Kicks

February 18, 2011 – Allen Moll That’s right, you read it correctly. As part of Nike’s new “Hollywood” collection, the designers for the athletic footwear juggernaut have come up with a new special edition “3D” themed version of the Zoom Kobe VI’s that are currently selling off the shelves, probably behind the now viral marketing [...]

All-Star weekend is in L.A. this year, and adidas has decided to incorporate Hollywood in the NBA. [...]

January 25, 2011 – Joshua Sexton For all of you basketball players who have been waiting for a versatile, light weight, cost effective basketball shoe to hit the market, your wait is over. During this year’s All-Star Weekend festivities, Macleem will be unveiling its new B7 mid-cut basketball sneaker. The new B7 mid-cut sneaker was [...]

January 21, 2011 – Allen Moll Back in late August, news broke that this year’s #2 overall pick and former NCAA Player of the Year Evan Turner had signed a long term deal with Chinese shoe company Li-Ning. If you remember, Li-Ning is the up-and-coming athletic apparel company focusing mainly on basketball shoes, who at [...]

December 31, 2010 – Kevin Burke They say nothing is bigger than the game itself. Sometimes I don’t know if I always agree with that. If there’s one thing that has become synonymous with the game of basketball, that would be the Jordan Brand, but more specifically the sneakers. The brand has become larger than [...]

November 24, 2010 – Kevin Burke Earlier this month, The Hoop Doctors brought you a series of videos that were posted by Kevin Durant’s neighbor, Mathias Murphy, on his Twitter account. This little kid lived next door to the house that Kevin Durant was moving into and was filming Durant for the world to see who his [...]

October 28, 2010 – The Hoop Doctors Tonight adidas will premiere the newest commercial from the “Fast Don’t Lie” campaign starring Dwight Howard and Ken Jeong of the “The Hangover” and NBC’s “The Community.” The spot, along with Dwight’s signature shoe is called “The Beast.” It follows the “Fast Don’t Lie” music video that launched [...]

October 20, 2010 – Kevin Burke Remember the Reebok Pumps that were supposed to allow you to jump higher? Dee Brown of the Boston Celtics did a good job of selling that during the 1991 Dunk Contest when he pumped them up before a dunk attempt, creating the illusion that he was really aided by them. While [...]

October 19, 2010 – Kevin Burke The talking is over. One of the most highly anticipated NBA seasons is so close that you can practically taste it. We’re also very close to a long awaited sneaker release as well. One like we’ve never seen before. That’s because for the first time, as you know, Under Armour brings [...]

We were lucky enough to get our hands on a pair of the Li-Ning BD Dooms. After lacing up Baron Davis' shoes, here is what we thought. [...]