Kicks

July 13, 2012 – Ben Berry Sole Collector has been one of the premiere authorities for a while now when it comes to sneakers. They have collaborated with companies on more sneakers than the ones listed we listed, but over here at The Hoop Doctors, we’re only focusing on the ones done specifically on basketball [...]

July 13, 2012 – Ben Berry There is no doubt in my mind that the recent surge of popularity the classic Foamposite One & Foamposite Pro has been in the last three years is the reason why Nike has decided to revive Penny Hardaway’s Air Penny line. There have already been images of pairs inspired [...]

July 13, 2012 – Ben Berry Between the detailed images of the ‘Yellow Bracket’ pair surfacing recently as well as pair the ‘Pink Bracket’ Bloodline getting a surprise release last week, it is safe to say that Under Armour hasn’t completely forgotten about the Micro G Bloodline. The ‘Patterson High School’ player-exclusive Micro G Bloodline [...]

July 12, 2012 – Ben Berry In the last few years, sneaker nicknames have become out of control. Its getting to the point where companies themselves are promoting the unofficial nicknames themselves. [...]

July 11, 2012 – Ben Berry The first installment in the Zoom Soldier was crazy, but ever since then the series fell into a bland combination of Zoom Air capsules and rubber with very little pleasing aesthetics. Zoom Air has been a staple in this series but with this model comes into the realm of [...]

July 9, 2012 – Ben Berry Being in a position to get professional athletes to sign memorabilia is always an experience. No matter who you are, just the allure of having something signed by the person who had a hand in making that product [...]

July 9, 2012 – Ben Berry Since the announcement of Ewing Athletics returning, there has been a lot of speculation on which models would be the first Patrick Ewing sneaker to be given the Retro treatment. Enter the Ewing 33 Hi. The two Knicks-inspired colorways were a given and will drop alongside a Red/Black pair [...]

July 6, 2012 – Ben Berry Last week when talking about the ‘Yellow Bracket’ Micro G Bloodline by Under Armour I made mention to a pink pair. Even though this isn’t the original ‘Breast Cancer Awareness’ Bloodline on display at the Under Armour Bloodline release party last year, you can’t deny the nickname that these [...]

July 6, 2012 – Ben Berry The first half of 2012 yielded some great classic Air Jordan Retros to the point where it seemed like they would run out of classics to drop. Now getting into the second half of the year, there are still a lot of fire releases which made cutting this list [...]

July 6, 2012 – Ben Berry Every summer the World Basketball Festival events draws massive amounts of crowds and with the three locations this year, there will be city-specific sets with two pairs of kicks being inspired by each of the cities the WBF will take place in totaling six pairs of sneakers all together. [...]