Birthday Party!

If you didn’t already know, James Harden and Lil Baby are BFFL. Rappers wanna ball and ball players wanna be rappers. Their friendship is well documented and it’s safe to say Harden has been 4PF certified for years 🎧

At Hardens birthday a few days ago, Lil Baby performed live and wore a special edition pair of Harden's new adidas basketball shoes in a chrome colorway 👀

Most rappers don’t wear performance hoop shoes off the court, with the exception of Jordan’s and some of the yeezy bball shoes. I get it though, if James Harden gives you some shoes, you gotta throw those on feet just out of respect for The Beard. Funniest part of this birthday party was Harden throwing his cake out the window (sick of the fat jokes) 🎂

Imagine if you were standing there with a plate waiting for a slice 😩. I pretty much only go to birthday parties for the cake so this would have ruined the evening for me. Harden also refused to dance with this girl who pulled up on his TikTok. He dubbed her big time ✌️

All I can say is that this looked like an absolutely riot of a birthday party. Where the hell was my invite?

Throwback VC

Vince Carter's performance at 2000 Slam Dunk Contest is unanimously considered the greatest dunk contest showing showing of all-time. Here's a refresher for you 🍿

The dunks he threw down that day are the benchmark by which all other dunk contest yams are measured by. Over the years, we’ve seen some pretty famous footwear at the dunk contest - MJ wearing AJ3’s during the ‘88 contest and Cole Anthony wearing Timbs this past year to name a few 🥾

When Vince won 22 years ago, he was wearing And1 Thai Chi, despite not being signed with the brand. NBA finals legend Fred VanVleet is the current face of And1, but you don’t see very many players rocking them nowadays. Their streetball tour helped shape a generation of hoopers, and the t-shirts are forever legendary 💧

If anyone has this shirt in Large please DM us asap and sell it to me...please and thank you. More below 👇

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