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During 2007’s magical playoff run, the Golden State Warriors seemed larger than life. In ’08, the high-flying Warriors are back to their winning ways, as they are currently 20 games over .500. Two of the pivotal components to the GSU “We Believe” machine, Stephen “Stack Jack” Jackson and Al Harrington have come together to form a footwear and apparel company. Going the Starbury route, the brand is trying to appeal to those who want a cheap, well-built shoe. I’ve heard the company is trying to target the $40-65 dollar range for their sneakers, (obviously more expensive than Starbury’s joints) which is exponentially cheaper than the upper-end adidas, Nike, and Reebok product.
Below are a few products you can expect to see from Protégé in Fall 2008/Spring 2009. I know next to nothing about the company, and am currently trying to reach them. In the meantime, I didn’t think it would hurt to spill the goods.
Protege 1-
Protege 2-
March 27th, 2008 at 11:14 pm
Teddy "Doowop" says:
The yellow on white protege 1’s look nice. The protege 2’s look like a straight Nike jack.
March 28th, 2008 at 12:21 pm
c-murda says:
steve jack joints!?!?! do they come with a gun, hahahahah. for real though they look like starbury’s. dont see how they gonna ask 45 for those.
March 28th, 2008 at 3:28 pm
Bobbito Garcia a.k.a. Kool Bob Love says:
not the most original designs, but i love hearing about people of color trying to do for self and being entrepreneurs that could positively affect the community. i like both their games, stephen jackson in particular is a problem 1 on 1 plus he can shuffle, so i’ll be on the look-out for what the company does. thanks for the head’s up jeremy! you on top of your ballgame, huh?
March 30th, 2008 at 1:00 am
Jeremy Ripley says:
Teddy- Protege 2’s actually remind me alot of the Converse 099 actually.
Bob- I couldn’t agree more. NBA’ers making an attempt to help people out is always great. And you know I’m always trying to find that underground stuff to post up!
March 30th, 2008 at 8:29 pm
g says:
this follows the trends previously attempted by a couple of league dudes. remember when jamal mashburn,chris webber,grant hill,kevin johnson,dominique wilkins,and a few other nba notables tried to avoid further plundering the disenfranchised population by endorsing over priced sneakers and apparel. i remember vividly the 60 minutes special that featured the gang violence trend in the southside of chicago in the early 90’s ,where a few kids were actually killed for the air jordans. when the reporter asked mike what he thought about it,he said that he didnt know that was happening. ok,but when he was made aware of it,the prices didnt drop. tssk,tssk,tsssk… he couldve revolutionized the game for real right there.
April 3rd, 2008 at 9:05 am
Dre says:
I love the concept the shoe design is ok, I would pay $45-65 for the designs that I liked just to help these brothers get things off the ground. Plus, if I played in them and they felt good I would continue to buy them.
May 12th, 2008 at 11:01 pm
Obie a.k.a. nature says:
I am just curious to know do you have any other stylez that you may have whether old or new I have seen this website on sportscenter and I must say I am impressed the sneakers around my way are too high. I do not see the point in buying sneakers that run $80+ and then a week or so later playing ball tears them up.
July 9th, 2008 at 6:20 am
Mikey says:
they look fantastic