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Flashback // The 1996 NBA All Star Game Shoes

February 23rd 2012 | 267 comments

words // Zack Schlemmer

Did the 1996 All Star game have the greatest collection of sneakers ever on an NBA court?  You can be the judge but after this photo evidence it's almost undisputable. 1995 and 1996 were arguably the greatest years for basketball shoe design ever and the sneaker planets seemed to align at the 1996 All Star Game in San Antonio.  Not only did the '96 game have some of the most memorable uniforms ever, (Love'em or hate'em. Personally, I love them.) it also saw some of our most beloved basketball shoe models all being worn on the court at the same time.  Air Jordan XI "Columbia", Nike Zoom Flight '95, Air Penny, Reebok Kamikaze II, Shaqnosis, FILA GH 2...the list goes on.  Even slam dunk contest champion Brent Barry broke out some heat with the white and red Zoom '95.  

Below is every photo I could find from my own archives and from across the web from that All Star Weekend with looks at the shoes. (One notable shoe missing is Terrell Brandon's Black/White Zoom 95.) To top it off there are two videos: one of the top ten plays, and one of Shaq's monster dunk over David Robinson that somehow wasn't included in that top ten.  What's your favorite shoe from the 1996 All Star Game?

(Penny's play at #6 should definitely be higher on the list!)

Creative
Resell
Will Camp
Might Cop
Hype Magnet
Expensive
WTF
Hideous
Approve
Scrap
Feet Worthy
Really?
Easy Pass
Bad Quality
Too Much
Disapprove
Clean
Ridiculous!
Easy Cop
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Months ago | 15th February 2013 17:40
weirdest all-star jerseys ever
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Months ago | 11th January 2013 11:44
Time to go watch some NBA highlights from back in the day
"I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times." - Bruce Lee -
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Months ago | 11th January 2013 11:41
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Greatness


"I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times." - Bruce Lee -
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Months ago | 11th January 2013 11:40
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one of the greatest ASG... ever


"I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times." - Bruce Lee -
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Months ago | 18th July 2012 16:38
one of the greatest ASG... ever
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Months ago | 13th June 2012 05:44
Lol! The 90's... Every sneaker was either white/black or black/white. Thank you Penny for the Nike Foamposite.
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Months ago | 3rd May 2012 17:23
Seems like the start of sneaker collecting...
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Months ago | 2nd May 2012 15:17
These are all pretty sick
Difference between Shoes now and then:
Now: Fewer unique designs, rely on crazy colors
Then: Raw materials, look great with the simplest colors.

(I love both retros and new models, just my 2 cents)
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Months ago | 22nd April 2012 01:14
fresh
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Months ago | 13th April 2012 08:27
MJ looked so graceful in the last pic
In the name of JESUS all things are possible
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Months ago | 10th April 2012 19:35
Shaqs shoes are sick
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weirdest all-star jerseys ever
Time to go watch some NBA highlights from back in the day
[quote="Smoke1more"]Greatness[/quote]
[quote="eyc0729"]one of the greatest ASG... ever[/quote]
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one of the greatest ASG... ever
Lol! The 90's... Every sneaker was either white/black or black/white. Thank you Penny for the Nike Foamposite.
Seems like the start of sneaker collecting...
These are all pretty sick
fresh
MJ looked so graceful in the last pic
Shaqs shoes are sick
these for sell
best year for the nba and the sneaker game.
[quote="german"]best year ever for basketball shoes...air jordan XI air penny I nike air tempo shaq nossis reebok kamikaze nike air way up nike air up etc...i want it again... :hitit:[/quote] I 2nd that statement!!!