What pair of sneakers did you beg mom for as a kid?

[Born2BKing]

I begged my parents and received the Jordan IX's.

Begged and never got the '97 Griffey Cleats

probably why I broke my wrist in a freak play at home that year. If I had the Griffey's I wouldn't have got clipped when I jumped over the catcher lol.

I played baseball too and only the rich kids wore Griffey cleats lol. Black parents wasn't gonna spend that much for something you would wear two months out the year. Them shyts was so fukking hard though.

 

[TheMailMan]

Ewings or the Karl Malone LA gear. Kj and Lj converse was hitting too

 

[2 one 3]

My dad would buy my shoes for me. It was our thing to go to Footlocker. Try on the shoes and buy one pair for school and one pair for basketball games.


I vividly remember in third grade. He specifically told me not to bring my Jordan 8s to school…

Of course, we got them on Saturday, Monday I brought those bytches to school to show my friends…


As soon as I pulled them out of my backpack, guess who is walking through the gate to pick me up?…


Pops whooped my ass that night and took the shoes back. And I never got the white Jordan 8s again.

 

[Trips]

I played baseball too and only the rich kids wore Griffey cleats lol. Black parents wasn't gonna spend that much for something you would wear two months out the year. Them shyts was so fukking hard though.

aint that damn truth

I even tried to weasel em out of my Grandma she was also not with that bullshyt.

 

[King_Kamala61]

Those look like exactly like what @Roger king wears with a Reebok hoodie....shoes look like the kicks of a child molester

 

[Trips]

Those look like exactly like what @Roger king wears with a Reebok hoodie....shoes look like the kicks of a child molester

Now that you say that. Shoes like the staple for someone who has one leg longer than the other and walks with a gimp.

 

[WIA20XX]

I wanted these bad as a kid, but there was no way in hell I was getting these.

Now that I can afford them (and the Air Max 95s) - I have zero interest.

 

[King_Kamala61]

Now that you say that. Shoes like the staple for someone who has one leg longer than the other and walks with a gimp.

we never wore And1s...we wore Nikes

 

[Ruck]

Concord 11

Had the Spalding olajuwon joints from payless

 

[DaPresident]

My Iverson collection now is ridiculous because of my love for them as a youngster lol. Them Dee Brown Reebok pumps/Iverson crossovers

To answer the thread though, I had to have the Deion joints. Got two pairs at the same time

I wanted these so bad when I was a kid lol.

My mom wasn’t bout to pay $100 or more for no sneakers. I had to live in the $40-70 (even that was pushing it) level for YEARS!!!! Moms was old school lol she say shoes are for wearing/getting dirty not for showing off lmbo


She say the same thing for my six year old nephew too. BiL tried to get him some Jordans she damn near pressed him out “He a child, he don’t care about no damn sneakers” had me having flashbacks

 

[Ozymandeas]

I knew better than to ask because the Retro 11's always cost a ton but, I'd ask anyway and get immediately told

 

[Ozymandeas]

I wanted these bad as a kid, but there was no way in hell I was getting these.

Now that I can afford them (and the Air Max 95s) - I have zero interest.

Same. I loved these, the 3's, the 4's, the 11's, and the 6/7's.

I have them all now but, they're just shoes. I don't feel any connection to them.

 

[Gains]

Those look like exactly like what @Roger king wears with a Reebok hoodie....shoes look like the kicks of a child molester

stop pretending you never put on your And 1 t shirt and not watch that mixtape


also @Roger king

 

[cheapshot]

My Iverson collection now is ridiculous because of my love for them as a youngster lol. Them Dee Brown Reebok pumps/Iverson crossovers

To answer the thread though, I had to have the Deion joints. Got two pairs at the same time

I got the same issue, but with Crazy 8s. I didn't like Kobe in his early years (blazers fan). Never got a pair of the initial releases, but I have been making up for lost time. Even got a pair of the Lillard rookie Crazy 8s with a zero on the tongue.

 

[Dirty Mcdrawz]

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