Fila Ninety6 “Grant Hill 2″

The Fila Ninety6 “Grant Hill 2″ has arrived at Finishline. Now that Grant Hill is with Nike, Fila has decided on the name the Ninety6, as in the year the originals released. The Fila Ninety6 was one of the biggest reasons, if not the reason that Fila has been able to survive as a company. For a lot of us b-ball cats, these were one of the shoes that made us think outside the Swoosh for the first time. Grant Hill, and the Ninety6, had a following like no other, even the late great Tupac was seen sportin’ these kicks in his All Eyez On Me album insert. Check the photos after the jump, including the famous 2Pac photo. [Click Here] to get them at Finishline for $89.99. Thanks to DailyDrop for the heads up.

Fila Ninety6 “Grant Hill 2″

Fila Ninety6 “Grant Hill 2″

Fila Ninety6 “Grant Hill 2″

Fila Ninety6 “Grant Hill 2″

Tupac in the Fila Ninety6 “Grant Hill 2″ R.I.P

43 Comments »

1. O MY GOD THIS TAKES ME BACK TO THE SEVENTH GRADE HOOP TEAM I LOVE THESE SHOES THEY ARE LIKE LOSING MY VIRGINITY ALL OVER AGAIN! LMAO!!!

   Comment by swanson — November 13, 2008 @ 2:37 pm

2. Fila’s have fallen off, and are still falling, I dont think anyone can help them….not even Nas

   Comment by SneakFreak18 — November 13, 2008 @ 2:38 pm

3. I GOTTA COP THESE AND PUT THEM UP FOR THE SUMMER

   I JUST BUST ONE !!!!!!

   Comment by swanson — November 13, 2008 @ 2:42 pm

4. Nice to finally see these make a come back….not sure if it’s just me but they don’t catch my eye as much as they did back in the days….

   Comment by ACRYLICK23 — November 13, 2008 @ 2:43 pm

5. True.. What happen to FILA..
   I betcha young kids these days don’t even know how big FILA used to be..
   But they are still selling in Asia for CHEAP P.E. shoes.

   Comment by soleman23 — November 13, 2008 @ 2:46 pm

6. YEAH YOU RIGHT THEY DONT CATCH THE EYE AS MUCH IM JUST BEING SILLY BUT WHEN THEY HIT THE SCENE THEY WAS A MUST HAVE!!!

   Comment by swanson — November 13, 2008 @ 2:46 pm

7. I have only bought Fila 2 times in my life and both were disappointments. With that said, I really like these Grant Hills. I remember wanting them so badly but never got them. Most colorways suck hard, but not this one.

   It was 1996 and it was cool to wear something other than Nike (or Reebok as a second choice). Fila… wow.

   Does anyone think they could ever make a comeback like that for 2009?

   Comment by PhilWil — November 13, 2008 @ 2:46 pm

8. Finally!!! too bad fila is irrelevant now a days. still worth getting if you’re a sneakerhead

   Comment by columbiaj — November 13, 2008 @ 2:47 pm

9. lmao @ swansons 1st comment… but yeah, this is fila @ its best A MUST COP!!!!

   Comment by kstate — November 13, 2008 @ 2:48 pm

10. I gah geh these yah meason. i had these back when i was in the 3rd grade.

    Comment by shotta youth — November 13, 2008 @ 3:16 pm

11. These will get love due to nostaliga but I personally wasn’t feeling them in ‘96 and that goes double for ‘08/’09

    Comment by nikeindabutt — November 13, 2008 @ 3:18 pm

12. Man, these bring back alot of happy memories. I had two pair of these back in my fresman year of high school. The all white olympics were my favorite.

    Comment by $keet$ — November 13, 2008 @ 3:21 pm

13. I was in the 7th grade when these dropped. They sold out of the white/blue joints, so my mom got me the all black ones. Gotta get these.

    Comment by Jairus Abner — November 13, 2008 @ 3:23 pm

14. Bout to buy a pair since i seen pac wearing ‘em

    Comment by Brave — November 13, 2008 @ 3:26 pm

15. Aww man even Fila cant remake the retros like the OGs.. but close enough..

    Comment by RetroBoss — November 13, 2008 @ 3:57 pm

16. These bring back so muck memories. I was in 10th grade when these’s hit and i wanted them so bad but I ended getting the Jordan’s 11 Concord. But its nice to se they are back I might cup a pair this time.

    Comment by Eddy — November 13, 2008 @ 3:59 pm

17. i remember these. i was like 4 when they came out and i remeber my older brother gettin ‘em for his high school basketball team. freshhhhhhhhhh

    Comment by bryan — November 13, 2008 @ 4:11 pm

18. 1 of my ALL TIME fav kicks, had them in every colorway back in elementary school

    Comment by JayK — November 13, 2008 @ 4:17 pm

19. Yeah I owned a pair of these back in ‘96 but I refuse to rock them in 08/09 even if the legendary Pac sported them.

    Comment by MJSF — November 13, 2008 @ 4:20 pm

20. DAMM I REMEMBER THESE WHEN THE ALL EYEZ ON ME CAME OUT SH_T IF THEY COME OUT IN RED ILL COP THEM 4 SURE.

    Comment by MARVIN — November 13, 2008 @ 4:23 pm

21. Dope. For all ya’ll suckas that don’t know, check em out!

    Comment by Heat Tha 916er — November 13, 2008 @ 4:27 pm

22. i’ll wait till it hit the sale’s rack

    Comment by oghead — November 13, 2008 @ 4:46 pm

23. i knocked out the school bully for these kicks

    Comment by 99ers — November 13, 2008 @ 4:56 pm

24. these kicks were the truth, along with the air zoom flights that jason kidd rocked, i remember in 6th grade my school played some catholic school team from the suburbs and the whole team was wearing them..i had the matching snap cap but that year i rocked the converses jr rider was wearing

    Comment by gabrielo — November 13, 2008 @ 5:19 pm

25. This is a well written article.

    Comment by J.King — November 13, 2008 @ 6:03 pm

26. dope shoe, pac made em look good, but no pic of hill himself? lol

    Comment by YouKnow — November 13, 2008 @ 6:17 pm

27. OMG! I remember these. Had the white/blue ones and the all black ones. Wonder if they’ll bring back the first GH’s?

    Comment by Zero00769 — November 13, 2008 @ 6:40 pm

28. These and the first Grant Hills & the first Jerry Stackhouse’s is when fila had they B Ball game on. Matt you need a throwback thursday on them Stackhouse’s

    Comment by solesaved — November 13, 2008 @ 6:50 pm

29. these kinda look like the melo m4’s

    Comment by fourty — November 13, 2008 @ 7:27 pm

30. These are not the first GH’s. The first ones looked a little like the Jordan 9’s and had the Fila logo on the lower back part of the sole.

    Comment by Zero00769 — November 13, 2008 @ 8:32 pm

31. so nice

    Comment by greenmaker24 — November 13, 2008 @ 8:47 pm

32. Immediate acqisition.
    These take me back to 10 grade…

    Comment by SvenBlack — November 13, 2008 @ 9:05 pm

33. These r definately throwbacks but (FILA’S)No Good. U can cop these rite now at value city no joke lol!!!

    Comment by Eweez — November 14, 2008 @ 7:48 am

34. The OG detail was better. When they retro’d a few years ago, I missed out. So definatly gonna cop now. The lows weren’t bad either.

    Comment by Clinton C. — November 14, 2008 @ 8:19 am

35. They need to retro the Fila Stack’s.

    Comment by Clinton C. — November 14, 2008 @ 8:20 am

36. THEY NEED 2 RETRO THE GH 3’s!!!!!!!

    I didnt start playin ball till i was 7 (in 97) so these kicks dont mean as much 2 me…. But the three’s…. omg i won my first aau championchip in sum 3’s…. bustin ass in the all black pair…. 3 point buzzer beater and the foul 2 win the game….. oh the memories…. PLUS they look better

    Comment by Looser Kid — November 14, 2008 @ 8:35 am

37. I loved Grant Hill with a passion…I had his jerseys, like 75 of his basketball cards, recorded every Pistons game & watched it the next day, drank Sprite, and of course bought any of his FILA’S! This brings me back to the elementary days, haha.

    Comment by Tyler — November 14, 2008 @ 11:31 am

38. i love fila beacause all the wannabe gangsters wear them

    Comment by Maxwell — November 14, 2008 @ 4:53 pm

39. WOW…these were the only thing i wanted for christmas that year…i was fresh going back to school

    Comment by presidentialflight — November 16, 2008 @ 4:20 pm

40. Yea I had these when I was in the 5th grade. I loved them and I had a Grant Hill pistons jersey. It was that ugly teal green color. lol But yea ima gone head in grab them again. Bring back those memories when I thought I was the flyest thing in the 5th grade!!! lol

    Comment by bigbanks313_kicks — November 17, 2008 @ 11:33 am

41. i had these in 5th grade the all black one i need these you see pac in em a classic for a sneakerhead foo i just ordered mine

    Comment by teamj66441 — December 1, 2008 @ 7:34 pm

42. oh.. Fila is back.. GH is back!.. love to have it…

    Comment by GHYEAH — December 8, 2008 @ 9:32 pm

43. I used to have these shoes back in 3rd grade i was all in love with them and him (Grant Hill)!!!

    Comment by nat — December 10, 2008 @ 4:46 pm

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