The sneakers I bought the other day.
If you get excited watching this, you're definitely in the 40's generation (lol)




FILA basketball shoes.
The "Grant Hill" model has now become a legend in our generation.

When it comes to basketball, everyone knows Michael Jordan.
Grant Hill has been called the next Michael Jordan.
He was one of the NBA's star players when he played basketball in junior high school.
I admired his brilliant style of play.

I started playing basketball in elementary school.
At that time, the number of players in Japan who were able to sign professional contracts with corporate teams was increasing.
The only professional league is the NBA in America,
Back then, it wasn't as popular a sport as it is now.
Thanks to the masterpiece anime “Slam Dunk,” I learned a little bit about the NBA.
It became known about the Olympic Dream Team,
In terms of fashion, I think the number of people who started wearing Air Max shoes and other brands started to increase.

However, I only know a little information about Japanese basketball from Monthly Basketball .
Most of the basketball information is about the NBA.
However, since it is not broadcast on public broadcasting,
I used to beg my parents to sign me up for the satellite TV WOWOW.
Even so, only teams with famous players were broadcast, so I couldn't watch all the games.

Even so, I was curious about my favorite player's play and the shoes he was wearing.
The day after the game, my close friends and I got excited talking about who was wearing what.
At that time, there was also a boom in Air Jordan,
Most of the players have contracts with Nike,
I think Converse, Adidas, and Reebok were next.
At such a time, Grant Hill appeared wearing FILA, which was a minor item at the time, and it was shocking.
When I asked parents about logos they had never seen before,
"Oh, that's the same brand as your dad's sneakers," he said.
I respected my father a little bit (lol)

At that time, I was anti-Nike.
Because I had a personality that hated things that everyone had,
He followed the example of his favorite player, Larry Johnson, by wearing Converse during indoor practice.
In Slam Dunk, I admired Maki from Kainan High School and wore Reeboks outside.
I was practicing almost every day,
Let alone a basketball court like now,
There are no parks with basketball hoops.
I feel nostalgic for the days when I would sneak into elementary school during recess and practice alone.

This time I really like the FILA sandals that I bought last year.
I was looking to buy some sneakers this year and when I was browsing the site, I discovered Grant Hill's second generation model.
I wondered if the first model would come out because of that nostalgia, so I looked for it for the first time in a while, and it was in stock, so I bought it immediately.
Many memories have come back to me.

Magic Johnson discovered the existence of the NBA.
The phoenix Larry Bird, the Utah Jazz duo Stockton & Malone,
Members of the Untouchables, including Jordan, from the generation immediately after that,
Such as the Bad Boys of the Pistons, to which the unruly Dennis Rodman belongs.
And by the time Grant Hill appeared on the scene, there were many players who were said to be ``geniuses.''
Jason Kidd, Reggie Miller, Muggsy Volks,
And the great duo of Penny Hardaway and Shaquille O'Neal.
I lost my nerve when Shaq destroyed the goal with a dunk (lol)

By the time I entered high school, I stopped watching anything related to basketball.
There is something that warms my heart when I remember those days.
Wow, it's been a while since I felt so excited!
I can't play basketball now due to knee surgery,
I hope I can find something I'm passionate about again.

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