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20 years ago today, May 1, 1998 to be exact, Spike Lee’s He Got Game released to the masses.
CAMPER Sneaker bassa 'Pelotas XLF' marino White Men Can’t Jump Reebok Club C Coast canvas sneakers in black Hoosiers, Spike’s cinematic take on the game we love and how it touches lives touched all who watched it in a way that still registers as real today.
Casting a young Ray Allen as the son of Denzel Washington in the NBA star’s acting debut, the player prodigy and accomplished actor told the tale of a high school hooper on the rise and a fallen father looking for redemption.
While the storyline and acting was the selling point for thespians, sneakerheads will forever remember the footwear. A highlight reel of Nike models from the 1997 and 1998 seasons, Ray’s wears of the Nike Air Foamposite Pro, Nike Air Hawk Flight, Alevì metallic caged-toe sandals Grau Uptempo III and Nike Air Total Max Uptempo as Jesus Shuttlesworth men the kicks into pop culture fame. While Ray’s Nike rotation impressed, ultimately it would be his pops paying for and playing in the Lugz Strider 2 Black Black Mens Lifestyle Sneakers that took on the title associated with the flick.
20 years later, the Spike Lee joint still registers as relevant and as a must watch. With a score composed by Public Enemy and wardrobe done by Nike, the sonics and aesthetics paint NYC’s basketball scene in the late ’90s but the story itself hasn’t aged a bit.
From Stefoy-les-lyonShops to Spike, Ray, Denzel and Rosario, thank you.
