Madison Square

Caught the Knicks game at the Garden last night.



It was my first visit of the season, their second home game, and luckily for both of us, their first dub.

They took down the Hornets 117-111, and withstood 32 and 12 from CP3 and 24 and 10 from Mek Okafor.

D-Lee did the damn thing with 28, 7, and 3 and Hughes came outta no where to put up 20 points and 6 boards in his first game in the starting lineup this year. We improved to 1-3 on the season.

Snapped a couple shots on my way to the game.





Jordan Hill got NO burn last night, and while I realize he will need some "time to develop" I would have liked to see him get SOME PT last night.
Considering dude left Arizona after his senior year and has 4 years of college ball under his belt, you would think he'd be more ready to play than some other rookies. It's still early I guess, we'll see what happens.

Go NY Go NY Go.



Stay Up and God Bless.

Since I made it here I can make it anywhere...

The final cut of the "Empire State of Mind" music video with Hov and Alicia just surfaced. Had to post it up.

You guys probably dont need me to tell you how DOPE this track is, even if you're not from New York, or never lived there, but trust that this is an instant Hov classic.

The video is on point, featuring a bunch of different scenes from all over the city, and was directed by none other than Hype Williams.



Stay up and God bless.

T-Will On The Rebound

Most of yall readin this probably know who Terrance Williams is, but for those that dont, hes a New Jersey Nets rookie do-it-all guard/forward who went to the University of Louisville.

Even though I rock with the Duke Blue Devils, I've been a fan of T-Will's for a while now. Dude plays with emotion on the court, which I like, but perhaps more importantly he can fill up the stat sheet. As a 6"6 G/F he posted near triple doubles seemingly on the regular while at Lousiville, and can pass as well as rebound, in addition to puttin up buckets.



Just last night in his pro debut in the Nets season opener at Minnesota, he put up 15
and 10 boards off the bench (only 1 dime though).

Well dude is from Seattle, and apparently, had to deal with some tough times growin up.

Found this article on the New York Times site today. It's definitely worth the read. Check it out.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/29/garden/29williams.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all

Shout to my boy Nate Rob too man, for being mentioned in the article.

Stay up and God bless.

The Cypher

I spent most of last night watching the NBA season tip off, as the Celts went up against the Cavs. To me, that was way more interesting than the BET awards, which were airing at the same time.

I tried flicking back and forth once or twice, but the BET awards really just didnt seem interesting enough for me to watch the whole thing. The two times I DID click over I saw Nikki Minaj's cypher freestyle, which to me was wack, and Fab performin "Throw It In the Bag" with Dream, I kidna like the song but watchin the performance? Not my thing.

But through twitter, I caught wind of a another "cypher" clip later in the show featuring Mos Def, Black Thought, and Em freestyling that in which (as one would expect) they put it down. Luckily I found the clip...

2009 BET Awards Cypher #3: Mos Def, Black Thought and Eminem. from Douglas Rogers on Vimeo.

What yall think?

A black, white, and red masterpiece with patent leather. Sound familiar?

A couple months back after a long hiatus from my blog posting, I wrote an entry about the Lebron VII's and how they were "comeback worthy" (referring to how they were dope enough to make me want to come back to my blog and write about em).

Well they officially dropped this Saturday, the 24th and let me tell you Nike did the damn thing with these.

The 7th shoe in Lebrons signature line (not counting his Soldier line), these joints incorporate a 360-degree Max Air Unit which Im ECSTATIC about (thats the end-to-end red bubble at the bottom of the shoe for those not familiar with the technology). Different Nike basketball shoes, depending on price point, use different technologies. Max Air, zoom air, double stacked zoom air, lunar foam, etc. They all vary in quality, durability, and comfort, among other things. At the top of my list is always comfort (more specifically cushioning) and with that big Max Air unit these VII's are about as good as it gets. They're not the lightest basketball shoe out, but I have no problem with that, so long as they arent crazy heavy, and the comfort level is good.

Nike also decide to incorporate Flyire into these, which not a lot of people were crazy about at first, myself included. Flywire, is pretty much a super strong fiber that is incredibly lightweight and is supposed to increase support, helping to keep the foot in a tighter, more stable package if you will, within the shoe. (Since its a relatively new concept, some thought it was gimmicky, and wasnt necessary for a signature shoe for a player like Lebron)

I didnt think the shoe needed it, but more importantly, I just thought it wouldnt look right. I was wrong. It looks great. Black patent leather all around the lower half. A red air bag in the sole. Black lacetips. Red flyire. White upper. Black swoosh outlined in red. Owwwwwwwwwwww.

I'll do a little write up on future colorways for the VII eventually, but for now, peep my pics of the first (and what will end up being the best) GR colorway.