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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!

My Kobe Bryant Jersey

Bryan Chung — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 03:31:55 +0000

I finally have my first ever NBA jersey! Just as much as I support Manchester United Football Club; owning few of their jerseys, I also have to support my favourite NBA team – LA Lakers. That is by owning one for their jersey too! And of course none other than my favourite NBA star, Kobe Bryant jersey. I went shopping at Queensway Shopping Centre with Louis and Chee Hoong last Friday. It was suppose to be just a window-shopping day for me because I was looking for a new pair of basketball shoes. My current Adidas one is wearing off at the bottom but still wearable. My next pair I want to get will be Nike brand instead of Adidas. After entering shop by shop, there was only one pair that I kind of like. It was priced at $109 and the sales person was willing to sell me at $80. Even though my dad was already willing to sponsor me the new pair of shoes, I decided to not buy it yet. Probably few months later will have new models and nicer looking pairs.

Then we entered this shop and I saw someone buying LA Lakers jersey. I was stunned because it was the second time we walked into this shop but I did not notice they were selling any jerseys. I was all hyped up. The price was $76 which kind of puts me off to buy. I was so tempted to buy because it is very hard to find a shop that has small size; the size that fitted me. And besides it was the very last new piece! However my mind was made up to purchase it when the sales person gave me a 20% discount. Making the jersey just $60! Those thoughts of mine were exactly the same as Louis. He earlier commented, “If it is $60, I sure buy.” So now that the sales person really made it $60, he had to buy with me! Just too buy there was no Allan Iverson player jersey that he likes. But he end up buying his second favourite, Ray Allen from Boston Celtics.

I am so happy to own that jersey! Although now I do feel quite empty in my wallet, having to part with $60. At least is a one-time thing that I have to spend. And it is something I wish to have.

Now the only problem is that I am no where close to having the skills of Kobe Bryant! So there is a lot of pressure when I put on that jersey to play basketball. “Haha!“