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The vintages in full force today… #ebaywatch Srs question about Kawhi tho…how badly has his New Balance line underperformed?

• New Balance

Only one choice for me… #iykyk

The curious case of the Sneakerlebrity (and why proximity [doesn't] matter)

• PE
• Promo

#ebaywatch for the last few days… Captain 6’s hittin ATH’s (likely by somebody in NY), XV PEs, and a few more Main Street bangers…$4k for some Jellies? And a whole pack of VOLTRON reeboks!?!? @voltronofficial @jalenbrunson1 @pharrell @shopmainstreetsneakers @reggiewmiller31

• PE
• Reebok

Saw this washed up on a beach close to Coney Island like 15 years ago…it was the middle of February. Always loved this picture. @john_c_jay NYC block logo in the house (on the beach!)

I started writing a post about the Knicks and ended up writing like 1000000 words…so many thoughts and feelings and observations…I think I’ll save it for the newsletter. That being said…super stoked for the Knicks and especially long-suffering Knick fans. I love to see an underdog win. A championship for New York is good for the sport. 🏆 Lastly - Spurs fans - don’t worry, Wemby is gonna have his day, it’s just not today.

I wrote like a lot of words on the color called ‘infrared’ and how that slight shade made me feel more like a goon than ‘varsity red’. Something to do with Jordan being a terminator with a sniper line vs. something you’d find in the halls of a high school. Which other *similar* colorways give you a different feeling entirely?

Never it, but definitely somewhere.

• 2002R
• Air Force 1
• Basketball
• Nike
• +2 more

$76 for some Jordan XX9 samples…they’re not that great but folks been sleeeeeping on those models for more than 10 years now goodness. #ebaywatch still keeping me entertained.

• Sample

If someone at Nike asked me to pick the next Air Max model that’s up for a retro, I’d say that I would have chosen at least 74 other Air Max models before the Air Max 2.5 TL. And that’s not because I dislike it or anything - it’s more because I just don’t feel like it was ever much of a hit. Nothing all that unique about it, IMO, and there are far more in the catalog that deserve some extra love (when the hell are we going to see the rest of the Air Max Plus line or the Air Max Walker or the Air

• Nike
• Retro

Feelin kinda sky blue today with #ebaywatch and a buttload of UNC PEs…tbh I once loved the color but now I’m like ‘why’? A couple of 90’s/00’s Sonics Jordan PEs also sold…an interesting comb through. What kinda stuff do yall *like* to see?

• PE

A story in 3 parts…and a prediction: I, for one, couldn’t imagine complaining to eBay about a manufacturing defect - a missed stitch on a Nike shoe. I, for two, cannot comprehend that eBay would respond with a full refund for a missed stitch on a shoe they didn’t create. I, for three, am wondering when eBay is going to kill the funds for their AG apologist tour, because I, for four, am sure it is coming.

• Nike

Vol 2: Where do (I)/(we) go from here?

• Nike
• PE

What do you think? Should we call skater specific shoes ‘SEs’ instead of ‘PEs’? And what about that Calvin Johnson fella? Why ain’t his late 2000 shoes really hittin like that? #ebaywatch

• PE
• Skate

Funny story - So I’m checking my deals site (quickstrike) last night and I see a pic of a dog wearing some dunks and then a pair of Jordan XX9’s going for $1.04 with 3m left. I click on over, place my bid, lose by 49 cents, but notice dude has like 20 pairs of dope shoes going for pennies on the dollar about to end within the hour. I’m checking the XX9 photo reel and it’s at $16 - I had this shoe years ago but sold for a healthy profit…always wanted it back but refused to pay up. So I’m wa

• PE

I had a tough time with today’s issue. A LOT of dope sneakers ended on eBay over the past 48… you can see the full list (below the headline) on morningcall.thesneakersavant.com #ebaywatch

Box mafia strikes again. #ebaywatch What do you think the highest price for a non-limited cardboard sneaker box really is? I bet this one is pretty close…

Hoping to turn this into a daily thing but life is, as they say, lifing. #ebaywatch ! That dunk on the first page is a throwback and those Shox TLs are craaaaazy… Which pair catches your eye?

🤷 Watch this: @nike x @impenny1 x @stussy x @ritdye x @thesneakersavant indigo dip dye creation 😂 Pretty sure the indigo will be seeing more pavement from me… Thoughts?

• Nike

I haven’t totally forgotten about IG, but I’ve been so caught up with IRL that I forget to post. What was meant to be a daily reporting brief is now basically weekly, at best. #ebaywatch My apologies Morningcall.thesneakersavant.com

Air Max Plus II’s. In 1999, I convinced my mom to buy me a pair of these for my birthday (you can probably still see the catalog shot @eastbay.archive ) - and she did. When they arrived, I tried them on - didn’t like how they felt (and also thought she spent too much money on them) so I told her she could just return them instead. She did. It was kind of a hassle for her - a few days later she said ‘I’m never going to order shoes for you again, so don’t ask.’ I didn’t. Shoutout to ma, tho.

• Nike
• Retro

So this is kinda the thing… Despite the fact that I’m over-the-hill and am considering TRT, I can play basketball. I’m not like crazy good or anything, but I can hold my own against most people that can play ball. I hurt myself probably 23% of the time, and I have to take extended breaks, but the fact that (playing) basketball has been a significant part of my life (30+ years), I can play ball. And..I can run. Or jog. Or maybe it’s yog? I believe it’s called yogging. I spent several years yog

• Adidas
• Asics
• Basketball
• Nike
• +3 more

#ebaywatch for last week…a handful of cool samples and rarities I definitely haven’t seen before… Actual @theofficialai3 PEs not something I’ve seen before and almost expect to have gone for higher… Any shockers here?

• PE
• Sample

Just one of those things…amazing how many people went into this thing. My mini Air Max 1 OG shrine. The shoe…designed by @tinkahat . The takedown? @johnmanalo___ The restoration? @govrn_ The card? @sons.inc and @sho3fcohen The box? @thesneakersavant The autographs? @tinkahat signed, Prompted by @sneakerpreservationsociety and @dontchargeabdul These cards really mean a lot to me. Just the fact that we made them and created them and brought them into the world. There’s more, you know. Cop

• Air Max 1
• OG
• PE