SLAM Magazine Review - October 1996

Zo, Fin, and a '96-'97 NBA Preview!

This might be a perfect issue. I always love rereading these as I’m going through them and writing this newsletter, but this issue hit me different, and I can’t really put my finger on why. Maybe it’s all the love for Michael Finley, maybe it’s Tony’s write-up on Li’l Penny. Maybe it’s the piece on the Sonics? It’s probably all of it.

Enjoy what has quickly become my favorite issue of SLAM.

News & Notes

• Scoop on the Sonics. Better times..

• Tonya on Zo!

• Li’l Penny

• Ray Allen

• Fin

• How the Big Dog got his groove back

• David Thompson!

• The ‘96-’97 NBA Preview! It’s a bit too on-the-nose to zero in on the Bulls for a mid-90s preview, but I wanted to highlight how much Michael Bradley felt MJ was underpaid (and rightfully so).

• Slam & Jam with a touch of Magic (and Kareem!)

• Young Larry

Say whaaaaat?!?

• Tony bringing the people together in this issue’s sixth man.

• A displeased David Robinson fan in this issue’s letters.

Posterized!

Pippen & Penny! Can’t lose!

SneakadaMonth

• The Adidas Equipment Top Ten 2000 Mids.

• More kicks!

Best Ads

• Grab ahold of the gold!

• No Fear. Are these ads good? I can’t really tell.

• Get your licensed Lithuanian national team gear here! I kinda like the muscle shirt, tbh.

• Adidas Kobe strikes again

• Jock Jams, hell yes.

• Shaq for Reebok

• NCAA Championship Basketball

• A Sports Specialties triple threat

• Anyone here go Solo?

• Cape Athletic

• Oh my god it’s the Jerky Boys!

• Pretty solid year to pick up a few rookie cards, yeah?

• And 1

• The Adidas Post-up!

The SLAM

My dude Michael Finley over The Admiral. An all-time dunk.

The Last Shot

Nick Van Exel!