Tuesday, March 24th, 2009 at 12:04 pm  |  286 responses

DWade shoe giveaway!!!

Hey Flash fans—we’ve got a team’s worth of prizes.

by Ben OsborneUnknown

SLAM 127 is on sale everywhere (in the US at least) by now and subscription copies have gone out too…time for a-a reminder to those of you who do not have it to go get it! and b-a dope contest related to the issue.

As always, our friends at Converse (what up Paul!) have come up big in an effort to deliver DWade goodies to his real fans. Check out all that we have in store for deserving readers…

-Two signed Wade 3 shoes (right foot only; pictured below the cover). As you can see in the image, it’s got a really nice silver signature on one of Dwyane’s great shoes.

-10 pairs of Wade Slashes (any size, any of the three colorways shown in this post). As in, whoever wins will get to tell me their size and what colorway they want and Converse will send us a pair specifically for the winners.

How do you win? I wish I could make sure only owners of the issue entered, but we don’t get down like that. Technically this is a “no-purchase-necessary” giveaway (like always) and anyone on here can win. So here’s what I came up with…to me, while Kobe and LeBron have been typically amazing (don’t want to sound like I’m taking their greatness for granted, but in a way you could say their seasons were expected), Dwyane signed-wade3has been the individual story of the season. I’m not ashamed at all to say I didn’t see it coming. Yes, I know what he did in the Finals. Yes, I saw the gold-medal game. Yes, I stated vehemently that the Heat would win 45 games (in Eboy’s preview, in some Lang comments, and in NOYZ all season; shoot, Lang and I have a bet on it). Shit, I wrote one fo the first national features on Dwyane before he left Marquette, so it’s not like he hasn’t been on my radar for a long time. But still…30-5-8-2-1? At 6-4? After two straight severely shortened seasons? Leading a young, short, mediocre team to the brink of home-court advantage in the first-round of the Playoffs? Remarkable. Given all that, my question is: When did YOU see Dwyane in his current light, which is Top Three Current Players and a MVP candidate, if not favorite? At Robbins High? Marquette? Rookie year? The Finals? If you’re like me, the true answer might be like March 9 of this year! If you really saw it coming a long time ago, cool. But I’m not necassarily going to give the prizes to those who can claim the longest lead time on seeing DWade turn out like this. As always, I’m looking for creativity, passion and good reasoning.

That’s it. Just do your thing in the comment section by explaining when you knew Dwyane could be this good. In my opinion, the two signed shoes are the cooler of the prize options, so they’ll go to places 1 and 2. Places 3-12 will win their own pair of Wade Slashes (from left, the colors are white-black-red, white-blue and black-silver).

We’ll let this percolate this week and then pick winners Friday.

Thanks for playing!

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  • Dan S

    Thanks for clearing that up. Too bad I didntt win though

  • tyler

    So have the winners been notified?

  • J-O

    yes they have =) cant wait to get them

  • Taranvir

    aww thts too bad, i didnt win. Better luck next time.

  • Matthew T

    I first noticed how good he was, and how good he was going to be, in his rookie year when he exploded with his versatility and will to win. There was so much hype surrounding Lebron James and Carmelo Anthony. Yet, there was this young kid from Chicago coming out of the shadows and making noise. Growing up in Chicago forces Dwade to perform with the pressures of living up to the previous Chicago Legend (Michael Jordan) and he’s been able to live up to the expectations. I also noticed him a lot more in his rookie year because as a Toronto Raptors fan, born and raised, we drafted Chris Bosh with the 4th pick. Not taking anything away from CB4, but I wake up everyday wondering what it’d be like if we had Dwyane Wade on the Raptors. It’s a bitter sweet thought.

  • Sir Chuck

    Nah im not Bsing Dan S no reason to do so youll see when they post the winners… Btw Matthew T you…nvm i wont even bother lol

  • http://www.hibachi20.blogspot.com BETCATS

    i guess da big dog didnt win?

  • http://www.hibachi20.blogspot.com BETCATS

    i am guessing Ben is calling me out for the fake email thing? Because i used one of my friend’s email address’s to register simply because my email address didnt work. I can hack it though, his password is his birthday, cause he’s a n00b

  • Dan S

    i want to see these winners. see whose response was better than mines haha. i thought i had a beast one. i should have won hahaha

  • Taranvir

    i think i had a chance, if mine was submitted earlier.

  • Jordan

    I think right after this years all-star game the guy had a breakout and i dont mean an acne breakout! The guy is crazy hes like hes got a gas pump in his body going off every night. The guy was averaging 39.7 points for like his past 6 games in march. If lebron didnt have a good season it would be huge lebron having a great one is huge but dwyane wade having a crazy season is huger, hugest. Flash is my man. Tim Grover aka MJs old trainor was working with D-Wade over the offseason lord knows what the guy did to him. My top 3 players got to be the regular baby Kobe,Lebron and Wade. My mvp candidate goes to kobe the man needs it lebron stills got lots of years. And kobe is leading his team. Lebron is to dont get me wrong but when bynum went down the guy stepped up like 10 feet high. Now Wade i would love to win in but Hes not leading his team if he won over 50 games which he cant anymore he would be a real threat. So kobe take it. Kobes got the package best selling jersey in the us and china better than yaos! The fans have spoken. And Kobe works hard! Got to respect you lebron and d-wade your turn will come.

  • luke tompkins

    for me it was some time this i can’t remember what day but when and he lebron were head to head i think they lost that game but d-wade got like 39 points and somthin like 14 assists who can they they’ve done that against the cavs but the thing that let me know he is this good is how he was struggling with injuries and came back for the olympics and played amazingly don’t hate me for this but he played wwwaaayyy better than kobe

  • J-O

    Ben plz let me know if you got email i just sent of my info

  • TJ XL

    When he scored 50 points in that special game it touched more than the people in the stadium. That number 50 was more than a number on a JUMBOtron, that 50 stood for every drop of sweat dropped every. It stood for everytime he got fouled and I thought he would drop to the bench. Stood for every injury we thought he’d never bounce back off. Those 50 points changed the heats; 50 is no longer spelled fifty over there it is spell H-O-P-E.

  • Brian N.

    When did I notice Dwayne Wade was the top in the NBA, if not the world? I was sure of his greatness when in the 2005-2006 season he led his team with an average of 27.2 points and 6.7 assists, and during the playoffs he upped his game to 28.4 points. He proved that he could be a leader. His game increased the most when he took the extra time to increase his game in college. That is the advantage he has over Kobe and LeBron. He took the extra years to become a better player in college. He has proved all doubters wrong, and he has proven that he is the best. Tropic “Flash” Thunder

  • http://www.lkz.ch Darksaber

    So umm, Ben. Who won? Did Eboy get one of the signed Wade 3′s for his son? The suspense is killing me.

  • http://www.shawn-kemps-offspring.blogspot.com Eboy

    Not I, said the fly.

  • Dan S

    This is BS that a week later still
    No winners

  • Taranvir

    its like ben said. Hes trying to send it to people who won, but some people are answering the mails and have given wrong ones. It is a long time but i dun think the mean it.

  • Taranvir

    its like ben said. Hes trying to send it to people who won, but some people are answering the mails and have given wrong ones. It is a long time but i dun think they mean it.

  • Taranvir

    my bad

  • L33tSauce

    well if they didn’t put the right email I do believe that’s on them.

  • Ali

    I think he started to beast when he played in the rookie sophmores game he had like 12 points and da sophmores won!

  • Sir Chuck

    so wait did any of the two winners of the signed shoe not respond? is there a way i can move up lol? cuz i think mine was pretty darn gud but hey im happy with the slashs that i won their actually pretty nice in person

  • Igor

    The Wade cover looks dope!

  • Dan S

    I can’t believe I didn’t win. Mine was def top twelve on here. This contest is Bull

  • http://slamonline.com Ben Osborne

    Most winners have been contacted. Some people give bad email addresses so we are still sorting out details. If people actually entered a working email with their comments WHEN ENTERING A CONTEST THEY PRESUMABLY WANT TO WIN, then we could’ve announced all winners a week ago. Instead we are still sorting out a couple things and should be able to announce by end of day. but pelase know that we chose who we wanted to win last Friday as promised.

  • Sir Chuck

    sounds good Ben hopefully you actually announce the winners today cuz u said u whould announce them by the end of the day last friday too haha

  • Taranvir

    so ben, if you have entered after friday, it wont count?

  • Dan S

    Dude ^^^ u asked the same question ten times. No! U would have been contacted already haha

  • Joe

    I got an email last week saying I won a pair of the shoes, i replied to it but i’ve not received anything to confirm it and my email hasn’t been working too well this week, so just in case I’m one of those with bad email adresses, i did reply to the original message

  • Jack

    Easy. I knew he’d be this good when I read the issue of SLAM with a profile of him while he was still at Marquette. Everytime I watch Dwyane play and he’s going off, I think back to that quote: “I’d book him as a 20+ scorer in the NBA, easy” – Scout

  • Sir Chuck

    yeah Joe same here i replied twice but didnt receive any confirmation yet besides the original email saying i won

  • Celtics

    size 11 white blue when he took the team from a 15 win season to 40 plus

  • http://slamonline.com Ben Osborne

    Yes no reason to keep entering. Only people who entered by original deadline are eligible. If you emailed me or are intern back that means you won and your shoes are on the way. Hope to have the complete list of 12 winners up tomorrow.

  • http://slamonline.com Ben Osborne

    Whew. All winners have been chosen, notified and responded, and their prizes are en route. Here’s the final list (a nice mix of winners, from long-time readers to new ones, US to around the world):

    2 Signed shoes:
    Dwayne Charleston
    Ross Geiger

    10 Pairs of Slashes
    Eboy
    Doyouwantmore
    A D-Wade Fan
    Sir Chuck
    Flip Cyde
    J-O
    Zee
    Ti-Sizz
    Cheryl
    Joe

    Thanks again everyone for playing, and to Converse for providing the great prizes. I’m now mercifully going to close comments on this post.

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