Dominic James' search for employment.

I love sports drafts, fantasy football drafts, and rough drafts. For fans of sports drafts, June is the most wonderful time of the year. In June you have the MLB, NHL, and NBA drafts. While I enjoyed watching the MLB draft and I look forward to the NHL draft, it's all about the NBA draft for me.

When I was younger I would tape each draft and I would write down all of the information about each player drafted. I would then take the relevant information and create all of the new players on NBA Live. I didn't care that a new game would be coming out a few months later, I wanted the new players right then.

I also love that you never know what's going to happen. Who is going to be picked sooner or later than they were projected? Who is going to be traded? Will this guy ever actually play in the league? But more than anything else I've always enjoyed seeing people advance to the next level of their profession.

Which brings me to a little bit of a personal matter that I want to share with you all. After spending a year in the D-League, also known as substitute teaching, yesterday I accepted a 6th grade teaching position here in Corbin. It's safe to say that I am freaking out a little bit. However, I am very excited to take on this new challenge and take my "game" to the next level. I am extremely grateful for the opportunity that I've been given. I was fortunate enough to beat out 65 other applicants to win the position and I give God all the thanks for this new opportunity.

Which brings me to today's post, Dominic James has had one workout for the upcoming NBA draft. James, the senior guard from Marquette, almost came out for the draft after his sophomore year but returned for two more years. Unfortunately, he broke a bone in his foot and missed significant time in his Senior year. No doubt that his draft chances would be better had the injury not happened. Never the less he is going strong trying to convince one of the NBA teams to select him in the draft.

For what it's worth, I'll be rooting for Marquette's James, Jerel McNeal, and Wesley Matthews in the upcoming NBA draft.  Below are two pictures from that lone workout with the Bucks.  He's wearing the Converse Wade Slash that most of Marquette wore last season 

Thanks for checking out the blog, I haven't gotten to the new poll yet though.  As you can probably imagine it's been pretty crazy around here the last few days.  Look for that soon, along with a new Friday Flashback tomorrow!

'S Weapon Wednesday Converse Weapon Skate Ox

Converse continues to crank out the Skate Shoes, and this time they've done it with the Weapon as a base.  There are three ox versions and two high top versions up at Eastbay.com.  Below is one of the Ox versions.

 

 

  

  

  

  

  

 

If you notice I finally put up a new poll at the top of the blog so please take a second to vote on your way out.  I also want to apologize for those of you that have sent me emails in the last week or so.  I am extremely behind in answering them, but I am going to get caught up.   Thanks for checking out the blog!

: Converse Weapon 86

We've seen the pictures of the Weapon 86 for months now but they're finally online.  While they were up at Converse.com the other day they've since been removed, what's up with that?  Anyway, you can find them at other online retailers.  One of them is Classic Sports Shoes, you can find the Weapon 86 here and here.  Which is where I got these pictures from, so head on over there and pick up a pair or two.

 

  

  

 

The shoes made famous in the 80's by Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, and a multitude of other NBA players and college teams, can be yours. 

's Friday Flashback: Converse Athletic Footwear

Welcome to the Converse Blog's Friday Flashback.  Today's post is a unique Canvas converse shoe from way back in the day.  It features a two stripe pattern on the upper with a extra layer of Rubber with the V logo.  It almost looks like an outrigger that you see on Converse shoes today.  It has a strong looking rubber toe cap like you would find on Chucks.  However, it features a sturdy extra ankle padding.  Aside from the arrangement of the upper there isn't really anything I haven't seen in some form on a Converse shoe before. 

However, the outsole is where this shoe's uniqueness really shines.  It features a honeycomb pattern, which is now mostly associated with Reebok.  I think it would be safe to say that these shoes predate the existence of Reebok as a company.  I don't know what any of that means, but I find it interesting.

  

  

  

 

 

That's for checking out the blog, look for some interesting stuff around the corner.

Dwyane Wade in Playoff Wade 1

Hi all, sorry for the no show on Friday. I ended up getting called into work when I didn't expect to, I mean really who misses the first week back from Christmas break. It was cool though, except that I didn't get write a post. I could have posted after school but we had plans to head down to Knoxville and eat at Ye Olde Steak House. If you're ever in Knoxville this is a must stop on your trip, and you've got to get the charcoaled mushrooms.

I also must say that I am extremely behind in emails, like to an unhealthy level. I will try my best to get caught up very soon. Keep them coming though, I love hearing from everyone.

As you can see from the picture above, Dwyane Wade finally wore something different than the Wade 1...okay, well sort of. He brought back out the Wade 1 Playoff edition, which featured the Converse circle and star logo for the first time. I really don't understand Dwyane's continued assault on The Wade 4's. He should have figured out before they released that he didn't like them. I've seen around the web that a lot of people aren't really feeling the 4's and most them seem to mention the fact that Dwyane won't even wear them either. Oh well time will tell, if Dwyane isn't wearing the 4's by All Star weekend, he probably never will. That's just a guess though, but by that time will it even matter. Man I can get depressed quickly haha. Anyway that's it for today, thanks for checking out the blog.