Official Releases

AND1 is one of those sneaker companies that I am going to relate to the way the sneaker OGs are into brands like Diadora & Pony. That being said, it makes me happy to be able to honestly type about a new pair of the AND1 Tai Chi celebrating the 20th anniversary of the company. [...]

With the current NBA season’s All-Star Game finished, adidas and Packer Shoes keep the basketball celebration going by re-releasing a Player Exclusive pair of the adidas T-Mac 3 worn by Tracy McGrady exactly 10 years ago in the 2004 NBA All Star Game. While still in Orlando, T-Mac started for the Eastern Conference team in [...]

For the past few years, Under Armour has built quite the performance basketball sneaker catalog and atop the shortlist of great hoop kicks are the Spawn Anatomix. Check out three Player Exclusive colorways of the UA Spawn Anatomix previously only worn by the University of Maryland. Since Under Armour made the jump into basketball, the [...]

Even though Jerry Stackhouse might not be playing in the basketball in the NBA anymore, FILA will make sure that he isn’t soon forgotten by re-releasing the FILA Stackhouse 2 Mid. Originally released in 1995, the FILA Stackhouse Mid was worn by Jerry Stackhouse during his days as a member of the Philadelphia 76ers and [...]

2014 marks the 20th anniversary of the first adidas signature sneaker for Dikembe Mutombo Mpolondo Mukamba Jean-Jacques Wamutombo so in celebration there will be a few colorways of the adidas Mutombo releasing this year. This white and blue colorway will be the first. White a simple color blocking having a mostly white upper with black [...]

With the city of New Orleans not having the same space ties as Orlando and Houston, Nike will go away from their infamous Galaxy theme in favor of playing off of a fictional NOLA Gumbo basketball league. Just as alligators kind of serve as protection in New Orleans culture, the LeBron XI ‘Gator King’ features [...]

The 2014 NBA All-Star Weekend festivities happen in New Orleans this year. So accordingly, the adidas sneaker pack uses Mardi Gras as inspiration for the colorways. Good enough reason to have a lot of paint speckles to me. Even if Kobe Bryant isn’t participating in any on-court All-Star festivities this year, his presence is still [...]

Almost two years ago, adidas made the decision to take their “all in” moniker heart by locking then-premiere NBA point guard Derrick Rose to a lifetime sneaker endorsement contract. With the 2011 NBA MVP out of the Chicago Bulls active roster again with an injury, adidas keeps the ball rolling with a new, high-performance basketball [...]

For 2013, Jordan Brand will release a Christmas-themed set of sneakers called the ‘Flight Before Christmas’ pack. Made up of the Jordan Super.Fly 2, Air Jordan XX8 SE, Jordan CP3.VII, and Jordan Melo M10, the Flight Before Christmas pack is the 2013 Christmas set of sneakers that Jordan Brand players like Chris Paul, Carmelo Anthony, [...]

Kyrie Irving has improved his level of play every year he has been in the NBA, and entering his third season with the Cleveland Cavaliers, he has enjoyed a success players with double or triple his professional career length have not. One benefit that is granted to elite basketball players is being the face of [...]