Ben Berry

Released the same year (1997), there is a different between the Nike Foamposite One the Nike Foamposite Pro. the Air Foamposite Pro has a Swoosh on the lateral (outside) part of the sneaker. This is a new colorway of the Pro. Wrapped in a deep navy color, the ‘Dark Obsidian’ Foamposite Pro is as dark [...]

Many players with signature basketball sneakers recurring inspirations throughout the different models. Derrick Rose has had a colorway dedicated to his mother, Brenda, in the last handful of silhouettes. This is the latest. Red is still Brenda Rose’s favorite color, so the ‘Brenda’ D Rose 5 Boost has plenty of it as well as a [...]

For a large chunk of the 1990s, Reebok was on top of the basketball sneaker division. Whether on the heardwood or asphalt, you couldn’t help but see that Vector logo everywhere. For the last few years, Reebok has brought back some of their most popular silhouettes from that time, and The Shroud is the latest. [...]

The latest colorway from the 12th sneaker Nike made for LeBron James takes its nickname from one of his most beneficial skills. Called the ‘Court Vision’ LeBron 12, this pair is inspired by how his eyes are constantly moving during a game; an uncanny skill. Featuring a reflective graphic pattern in flat black and Bright [...]

For the 2015 BBVA Compass Rising Stars Challenge are these specially-designed uniforms from adidas. What used to be known as the Rookie/Sophmore game starts off the basketball festivities during the NBA All-Star Weekend and the case could be made for this game being having better displays of basketball than the actual All-Star Game on Sunday. [...]

This year when the Chinese zodiac calendar changes, it will be the Year of the Goat. With this year specifically being the Year Of The Water Goat, that is where the swirling graphic on the upper of the ‘Chinese New Year’ Air Jordan XX9 comes from. One of the best features of the Jordan XX9 [...]

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With Stephen Curry starting in his second-straight All-Star Game (and this time in his first signature shoe), Under Armour laced him with the ‘Dark Matter’ colorway of the UA Curry One. For the ‘Dark Matter’ Curry One, Under Armour got the nickname from actual dark matter not being able to be directly seen, the material [...]

Holidays are marketable. Using annual happenings as inspiration for product is cool, and for the first time ever, Chinese New Year will be acknowledged by the NBA in the form of special Golden State Warriors uniforms. February 19th marks the beginning of the Year Of The Goat and the restart of the Chinese zodiac calendar. [...]

Noticing that athletic footwear has run with the current trend of using exotic-looking materials, FILA applied that principal to the ‘Materialites’ Stack 2. For the second Jerry Stackhouse signature sneaker, the ‘Materialites’ FILA Stackhouse 2 features a handful of different materials in the construction like a pewter suede upper, relective underlay, and black snakeskin paneling. [...]