Official Releases

Inspired by the numerous amount of contributions that the African American community added to the entire world through different technological advances, Under Armour releases the ‘Innovative’ ClutchFit Drive in time for Black History Month. A silver colored sneaker with a fully reflective upper (a feature that has come to be an Under Armour trademark), the [...]

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NBA guards sell kicks. Facts. While shooting guards have dominated the signature shoe space for years (see: Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant), the league is currently run with elite point guards. So much so that since the start of the 2013-14 thru right now only a season later, there have been a handful of new signature [...]

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is said to have worked closely with adidas on the 2015 Black History Month collection. Each adidas sneaker has a specific set of quotes and references: Crazy 8 – “Fundamentals are the Foundation for Excellence – ‘61 –‘65” The Crazy 8 features a canvas upper to pay homage to basketball shoes of the [...]

Continuing with the Black History Month sneaker releases, Jordan Brand gets in on the 2015 Nike BHM collection. Along with all the pieces from the Nike BHM collection, Jordan Brand is releasing a new colorway of the Air Jordan 1 High as well as the Air Jordan XX9 as part of this years’ Black History [...]

In 2013 when Stephen Curry left Nike for a Under Armour endorsement, the fact that the Swoosh didn’t see signature shoe potential in Curry was a deciding factor in the decision to join Team Armour. About 18 months into the deal and Under Armour is scheduled to release the Curry One basketball sneaker. The day [...]

adidas has quietly released quality releases in both the Retro and performance sneaker space, here we highlight the ‘Broadway Express’ collection. Comprised of the D Rose 5 Boost, Crazy 8, and Crazy 2 (formerly known as the adidas KB8 II when Kobe Bryant was still with adidas), the ‘Broadway Express’ nickname from the look of [...]

Known more for style than function, British Knights was the quintessential lifestyle brand which took design cues from athletics. With the brand in new hands and Retro sneakers more popular than ever, the market is ripe for the return of the popular British Knights Enforcer basketball shoe. Originally debuted in 1991, the British Knights Enforcer [...]

Nike has a new LeBron 12 colorway inspired by his superior athletic ability. Called the ‘23 Chromosomes‘, this new LeBron 12 colorway gets its name from basketball being so deeply embedded in LeBron James that it is in his DNA. Along with the official release, the DNA readings graphic seen on the Hyperposite upper panels [...]

Even though Kevin Durant has a lot of different colorways come out of his sneakers, many of them can connect back to his Oklahoma City Thunder uniforms which isn’t common with NBA players that have a signature shoe. The new ‘Lacquer Blue’ KD7 is a good example of one that matches. This colorway has the [...]