Official Releases

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 [...]

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 [...]

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. [...]

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 [...]

Stance socks have grown increasingly popular by the date since its introduction a few years ago. Unable to deny their appeal, the NBA has partnered with the brand for the 2015 NBA All-Star Weekend. While other sportswear brands are responsible for the surging “performance sock” popularity, Stance elevated the market by producing creative pieces as [...]

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 [...]