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Once one of the top players in the NBA, Tracy McGrady has to now fight for a spot on a team.  After finishing his one-year contract with the Atlanta Hawks, McGrady went overseas to China to play in the CBA and signed with the Qingdao Eagles.  Further embracing his current Far East location, he has [...]

In the 5th episode of The Return of D Rose web series called DRIVE, the video takes up through Derrick Rose’s motivation and, well, drive for competing and playing the way he does. This video shows clips of the adidas Rose 3 sneaker release in Chicago where when looking at video of his season-ending ACL [...]

When it comes to sponsored NCAA teams, each sportswear company has schools they favor or go the extra mile to hook up and for Under Armour, that school is the University of Maryland. Created for the 2012 Barclay Center Classic which pits University of Maryland Terpins against the University of Kentucky Wildcats in Brooklyn at [...]

With the NBA season and NCAA basketball season approaching, the basketball division at Under Armour invited us out to their Fall 2012 product showcase out in New York City.  On display were redesigned, lighter uniforms for the select few Under Armour-sponsored college teams like University of Maryland, Texas Tech, and Temple along with various colorways [...]

An adidas Basketball sneaker that few under the radar when it first released, the adidas adiZero Ghost 2 improves the cushioning, weight, and style of the original. The adiZero Ghost 2 is also being miCoach compatible, the digital performance program first seen in adidas Basketball sneakers on the Rose 2.5 that is activated in sneakers [...]

For Chris Paul’s sixth signature sneaker with Jordan Brand, advertising innovators Wieden & Kennedy were tapped to create an ad campaign highlighting how CP3 would cut through the city as well as how the world around him interacts with his movement which eventually leads to Paul on the court and breaking down a defender. While [...]

Three limited edition pairs of the latest Jordan Brand signature sneaker for Chris Paul releases later on this month.   Inspired by CP3’s passion for fast cars, the Jordan CP3.VI Nitro Pack are guaranteed to be seen on your feet while blowing past someone on the court in true Chris Paul fashion or just casually [...]

These days it seems easier to receive a signature sneaker line than it might have been in years previous.  But any baller player will tell you that having your own sneaker line won’t guarantee success. Enter LeBron James. Around the time of the Nike LeBron VI release, the colorways available for sale for LeBron James’ [...]

Russell Westbrook certainly has a unique spin on the whole hipster/nerd chic fashion style. For years he has been wearing the Urkel-esque glasses that recently during the NBA Finals got all sorts of media attention. It seemed to be mainly the media who was trying to manufacture a feud between Durant/Westbrook and the Heat’s Wade/James [...]

Now that the ink is dry on the partnership between Dwyane Wade and Chinese sportswear brand Li-Ning we get our first taste of what is to come with the Li-Ning Way of Wade ‘China’ pack.  During my interview with Dwyane Wade he mentioned that his first two pairs of Li-Ning sneakers will be the Li-Ning [...]