Kicks

March 26, 2012 – Ben Berry After winning their 3rd straight state championship, members of the Simeon Career Academy Wolverines took their sneakers off and left them on the hardwood as a sign of them “owning the court”. Coach Robert Smith had this to say: They were trying to make a statement saying this was [...]

March 23, 2012 – Ben Berry Though some might say that Linsanity has tapered away into nothing in the last few weeks but with the emergence of Woodson as the “golden headcoach”, who is still undefeated, that ensures that we haven’t seen the last of Jeremy Lin this season.  Even though the New York Knicks’ [...]

March 19, 2012 – Ben Berry When signature sneakers are made for players, samples and 1-of-1s are commonly given to the player who the kicks are made for. For some (myself not included), basketball sneakers aren’t casual-wearing material so to remedy that adidas made this one-off especially for Dwight Howard. As the story goes, the [...]

March 15, 2012 – Ben Berry Yesterday I showed you the entire St. Patrick’s Day PE Pack from Under Armour but I just wanted to highlight one of my favorite basketball sneakers of all time (seriously); the Micro G Bloodline. The reflective 3M mesh and single-piece premium leather is dressed in a dark Forest Green [...]

March 15, 2012 – Ben Berry Light Delivers Derrick Rose green sneakers by way of adidas. Kelly green luckskin nubuck makes up the majority of the upper of the ‘St. Paddy’ adiZero Rose 2.5; very similar to the color adidas used for Rose last St. Patrick’s Day. White is the complementary color with gold used [...]

March 14, 2012 – Ben Berry Under Armour is seeing green this St. Patrick’s Day. A monochromatic celtic (Kelt·ic) design wraps the toe of both pairs of the Micro G Juke while the Bloodline features the print on the strap. I haven’t gotten any hands-on time with this set yet but knowing Under Armour expect [...]

March 13, 2012 – Ben Berry Galaxy-mania continues to run wild in the sneakerworld. Many credit Blake Griffin with making last years’ Hyperdunk model popular as he was the first to lace up a pair when he won the Slam Dunk Contest back in 2011; and even then he had his own PE. The Galaxy [...]

March 9, 2012 – Ben Berry adidas Basketball takes you to the ‘School of Hard Knocks’. The first sighting of this new adiZero Rose 2.5 came via second half of the 2012 All-Star Game when Derrick Rose changed out of the ‘High Energy’ Rose 2.5s and laced these up. Many thought this pair would be [...]

March 9, 2012 – Ben Berry Kevin Durant gets it from his mama…new sneakers that is. The team at Nike Basketball gave Mama KD full reign over when creating a special pair of the Zoom KD IV for Kevin, power even surpassing the amount of options available on NikeiD for the same sneaker. A metallic [...]

March 8, 2012 – Ben Berry Both the Howard II and adiRose 2.5 are constructed from heather grey woven goodness and black denim. Solid white is seen on branding stripes of both pairs and adidas popular ‘High Energy’ orange is used as a subtle accent color. [...]