Ben Berry

Many have worked hard to embed “Dee Brown” and “dunk contest” in your head when thinking of Reebok Pump basketball sneakers. Now while it is true that Dee Brown did wear the Reebok Pump Omni Lite in the 1991 NBA Slam Dunk competition, many forget that in 1993 he was given a signature shoe with [...]

Sneakerheads of all ages have been clamoring for years on the internet that Nike Inc step in and replace the Jumpman on Air Jordans like the pairs of yesteryear (1999). This is a great example of wishing things into fruition Jordan Brand has been doing just that with several classic silhouettes; the Air Jordan 1 [...]

Early in his NBA career, Shaquille O’Neal was a member of the Orlando Magic and had a penance for shattering the glass of a basketball backboard during the slam dunk process. To highlight two occasions of this happening during NBA games, Reebok releases the ‘Shattered Backboard’ colorway of the original Shaq Attaq sneaker. For the [...]

That new weekend sneaker release you’re looking forward to isn’t that new. It in all probability has been planned between 12-and-18 months ago. Which explains why Paul George has a Player Edition colorway of the Hyperdunk 2014 out. Without ever playing a single NBA game this season in the 2014 Hyperdunk because of injury sustained [...]

Ranked 13th in the Western Conference is a position that the Oklahoma City Thunder isn’t usually in. With both Russell Westbrook and Kevin Durant sitting out, OKC went thru the majority of the current season’s games without leadership. Against the New York Knicks however Mr Why Not himself Russell Westbrook made his return, and in [...]

Inspired by the NAME, the purple Mon-Star from Space Jam (who took its athletic prowess and likeness from Larry Johnson) comes this new Converse Aero Jam colorway. This is an example of great execution and inspiration for a basketball sneaker. Larry Johnson’s signature sneaker in the YEAR was the Converse Aero Jam. With the popularity [...]

Kemba Walker has been seen in nothing but Under Armour since the 2011 NBA Draft. Even before playing a single minute of league play (remember that was a lockout year where the season didn’t start until Christmas Day that year) Walker has been putting on for Team Armour faithfully. Now with a revised logo, we [...]

If Kevin Durant played for the Sacramento Kings or Toronto Raptors, this new KD7 colorway would be one of the illest jersey-to-sneaker combinations in the league today. The official nickname story is pretty interesting. The ‘Lightning 534’ comes from literal view of lightning striking a tower on 5th Ave and 34th Street in the Manhattan [...]

Kobe Bryant is the only NBA player to do a lot of things, including having the only Nike Elite version of a signature sneaker (made specifically for the Playoffs) carry over into a new basketball season from the previous. Ever since returning to the active list, the Swoosh has kept a steady stream of new [...]

Allen Iverson teams up with VILLA sneaker boutiques to release the ‘A Day In Philly’ colorway of the Reebok Question. This sneaker collaboration is extra important as it marks the first time in the Reebok Iverson series that Pump technology is featured on AI’s rookie sneaker; the Question. Please enable Javascript to watch this video [...]