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After officially getting the nod to start the 2015 NBA All-Star Game (and make the team for the second straight year), John Wall will be seen in the ‘NYC All-Star’ colorway of the adidas J Wall 1. The ‘NYC All-Star’ J Wall 1, along with the other signature adidas sneakers, were colorblocked with the 2015 [...]

After a three-sneaker series with Reebok, John Wall became the latest NBA player to have two sneaker deals with different companies when the adidas J Wall 1 first debuted in October 2014. A backstory or some obscure inspiration isn’t need to have a good basketball sneaker, as is the case with the new ‘DC Blue’ [...]

2015 is the year Air Jordan Retros will be constructed from higher-quality materials than in past years as part of the Jordan Brand Remastered collection, and the French Blue colorway of the Jordan 7 is up next. Originally released in 2002, the Jordan VII ‘French Blue’ also adds popular Jordan Brand colors like Flint Grey [...]

Inspired by the numerous amount of contributions that the African American community added to the entire world through different technological advances, Under Armour releases the ‘Innovative’ ClutchFit Drive in time for Black History Month. A silver colored sneaker with a fully reflective upper (a feature that has come to be an Under Armour trademark), the [...]

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NBA guards sell kicks. Facts. While shooting guards have dominated the signature shoe space for years (see: Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant), the league is currently run with elite point guards. So much so that since the start of the 2013-14 thru right now only a season later, there have been a handful of new signature [...]

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is said to have worked closely with adidas on the 2015 Black History Month collection. Each adidas sneaker has a specific set of quotes and references: Crazy 8 – “Fundamentals are the Foundation for Excellence – ‘61 –‘65” The Crazy 8 features a canvas upper to pay homage to basketball shoes of the [...]

Continuing with the Black History Month sneaker releases, Jordan Brand gets in on the 2015 Nike BHM collection. Along with all the pieces from the Nike BHM collection, Jordan Brand is releasing a new colorway of the Air Jordan 1 High as well as the Air Jordan XX9 as part of this years’ Black History [...]

In 2013 when Stephen Curry left Nike for a Under Armour endorsement, the fact that the Swoosh didn’t see signature shoe potential in Curry was a deciding factor in the decision to join Team Armour. About 18 months into the deal and Under Armour is scheduled to release the Curry One basketball sneaker. The day [...]