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FEATURE: FILA Looks Back to the Future with Retro Release of Stackhouse Spaghetti

2013-03-14 18.51.10

By Sandy Dover

As featured by Yahoo!

One of the greatest shoes of the 1990s was Fila’s premier sneaker, The Stackhouse. In large part because of the player who was the sole inspiration for its name, Jerry Stackhouse, the shoe (pictured above) was an instant hit. Stackhouse the player was, at the time, one of the most dynamic college players of the generation and was seen as “Air Apparent” to Michael Jordan with a background and make-up of considerable similitude — both standing 6’6″ and playing both guard and forward, the two were both North Carolina natives, highly-touted high school recruits, highly-decorated North Carolina Tar Heels, and both No. 3 overall NBA Draft picks. Having a signature shoe was only natural for the then-Philadelphia 76er. …

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