I remember getting a pair of black Larry Bird converse weapons from the States back in high school, every one gave me s*#t about wearing black shoes... wasn't long after that, no one wore anything else.
I was a Kings and Cannons fan back then as I knew a few guys who played on the teams and used to train with the Cannons when I lived in Canberra before I moved to Sydney in 91'. I followed the Bulls since I came to Basketball, I was reading about this Micheal Jordan guy from North Carolina, which was the College I followed on ABC when they played the Tourney, Mike ended up with the Bulls and so did I.
@Urmumma Darling Harbour was good for star power as well. I used to hang out with Shaun Bradley while he was out here on his mission (my claim to fame, blocking him at the rim in a game on a dunk attempt, 7'6" vs 6'0" with 40" vert... oh, and white) also met Scott Brooks, Dr J and a few nuff nuffs during the NBA Jam Exhibition, played with Wrex n Effect (look it up young folk) Montell Jordan, Mark Morrison and a few years ago played some 3 on 3 with Jamie Fox when he was out here for Stealth.
I miss those times, now I'm 42, just had my 2nd knee reconstruction 2 weeks ago, and resigned to being one of those old timers talking about it all over a beer... sad really.