Kicks

At the start of Kevin Durant’s 2013 basketball tour of Shanghai, Nike unveils the ‘Bamboo’ KD VI. Inspired by the plant native to China, the Nike KD VI ‘Bamboo’ has a green upper with bronze on the tongue, medial side, and outsole panel. The character in Chinese for bamboo has been revamped to spell out [...]

Reebok helps bring February to July with two new pairs of the Answer 1 inspired by the NBA All-Star Weekend. Two new pairs of Allen Iverson’s second signature shoe drops towards the end of the month in the ‘All-Star’ Answer 1. There is something for everybody not matter which set you rep with both a [...]

CONSTRUCTION: The flagship feature from adidas on the Crazyquick is the flexable midsole designed to make your first step as fast as possible; quick if you will. There are four points on the Crazyquick outsole which are designed for different things. Called Quick Zones, the categories they are divided into are the toe zone, forefoot [...]

Kobe Bryant is eyeing an early return to NBA play after sustaining an achilles injury in April. To help, a one-off version of the Nike Kobe 8 System in a unreleased height. The Kobe 8 System Mid isn’t the first specialized sneaker that that Nike made to aid in the recovering of Kobe Bryant. Back [...]

Have you ever spoken to someone who’s level you weren’t on? This is the issue that rapper Tyga & Shaquille O’Neal face in the new Reebok x Foot Locker commercial called ‘Conversation Lift’. The premise behind the video is to not only highlight the first re-release of the Reebok Shaqnosis, but the logistics of complementing [...]

Summer is a great time to run games of basketball outdoors anywhere there is a rim. Nike looks to make your one of your pick up games at the park a lot more exciting by giving you the chance to play in a game on a team with either Kevin Durant or James Harden. The [...]

Basketball really is an international sport so adidas, a German company, recognizes that and acts accordingly with the adidas Quick VS Fast Tour which only is taking place in China, is the debut of the upcoming adidas Crazy Light 3. Current NBA guards John Wall, Ricky Rubio, Damian Lillard, Mike Conley, & Jrue Holiday all [...]

Fresh off of winning his second straight NBA Championship, there has never been a better time for LeBron James as a brand. Not only are his signature sneakers popular, but his signature takedown lines are as well. Take your first look at four colorways of the upcoming Nike LeBron Ambassador VI. Using top notch sneaker [...]

After already showing us three colorways of the upcoming Under Armour basketball sneaker due out later this year, Brandon Jennings once again takes to his Instagram account to give us an early look at the Spawn Anatomix Low. We’ve already seen fellow Team Armour member Kemba Walker lace up the regular-height Spawn Anatomix during EBC [...]

The oft-underrated Nike Hyperfuse series has a new silhouette coming this year called the Zoom Hyperfuse 2013. As seen below, the 2013 version of the Hyperfuse basketball sneaker has the closest design to the original pair from 2008/2009 unlike the last two versions. In 2008 when Nike introduced the original Hyperfuse sneaker, the flagship players [...]