What's in Store

The wait is over. Ever since he was a senior at St. Vincent-St. Mary High School, basketball fans have been waiting for the day when Lebron James, dubbed “The Chosen One” by Sports Illustrated while in high school, would take his team to the NBA Finals. Though I’m not sure even the most optimistic Lebron James fan thought Lebron would be playing for the NBA’s biggest prize as a 22-year old, but watching him score 29 out of Cleveland’s last 30 points in game 5 of the Eastern Conference Finals against Detroit made you realize that you just witnessed Lebron take the leap into the next level of NBA superstardom.

While not many people will give Lebron’s Cleveland Cavaliers a chance to beat the San Antonio Spurs (Game 1 is tonight at 6:00PM Pacific) in the 2007 NBA Finals, it’s a great chance to see Lebron in the biggest challenge of his young career. Lebron’s star has never been brighter and if you want to jump on the Lebron bandwagon, this is your chance.

There are Lebron collectible items popping up all over the place including this Lebron James McFarlane NBA Series 10 figure. The McFarlane series is a very detailed collectible line of basketball figurines and you can find Lebron in both his home and away uniform colors. Upper Deck’s Wall Stars Decals are another collectible for the Lebron James fan. These wall decals are reusable making rearranging them around the room easy.

If you’d rather wear the shoes that Lebron wears, you can also buy his latest basketball shoe, The Zoom LeBron IV Basketball Shoe made by Nike. With a full innersleeve which also acts as a breathable tongue for extra support, the shoe features Nike’s patented Zoom Air technology.

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After I filled out my March Madness tournament bracket for our office pool a few weeks ago (OK fine, my boyfriend actually filled it out for me after much cajoling) I (he) put down University of Florida to go all the way. As I’m a non-member of the basketball intelligentsia, I was quite amazed by my his ability to pick the teams and his probable foresight to pick Florida as the champs. Then I found out they’re the defending national champs, so it’s not such a surprising pick. By the way…I will never fully understand how men’s brains are hot-wired to retain obscure sports facts and statistics, like who pitched the shut-out at Dodger Stadium in 198X or the night that so-and-so hit his 100th RBI. But, I digress…

Nevertheless, what I care about is whether I get a couple of Andrew Jacksons out of this tournament when all is said and done (minus the BF’s 12% commission). What I did know was that the Gator’s colors are blue and orange, much like Shopping.com. What synergy! Must be an omen… ;)

I figured I should support my “team” throughout the tournament and show some company pride at the same time by sporting blue and orange garb, so I peeked at the different ways I could quickly outfit my life.

As you may have gathered, I’m a self-admitted fair-weather basketball fan (I love football and baseball though) so I don’t want to spend too much $$ on my new Gators gear. Luckily, I found a sassy baby tee that all the ladies will love, for around $30.  One item that the ladies are also into this month according to Shopping.com’s search logs are sterling silver Gators toe rings. And yes, I was surprised to find that college mascot toe rings existed.

I don’t have a dog (yet), but I really loved the idea of someone else wearing the paraphernalia for me, and it would still count as MY team spirit. I wonder if my mom’s cat could swing this.

Since my house feels like an igloo (even in March/April), I wear slippers around all the time. Hence my delight when I came across these orange and blue Florida basketball shoe slippers. They’re fully licensed by the NCAA too in case you have standards to uphold.

And just like that, in just a few clicks, I am suddenly a card-carrying Florida fan. Looks like other people have the same idea…after peeking at our database of popular search terms on our site, searches for “Florida Gators” is outpacing “Butler Bulldogs,” the team the Gators take on tonight, by an obscene 5,000 percent. Another omen!

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