HOT or NOT: DREAM TEAM CHAIR SET....BALLLIN!!!! (literally)

by dj fuzzylogic on Mar 29, 2007 12:07 AM PDT in Fashion

So you think you're the ultimate balla? You ain't doin' fadeaway jumpshots like Jim Jones until you got one of these:

The folks over at the up and coming clothing line, Undrcrwn, introduce the Dream Team Chair Set - Basketball Cushion.

"This chair is made of a solid steel frame and the cushions are made from authentic spaulding basketball micro-fiber. This is sure to make a statement in any household or office. Price includes domestic shipping within the US via UPS Ground ($200 value)."

I at first thought, "Wow, a basketball chair for 200 dollars? Not bad!" Then i scrolled down some more and noticed that the chair is really 1500 dollars. For that kind of money, this chair better be as quality as Spalding INFUSION with Max Inflate Micro Pump.

What seems like a hot concept and novelty for basketball fans, in reality would probably be pretty uncomfortable. Think about the usage of a basketball and the consequences of that usage. Think of how many sweaty hands have touched the basketballs you own and then consider of how all that sweat mixes and gets imbedded in the leather over time creating weird sweat stains and sweat funk. Transforming your living spaces into a sweaty B.O. smelling gym seems less than ideal for the grown and sexy. But for a bachelor pad, its a MUST have.

Warning, probably not a good idea to take to the gym. You know how folks love to steal basketballs...this chair would be gone in no time.

Anyway, is this chair... HOT or NOT???

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Basketball Chairs are...

like Aaliyah: HOT like FIYAH

9 votes

NOT HOT

16 votes

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mos' def.

NOT. Looks uncomfortable... and for $1500, I could find a better seat at the Oracle for a whole season :) Hopefully, it's not made out of the microfiber stuff that they used for the "new ball" last year... talk about nasty scratches to your *. Then the customers will start whining to David Stern.

by MVP @ Golden State Of Mind on Mar 29, 2007 1:05 AM PDT reply actions

um

its made from microfiber so it is the new nba ball from last year just a diff color.

by 24k state fan since 87 on Mar 29, 2007 3:26 AM PDT up reply actions

HOT LIKE FIYAH!!!

What a great marriage of old and new.

For the non design-nerds in here: the chair itself is one of the classics of modern funiture design: the "Barcelona Chair," designed by famed architect Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe for the Barcelona World Arts Fair in 1929.

Of the design, the architect said:

The chair is a very difficult object. Everyone who has ever tried to make one knows that. There are endless possibilities and many problems - the chair has to be light, it has to be strong, it has to be comfortable. It is almost easier to build a skyscraper than a chair.

From wikipedia:

As designer Victor Papanek pointed out, in about 1970, every young architect has a Barcelona Chair that he has scrimped and saved to buy. It is prominently placed in his home and was regarded as a personal treasure.

Now combine those classic lines with the rich color and feel of another classic of modern design -- the NBA roundball -- and you've got two great tastes that taste great together. I want one! When's the GSoM basketball chair giveaway contest?

by Sleepy Freud on Mar 29, 2007 6:15 AM PDT reply actions

The price on that is only for the

overspending snooty types, but it doesn't look like it belongs in a Scandanavian designs either.

I'm going to assume most GSoM'ers are like Kanye West before the deal, buying a bed at Ikea and putting it together themselves.

Would Baron Davis get one of these for his (AT&T) house?

Would he sponsor a giveaway for one of these?!

by back2back51s on Mar 29, 2007 3:32 PM PDT up reply actions

WOW!!!

NOT HOT AT ALL! Especially for $1500!!!

by mightymadskillz on Mar 29, 2007 8:25 AM PDT reply actions

gag

Didn't that fabric give all kinds of d00ds blisters in the NBA? I'll pass on it for that reason, plus its orange. They didn't have to make it butthole basketball orange. Give me black leather instead.

Playoffs in '07, baby!

by coma @ Golden State Of Mind on Mar 29, 2007 9:12 AM PDT reply actions

hmmmm...

Concept: HOT
Design: NOT
Price: DOUBLE NOT

by bradyk2 on Mar 29, 2007 10:04 AM PDT reply actions

microfiber composite NBA ball

was awesome. You would like it if you are use to playing with composite balls like the TF-1000. The NBA players were only complaining because they werent use to them. Of course they want to stick to what they are use to. But it was a good ball nonetheless.
ALTHOUGH.. i dont see how in the world it would make a comfortable chair?? You would have to be completely insane to buy that crap.
haha

by ilubthedubs on Mar 29, 2007 1:33 PM PDT reply actions