.Source:highsnobiety
The GoodLife Segment I
I find myself, asking myself more and more questions these days. As of lately, the only question that has been in my mind is, "what is the GoodLife "? Our many business ventures are centered around the idea of experiencing something unique......something above what the majority of people will experience in this life, a life of opportunity, a life of grandeur, a life without limitations.......life itself-The GoodLife. Again, what is the GoodLife?
Before all of this began (iamgoodlife, goodlife reservations, the goodlife gateway united foundation) my partner and I came to the realization that unless we did something unorthodox, something new, and stepped out on the limb to launch our companies, we would probably end up like everyone else.......living a life of struggle. We didn't want that, and we refuse to live like that. We understand the fact that we all struggle, and yes, there is beauty in overcoming obstacles, but is life really good when your life is just a constant struggle?
Now that goes beyond just finances.......that includes your relationships, business life, social life even spiritual life. For us the GoodLife started out as an idea of living a life that is financially independent, and socially limitless. It has now birthed into something so much more.......it has sparked a new culture and started to breed a widespread incontinent with mediocrity.
The GoodLife is not just an idea or a dream to be talked about anymore- it is a life that people are striving for, working for, and can live. That is what the GoodLife is to us. Living a life of no limitations because you know you can accomplish anything, living a life above average and not below, and being better not worse.
Our goal is not just to put you on "game".....but to put you on "life" a life that you can have.........a life that's good. Do something different, be yourself, set goals and don't talk about this life, figure out a way to live it.........IAmGoodLife- what are you?
-Wise
Sunday, June 7, 2009
United Bamboo Frames & Sunglasses
New York based United Bamboo offers their signature frames in black and brown & optical and shades. Available at honeyee online store.
Saturday, June 6, 2009
Thursday, June 4, 2009
Thursday, May 28, 2009
Nike Sports Wear Blazer Lite Mid TZ Tier 0
Nike is releasing Plenty of Blazers this summer. These Blazer Lites are set to drop in June at Tier 0 NSW Pinnacle accounts only. Hope you live in an area wit this account.
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Kanye West x Louis Vuitton Design Photos
We’ve seen the Kanye West x Louis Vuitton sneakers that are set to hit Louis Vuitton retailers soon, but today we have a look at some of the behind the scenes that went into this collab.Looking through the photos, Kanye definitely had to be selective in the process. I have to say that personally I would have liked to see the running inspired silhouette make it into production, but then again I guess it is still possible (though it would still be way out of my price range). It definitely reveals the effort and creativity that often gets overlooked due to the enormous (yet justifiable?) ego.
Click here to see more photos of the design process.
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