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My New Beast Commander

Bryan Chung — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 05:19:29 +0000

My old Adidas new Young Guns 2010 shoes are almost not wearable condition anymore. The insole of the shoes had come off. And the friction of the bottom of the shoes is bad. Now that I just checked on my blog, that pair was bought more than a year ago already. Since 23 May 2010, I was wearing that pair. I thought it was not too long ago that I bought it. So now that it has been one year, I think it lasted quite long. Some change basketball shoes like every 6 months. :)

Accompanied me to Queensway Shopping Centre were Tiffany, Derrick and Ian. Derrick and Ian wanted to go there to buy a present for Kenneth’s birthday (apparently is today (this is point of blogging), so “Happy Birthday Kenneth!“). Before going, I had no idea what to buy. All I knew I was looking for a high ankle shoes. I wanted to try Nike but none of the Nike models were nice. There was LeBron James one, but hell I am not going to buy that loser shoes. And there was Kobe Bryant shoes, but all low cut. For the purpose of protecting my ankle, I had to buy high ankle shoes. After shopping, I was down with two choices…

Both prices were the same. I kind of like the blue one more, so does Tiffany. But Derrick, Ian and Louis (I sent him the above picture through WhatsApp) all said the black was nicer. I finally decided to go with the black pair. Because it was newer and I kind of like the base of the shoes more. Looks more long-lasting. The shoe model is called Beast Commander. It is signed by the NBA All-Star player, Dwight Howard. So can imagine I am a guard player wearing a center player shoes.

Original price was $169 and I managed to bargain till $126. So I hope this pair will last me for another year or more since when I do start working, I should not be playing that often like I am for the past year. :)

New Adidas Basketball Shoes

Bryan Chung — Thu, 27 May 2010 14:28:38 +0000

I bought my third pair of basketball shoes in just over a year of playing basketball. My first pair was Adidas. Second pair Kobe Bryant’s Zoom 5 from Nike. And my latest pair is back to Adidas. Seriously I found it quite painful to have to stop wearing my Kobe’s shoes. But I have no choice. That pair of shoes had caused me too many ankle injuries. Well okay it may not be exactly the shoes at fault but still because it was low ankle cutting, it will make me more prone to ankle injuries. That is why my third pair this time is a high ankle cutting shoes. And after shopping with Louis and Chee Hoong at Queensway Shopping Centre earlier this week, I decided to go for Adidas new Young Guns 2010 shoes.

I was considering this pair with Adidas TS Commander. But decided to go for this even though it cost more. At least these shoes has Kobe’s yellow colour. And hence it will be able to match with the many Kobe jerseys I have. While the TS Commander was white and blue in colours and it was also rather old, although it was $25 cheaper than this pair that cost $95 – after bargaining down from $135.

I have worn it two times on the court so far and still adjusting to the high ankle cutting. Adidas shoes are famous for not lasting very long in terms of shoe conditions comparing to Nike. But with my lesser running around the court now, I hope this pair can last me longer! :)

My New Nike Kobe Bryant Shoes

Bryan Chung — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:10:59 +0000

Finally after 8 months of playing basketball with my first pair of Adidas shoes, the condition of the shoes is now quite unwearable. The soles of the shoes are nearly reduced to nothing. I find it had to run and grip my footing on the court. Worst yet if it rains, it is very dangerous. Here are my old shoes.

My dad agreed to sponsor me some money to buy my new pair of shoes long ago. But previously when I went to Queenway Shopping Centre to shop for shoes, I found nothing that I like. I wanted to try Nike instead of going back to Adidas. So I delayed buying my shoes until yesterday. I went there with Louis. And there was this new model that was not too bad looking. However Louis kept tempting me to buy the Kobe Bryant shoes. Comparing both prices the normal Nike one will cost $120 while the Kobe Bryant Nike one will cost $199. After shopping two rounds of the mall, I have decided to go for the Kobe Bryant one. This after I bargain the price down from $199 to $167. With my dad agreeing to sponsor $120 for me, I end up paying $47 from my own money for this new pair!

Special thanks to my dad willing to pay for me so much. I am excited to try my new shoes on the court however due to the monsoon rainy season; I have not been playing basketball for the past 4 days! Brittany (who is still in Hong Kong) must have been praying for the rain that I will not play basketball and hence not injure myself on the court. “Haha!” She will be back in 2 days!

New Basketball Shoes

Bryan Chung — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 14:28:50 +0000

Just two weeks since I started to play basketball, one side of my Nike track shoe gave way. Part of the rubber part of the shoe spilt open. Not wanting to throw the shoes away as it was still useable, I brought the shoes to the cobbler. But he told me it was no point gluing it back because the hole was too big and it will just tear away another day. So I decided to continue to use it despite the condition of it. So I went to play basketball with Louis earlier this evening after we finished our community service work with our classmates in the afternoon. So I had to skip church today.

Another good time of exercise, another good time of playing basketball. Got to know more friends while playing. Especially those regularly playing people there at the court. But my shoes really got worst and that was when I decided to get a new pair. After we finished playing, Louis and I went over to Heartland Mall. Then he picked a pair of Adidas basketball shoes for me from Sports Link. Just like that, I spent $89.00 on those shoes. Because it was a new model, there was no discount. But still basketball shoes are cheaper than normal track shoes. I also spent another $16.90 on a Nike shoe bag. So government will be giving out GST off-set package money tomorrow. I will get $100. And before I got that $100, I have spent it all. “It is unfair I am getting so little!“

Kind of shock that I will actually buy a new pair of shoes just like that. But I guess I needed to invest into one good pair. Hope my interest for basketball will not disappear. After all, it is a good form of exercise and keeping fit for me! I look forward to using it soon! Maybe tomorrow or maybe Monday if the plan to play with Helena is to go on.