Inspired by the yellow Cleveland Cavaliers uniform, Nike is releasing a Kyrie Irving-themed Player Edition pair of the Zoom Hyperrev. There is another, green colorway of the Zoom Hyperrev releasing with Kyrie Irving branding the same day that these hit stores, but this shoe was worn by Irving during the season in-game whereas the other [...]
Russell Westbrook is on record for record three triple-doubles in the last five NBA Playoff games for the Thunder. Even if last night’s triple-double wasn’t authentic Westbrook’s Player Exclusive pair of the Air Jordan XX9 months before the shoe’s release in any color is definitely real. Seen in last night’s Thunder win over the Los [...]
May 8, 2014
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After debuting 20 years ago in 1994, adidas will continue to keep Dikembe Mutombo relevant by re-releasing the adidas Mutombo II. In 1994 during the 1993-94 NBA Playoffs, Dikembe Mutombo was apart of a Denver Nuggets team who was seeded 8th in the Western Conference who went on to beat the number one-ranked Seattle Supersonics [...]
After showing the ‘Orange Pack’ colorway on the FILA KJ7, we take a look at the FILA Stackhouse Spaghetti from the same set. Inspired by Miami scenery, the ‘Orange Pack’ FILA Spaghetti takes its color blocking from a combination of the Miami Beach sands and the setting sun. This is the first colorway of the [...]
Last year when the Miami Heat won their second consecutive NBA Title Nike capitalized off the occasion by releasing a second ‘Championship’ pack featuring a LeBron X Elite & LeBron X Low in celebratory colorways. That set was rare. Take a look at a even more uncommon set. Here we see the green ‘Championship’ Pack [...]
May 2, 2014
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Being the son of Michael Jordan comes with many benefits besides an amazing pedigree that need not be mentioned, including never worrying about what goes on your feet. While attending Whitney Young High School and playing on the basketball team, Marcus Jordan has this true Player Exclusive colorway of the Air Jordan II (debuted by [...]
May 1, 2014
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Our friends across the pond, JD Sports, have two new colorways of the classic Nike Air Huarache sneaker on their webstore. Designed by Tinker Hatfield of Air Jordan fame, the Nike Huarache brings the design of a neoprene bootie as the inner lining of a shoe to help with total foot lockdown as well as [...]
April 29, 2014
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Even though Anfernee ‘Penny’ Hardaway hasn’t played an NBA game in over AMOUNT years, he is still very relevant in the sneakerhead world. Not just because of his signature sneakers from his NBA days, but from the new shoe silhouettes coming out these days with his name on it. 2012 in Orlando featured Penny Hardaway’s [...]
April 28, 2014
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjBzZpkuy38 Vince Carter might have need a nickname update as the ratio on the “half man, half amazing” title seems slightly off in lieu of his recent accolades. With 1.7 seconds left on in the fourth quarter and the Spurs up by two points against the Mavericks in Game 3 of the first round of [...]
April 27, 2014
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FILA is an example of a 1990s athletic sneaker company that has a deep basketball pedigree. With Retro kicks from that era of the NBA being more popular than ever it makes sense for FILA to draw up new colorways of their classic FILA KJ7 model. Inspired by the city of Miami and the associated [...]
April 26, 2014
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