DAMN, CAN YOU BELIEVE IT’S BEEN 20 YEARS? LET’S REWIND TO 1996 FOR A MINUTE: THE YEAR ‘SPACE JAM’ HIT THE BIG SCREEN. IT WAS THE FILM DEBUT OF MICHAEL JORDAN, THE MOST TALKED-ABOUT ATHLETE IN THE WORLD AT THE TIME.
THE FILM FOLLOWS HIS RETURN TO THE NBA AFTER AN UNSUCCESSFUL BASEBALL STINT. THERE IS NO RODMAN, PIP OR KUKOC BY HIS SIDE – JUST A BUNCH OF LOONEY TUNES. IF YOU NEED A REMINDER, check the trailer below. The film runs on Netflix BTW.
FEW COULD HAVE PREDICTED THIS MARRIAGE OF ANIMATION AND SPORT WOULD BECOME THE HIGHEST-GROSSING BASKETBALL FILM OF ALL TIME.
BUT IT WAS MUCH MORE THAN THAT, TOO. A CULTURAL PHENOMENON. AN ODE TO THE SPIRIT OF THE 90S. THE FIRST TIME PEOPLE OUTSIDE THE SPORT PAID ATTENTION TO BASKETBALL SNEAKERS. THE FILM SPAWNED A TREASURE TROVE OF TIMELESS MEMORABILIA, WHICH WE’VE BEEN COLLECTING SINCE DAY ONE.
WE WERE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY BY JORDAN BRAND TO SHARE OUR SPACE JAM OBSESSION AT KICKZ TORSTRASSE, TO CELEBRATE THE DECEMBER RELEASE OF THE AIR JORDAN XI RETRO ‘SPACE JAM’. A DESIGN ALMOST IDENTICAL TO WHAT MJ DONNED DURING THE 1995 PLAYOFFS.
IT WAS A CHANCE FOR BASKETBALL FANS, SNEAKER LOVERS, AND 90S BABIES ALIKE TO MARVEL AT OUR EXTENSIVE SPACE JAM EXHIBITION.
WHICH, TOGETHER WITH GREAT FOOD, FILM, MUSIC BY DJS DREEA AND ONIT, GAVE GUESTS COURT-SIDE SEATS TO TUNE STADIUM VIBES FOR THE NIGHT.
THANKS TO JORDAN BRAND AND KICKZ FOR HAVING US AND PROVIDING A SPACE TO SHARE THE DEEP PASSION WE HAVE FOR THE CULT CLASSIC.
IF YOU MISSED OUT, DROP BY BERLIN BRAVES HQ, TO SEE OR BUY SOME OF THE ICONIC MERCH FROM OUR COLLECTION.
THANK YOU TO THE BERLIN BRAVES TEAMS FOR THE LOVE AND SUPPORT.
