Exclusives

Recently, Oregon Ducks basketball players Ben Carter and returning starting PG Dominic Artis are ineligible to play in nine games this season after school officials were made aware that they sold Player Exclusive team apparel within the past year. Even though specific pieces of sportswear weren’t named, it is widely believed that among what was [...]

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Now and again, brands take notice to the spotlight we shine on the basketball sneakers we chose to feature on The Hoop Doctors. adidas noticed that I have been a big fan of the Derrick Rose signature series and saw fit to send over the ‘Away’ adidas D Rose 4 in this special packaging. Included [...]

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Late last week, Kendall Marshall took to his Instagram account to show some of what he would be lacing up this season only to run into a problem. He isn’t on a NBA team right now. After packaged as part of a trade that sent Shannon Brown, Malcolm Lee, Marcin Gortat along with Marshall to [...]

Now that Rajon Rondo has officially left Nike for Anta, a fair question would be what is going to happen to all those Player Exclusive sneakers he has? Give them away of course, and that is exactly what Rondo did with those kicks. It appears that Rajon Rondo has given away his Nike PE sneakers [...]

Though not officially announced, Rajon Rondo will return from his injury this season not wearing kicks with a Swoosh on it, but leaving Nike for China-based brand ANTA. This doesn’t seem to be the only news coming from this overseas brand that already features a player roster that is only worn in the NBA by [...]

For Monday’s presser, the sneakers were just as prevalent as the new ‘Back In Blue’ adiZero sleeved uniforms debuted by the Los Angeles Clippers. Jordan Brand representatives Chris Paul and Blake Griffin wore PE versions of the Jordan CP3.VII & Jordan Super.Fly 2 respectively in the ‘Back In Blue’ colorway. DeAndre Jordan surprisingly wore a [...]

In 2007, Stephon Marbury was fading as a NBA star but emerged as the flagship player of his own signature sneaker brand called Starbury. Despite selling well, the popular budget-conscious sneaker line wasn’t popular and faded away into obscurity. Poised for a return soon, one upcoming Starbury sneaker takes its design from a LeBron James [...]

September 27th was the first NBA Media Day of this upcoming season and basketball sneaker fans were in for a surprise. Over at the Oracle Arena in Oakland, the Warriors greeted various members of the media with attention quickly going to Stephen Curry and his feet. Wearing what is likely to be a player exclusive [...]