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Few people can be instantly recognized by one name. Jordan. Shrek. Obama. Tiger (insert inappropriate joke). Kanye. Jesus. MAGIC. Earvin "Magic" Johnson Jr., the greatest point guard ever, whose career ended abruptly during November of the 1991-92 season with the announcement that he had contracted H.I.V, right after losing to Michael Jordan in his first ever appearance in the finals. Though he would return to play in both the All Star game that year (winning MVP with a legendary performance) and on the inaugural Olympic Dream Team, his best days were behind him as a player. He would return again in 1994-95, at the age of 36 to play power forward, and averaged 14.6 points, 6.9 assists, and 5.7 rebounds per game in the last 32 games of the season.

This shirt was created in the mid 90's by Nutmeg, a sports apparel company. It features a big portrait of Magic on the front, with a Los Angeles Lakers graphic running down the side. This company made many shirts for famous players of the time period, and they are all classic. Check out the Michael Jordan shirt here.

What makes this shirt dope is the layout. It is set up like a sports card, with graphics on the front, and graphics, biographical information and statistics on the back. You can use this to prove that Magic is better than Chris Paul to the ignorant by simply turning your back to them. For some of Magic's amazing highlights, click here.

Darker cargo shorts complete the look. Yes, I know, I know, cargo shorts are so 2000, but I have slowly grown away from jean shorts. I also love buying cargo shorts, because they always come with that free belt attached. A Lakers snapback hat completes the old school look.



The Nike Big is a classic shoe released during the beginning of the 1985-86 NBA season, the same year that the dunks premiered. Though they are very similar to the Nike dunk, they were designed a bit more aggressively. The big NIKE print on the back is what really does it for me with these shoes. They were endoresed by the 7'7 rookie from Sudan, Manute Bol, who was the tallest player in NBA history until Gheorghe Muresan was drafted in 1993 (and dunked on repeatedly by a young Shaq). The Nike BIG had found its perfect endorser, and Manute Bol went on to lead the league with the most blocks by a rookie, swatting an amazing 397 shots! With all those block attempts, he sometimes found himself on the wrong side of a poster (click here to see the 5'7 Spudd Webb dunk all over him).

Greatest Athlete Ever

This is a Chalk Line jacket created in the early 90s. Definitely one of my favorites. They just don’t make ‘em like this anymore, literally. The jacket is surprisingly warm and well insulated, and still looks great. When the Cool Kids came out a couple years ago, it was their retro look and rapping style that had me looking to obtain old school sports memorabilia (check out this track, which contains a smooth Chalk line reference). 90s basketball was the Golden Age of the NBA, with players like Jordan, Pippen, Barkley, Olajuwon and other old school legends dominating the game. With inspiration coming from the Cool Kids' constant rhymes about their old school starter caps and jackets and my love for 90’s hoops, I grabbed three or four old school jackets and about 10 snap-back hats from my favorite teams growing up. Below is some of my collection-


The colorful, larger than life Jordan prints and old school Bulls logo on the sleeves is what really made me fall in love with this jacket. After trying for years to land it on ebay, I finally got my hands on it a couple months back. All black Seven jeans help to complete the look. I haven't gotten into the whole skinny jeans look, but I definitely wear jeans that fit my waist now. Back in high school, you could catch me with my size 38 Miskeen jeans on my lean size 32 waist.
Once I received the jacket, I knew I had to go retro with whatever I threw on my feet. I copped these red and white Jordan I’s a few weeks back, and they have become one of the cleanest pairs of Jordan’s that I own. The mixture of patent leather and leather works great on the shoe, and even with the modifications it still retains its old school look and feel.


For those of you who say Kobe or LeBron are even in the same realm of Jordan (or Bird and Magic too for that matter), take a look at what this guy used to do to jog your memory: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8M2NgjvicA
Michael Jordan is one of my childhood idols, so when I got a chance to visit Chicago last year, I made sure that I went to worship the Greatest while I was there (this was taken at 6 a.m before I played in a basketball tournament game at 10 a.m)