While James Naismith invented the game of basketball in 1891, if I had to pinpoint the exact moment that the game changed it would have to be October 26th, 1984 – the day that Michael Jordan’s NBA career began.

Celebrating this momentous occasion, Mitchell & Ness has put together 1,264 commemorative boxes (one for each regular season, playoff and All-Star game of MJ’s career) with exact replicas of the jersey that Jordan wore his rookie season. Read More »

“I grew up and wanted to go to Carolina to play basketball, but then I woke up and went to Wake Forest,” said Chris Paul at the NBA Store yesterday as he made an appearance to promote his new children’s book, “Long Shot: Never Too Small to Dream Big.” Growing up in North Carolina, every kid wanted to go to UNC for of one reason, and one reason only: Michael Jordan. Yesterday, CP3 was taken aback as he was presented with a gift honoring his childhood hero. Read More »

Ever since I started working out of the Dime office, I noticed the UPS man comes around at least five times a day. Today he delivered a box from our guys at Mitchell & Ness. Inside was a stack of sleek black T-shirts that simply read, “The Moment The Game Changed” with the date October 26th, 1984 on the bottom it. After doing some simple math in in my head, I realized that was the night Air Jordan started his legacy in the NBA.

Obviously we all know that MJ is in Springfield today getting his name officially cemented in history. These t-shirts coincide with Mitchell & Ness’ super dope Jordan jersey packages that have been selling like Jay-Z concert tickets.

After yesterday’s Lakers giveaway, we decided to bring it back to the East Coast. Our boys over at Mitchell & Ness sent us these Celtics fitteds in 7 1/2 & 7 5/8. If you want to get your hands on these, you have to answer the following: Read More »

In honor of the Lakers winning the chip, our boys over at Mitchell & Ness sent us these Lakers fitteds in 7 3/8. If you want to get your hands on these, you have to answer the following: Read More »