Kicks

Since joining the Nike Basketball division in 2004, Kobe Bryant has been an integral part of the Swoosh. The release of the ‘5 AM Flight’ Kobe X marks the tenth signature Swoosh sneaker for the Black Mamba. In celebration, Bryant and sneaker designer Eric Avar narrated a podcast where they talk about working together and [...]

When reflective materials were first added to sneakers, it was mainly on running kicks and served a purpose: to be seen in the dark. Now in vogue, adidas upgrades from reflective to responsive with their new XENO collection. One of the first sneakers in that collection is the Metro Attitude. Discovered on the Xenopeltis snake [...]

A little over 6 months ago, Paul George posted pictures of an new, upcoming Nike Basketball sneaker before anyone knew what it was and many thought it would be his signature sneaker (which was quickly dispelled after he took to Twitter to set people straight); that shoe was the Zoom Hyperrev 2015. This is the [...]

Inspired by Patrick Ewing’s first All-Star appearance back in 1990 is the new ‘All Star’ colorway of the Ewing 33 High by Ewing Athletics. In celebration of the 1990 NBA All-Star Game that took place in Miami and to mark the 25th anniversary of Hoya Destroy’s first time on the league’s brightest (not biggest) stage [...]

Reebok Classics gets into the All-Star Weekend themed releases with new colorways of The Blast and Question. For the ‘2015 All-Star’ Reebok Question, the inspiration for the colorblocking follows the minimalist trend seen across all sportswear brand spectrum right now (which works well matching the Brooklyn Nets team colors). The Blast ‘2015 All-Star’ colorways gets [...]

Inspired by the iconic adidas shelltoe is the ‘Superstar’ D Rose 5 Boost. With an upper made from a material with snakeskin texture, the adidas D Rose 5 ‘Superstar’ gets its name from the popular adidas Superstar from 1969 which originally had the shelltoe shape to make the toebox last longer while playing basketball in. [...]

In a surprise move, Nike went back a decade into their vault to bring back the Black History Month-themed Air Force One. Featuring the Pan-African flag on the lateral (outside) part of the heel, this red, black, and green flag stands for: the blood shed for the liberation of Africans, a representation of black people [...]

adidas merges the classic shelltoe design with their top-of-the-line foam technology in the new Futurestar Boost. With the 2015 NBA All-Star Weekend being in New York City, the lights will be brighter than ever; which is the perfect time to debut a new kicks. The adidas Futurestar Boost combines styling found in iconic Stripes sneakers [...]

Released the same year (1997), there is a different between the Nike Foamposite One the Nike Foamposite Pro. the Air Foamposite Pro has a Swoosh on the lateral (outside) part of the sneaker. This is a new colorway of the Pro. Wrapped in a deep navy color, the ‘Dark Obsidian’ Foamposite Pro is as dark [...]

Many players with signature basketball sneakers recurring inspirations throughout the different models. Derrick Rose has had a colorway dedicated to his mother, Brenda, in the last handful of silhouettes. This is the latest. Red is still Brenda Rose’s favorite color, so the ‘Brenda’ D Rose 5 Boost has plenty of it as well as a [...]