3 weeks ago, LeBron James posted on his Instagram feed (before his annual hiatus from social media during the NBA Playoffs) a picture of him sitting in front of a large promotional black sneaker box with Sprite green trim with the caption: Special package coming soon….. 1-100 #LeBronsMix #Nike #Beats During Game 5 of the [...]
May 13, 2015
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With floral prints on sneakers at an all-time high (seriously, there has been over a dozen basketball sneaker releases in 2015 with flowers on them) adidas crafted up this new pair of the John Wall signature sneaker. Unofficially known as the ‘Floral’ J Wall 1, this navy based sneaker has a textile upper with multi-color [...]
The phrase “one monkey don’t stop this show” comes to mind in reference to this new Nike Kobe X Elite colorway since Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers not making the NBA Playoffs. Swapping the woven textile upper for Flyknit, the ‘Elevate’ Kobe X Elite has a hightop construction for added ankle protection and [...]
Now that Bugs Bunny has returned to being a icon for Jordan Brand again, it is only fitting to Retro release the Jordan 7 colorway he inspired. Known as the ‘Hare’ Air Jordan VII, this colorway was apart of the original AJ7 release back in 1992. Even though this colorway was available back in 2008 [...]
Doing things a little differently this NBA Playoff season, Nike is releasing one (1) colorway of the 2015 Elite collection a month in April, May, and June; making this month’s upcoming LeBron 12 Elite the second pair to drop. Officially called the LeBron 12 Elite ‘Elevate’, this latest edition to the LeBron James signature series [...]
In celebration of Stephen Curry being named the NBA Most Valuable Player, Under Armour is scheduled to release this new Curry One colorway. During the 2014-15 NBA season, Steph Curry set a new record (which he made last season) for three-point shots made in the regular season with 286, received the most All-Star fan votes, [...]
Kevin Durant not being in the 2014-15 NBA Playoffs doesn’t exclude his current signature, the KD7 from being apart of the latest Nike Basketball Elite collection. For the Nike KD7 ‘Elevate’, the blue hues used literally gets its inspiration from above as the sky was the reference point for the entire collection. The most notable [...]
James Harden has been a pseudo-signature athlete for Nike for the last two seasons. After starting the 2013-14 NBA season in the Nike Run The One, Harden made the transition into the current Nike Hyperchase. Despite none of those silhouettes having his name attached, all official Nike media surrounding last season’s Run The One and [...]
Who knew Robin Lopez was artistic? In a season-saving Game 4 win against the Memphis Grizzlies, Robin Lopez customized a adidas DLillard 1 for Damian Lillard by freehand drawing on them. This isn’t the first time that Lopez has taken his talents to sneakers as he has customized adidas sneakers for himself for the last [...]
FILA has a deep pedigree in the NBA basketball world and continue to let people know by bringing back signature sneakers out of their archives. This is the latest colorway from the Jamal Mashburn catalog. Formally the FILA Mashburn, the ‘Volcanic’ FILA MB has one of the most comfortable midsoles available on a sneaker today [...]