We’re kicking off December going deep into the archive. This old school ad is from 50 years ago when the National Basketball Association had their own brand of sneakers. During that time they were represented by the 4 stripe logo and looked a lot like the adidas Superstar and Converse All-Star. The NBA eventually partnered with Kinney Shoe Stores later in the 1970’s to put out the Kinney NBA model shoes.
Ad info is below:
You can fill this spot at the NBA All-Star game…
…if you can fill these shoes
Get into the NBA...feet first… and win a trip to the All-Star Game.
NBA Basketball Shoes wants two lucky young people to join their favorite NBA players at the All-Star Game in Los Angeles, California. To enter the NBA Basketball Shoe All-Star Game Contest, just go to your nearest sporting goods, retail, or department store, which carries NBA Basketball Shoes, for an entry blank. Two Grand Prize Winners will be selected one from the East and one from the West. Each will fly to the game on January 18, 1972, with a parent or guardian, to join their respective teams. Winners will be treated just like NBA All-Stars, attending banquets, practices, and finally being honorary team members at the game. And, they'll look like NBA All-Stars, too, with official game uniforms, NBA Basketball Shoes, and team travel bags. In addition, each winner's school will receive a 16 mm movie projector and an NBA film. Plus, there are over a thousand other prizes, including NBA basketball shoes and tickets to NBA games for those who are not Grand Prize winners. So, take a shot at it. You could be an honorary member of an NBA All-Star team. And if you really want to see what it feels like to be in an NBA pro's shoes, put on a pair of NBA Basketball Shoes and find out.
For the name of your nearest NBA footwear dealer call or write . . . Sports International Footwear Inc., 591 North Ave., Wakefield, Mass. 01880, (617) 245-9050.
Official NBA Basketball Shoes
No purchase is required. Winners will be drawn by random selection. The decision of the Judges will be final. All entries will become the property of NBA Basketball Shoes. Void in states where prohibited by law.
