NBA, Style - Kicks and Gear / Feb 5, 2009 / 5:12 pm

What’s in the Box: Protege Footwear

By Christian Grant-Fields

Thanks Al and S. Jack!

Today our people at Protege sent us some thank you gift baskets for showing them love in the newest issue of Dime (AHEM, which is on sale right now). If you’re not familiar with Protege’, it was started by Knicks’ forward Al Harrington.

Harrington, a New Jersey native, wanted to create an affordable sneaker for people who love basketball but couldn’t afford to look like a NBA player buying $100 sneakers. All of Protege’s sneakers are $40.00 dollars. Al has been rockin’ them all season. He scored 39 points in them last night too.

Other players around the league are rockin’ Protege as well. Stephen Jackson even has his own signature pair. Word is there are a few other players getting down with Protege as well. Thanks to Al and S. Jack and the Protege team for hooking us up with kicks, a signed basketball, and a hoop that will probably be up somewhere in the office before I finish this post.

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10 Responses to “What’s in the Box: Protege Footwear”

1. February 5th, 2009 at 5:37 pm

   Big Sia says:

   Fake ass Starbury’s

   lol im playing, im liking the new trend NBA players are doing with the sneaks.

   The kicks look aight. But i might have to drop 2 bills for those Lebron 6′s still…

2. February 5th, 2009 at 5:39 pm

   furuta says:

   very nniiice!

3. February 5th, 2009 at 5:40 pm

   Big Sia says:

   PS, you might wanna run this story…..

   http://www.realgm.com/src_wiretap_archives/57044/20090205/commissioner_chooses_allen_to_replace_nelson/

4. February 5th, 2009 at 7:27 pm

   Luigi says:

   ray ray makes ASG!!!!

5. February 5th, 2009 at 9:38 pm

   Jetpack Jimmy Jaywalker, and I hate soccer. says:

   I love ray ray. Ray Allen, that is; not Ray Liotta.

6. February 5th, 2009 at 11:53 pm

   Ian says:

   christian how u been man?
   second time ill say this about sneakers here but they look nice

7. February 6th, 2009 at 12:13 am

   sunit says:

   GO LAKERS;;;that mightve been the best game ive seen in the last 2 yrs

8. February 6th, 2009 at 1:16 am

   knoc says:

   nice kicks. like the orange trim

9. February 6th, 2009 at 10:09 am

   recession balla says:

   …looks like I’m going be bumpin’ into a gang of Dimemag fans at K-MART (that’s where you get these) picking these buddies up…save me a pair of Martha Stewart socks!!!

10. February 6th, 2009 at 10:21 am

    dave says:

    I can’t believe people are even comparing the PR0TEGE line with the starbuys.I own a pair of the A3H which I got at kmart and the style and comfort of these sneakers are way better than any nike reebok etc. Love em and gonna go buy the stackjacks also with the money I have left over. Its crazy that these are only $35!!