High school basketball talent is at an all-time high, so it is only right that adidas lace their Nations participants with what might be their best on-court performance basketball sneaker currently available; the Crazylight Boost 2015 edition. Double-stacked Boost foam in the heel, the sewn Primeknit upper in black, and gold accents throughout makes up [...]
August 11, 2015
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Kobe Bryant is known to not mix words on the basketball court. Speaking sharply to his teammates is his way of motivation, and that was a habit established very early in his career. This new lowtop Kobe X Elite gets its nickname inspiration from a real nickname Bryant picked up around the league. Called the [...]
2015 marks the 20th year the Michael Jordan Flight School basketball camp. Held in California, the 775-attendee camp offers both the day($660) and overnight($800) options. While overseeing sessions, His Airness wore several different Air Jordan XX9 Low pairs; below we take a look at two of them. Surprisingly, the camp doesn’t outfit either sessions (overnight [...]
August 10, 2015
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Despite not ending the 2014-15 NBA Playoffs with a Larry O’Brien trophy, Damian Lillard still had a very successful year; thanks largely to the great response his first signature sneaker, the adidas D Lillard 1, received. Even though we are about half-way thru the summer season, there are still new colorways coming out like the [...]
Despite being over a year late, Nike is releasing a new KD8 colorway inspired by Kevin Durant’s attire while accepting the 2013-14 NBA MVP award. With a color-blocking similar to Kevin Durant’s MVP attire from last season, the ‘Suit’ Nike KD8 is constructed with a textile Flyweave upper and articulated outsole under a full-length Zoom [...]
To highlight the newly-released Jordan Super.Fly 4, Marvin the Martian recently made the trip to earth to compete against Blake Griffin, All-Star PF of the Los Angeles Clippers in a slam dunk contest. There will be a shortened version of “The Dunk to End All Dunks” commercial on TV, but to fully enjoy the collaborative [...]
Inspired by the lumberjack’s Oregon origin is the ‘Forestry’ adidas D Lillard 1 signature basketball sneaker. Constructed with a brown, tumbled-leather upper and featuring yellow rope laces, a red flannel textile material on the tongue, and metal eyelets, the ‘Forestry’ D Lillard 1 tells the lumberjack story very well on Damian Lillard’s first signature adidas [...]
During the first NBA Global Games in Africa, Los Angeles Clippers floor general Chris Paul took advantage of the additional eyeballs to give the world its first & best look at his upcoming signature sneaker, the Jordan CP3.IX. While sneakers from Jordan Brand tend to be only checked for if the word “Air” and “Retro” [...]
August 4, 2015
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FILA took to the streets of New York City and tracked down to elusive tagger CLAW Money for their latest collaboration on the classic streetball sneaker; The Cage. The Cage gets its name from the famous basketball court on W. 4th Street in NYC of the same name. The CLAW Money x FILA The Cage [...]
When NBA players are signed to shoe endorsements, the goal is not just to be another player on a company’s roster, but to be a signature player with their named attached to the sneakers they are promoting. Allen Iverson and his lifetime deal with Reebok is one that continues to be valuable for the brand. [...]