Derrick Rose been in the media a lot recently due to his statements about how he likely will not make his return during this NBA season. ACL injury has plagued the league during the last two seasons, so if sitting out a full season is what it takes for Rose to make a proper return [...]
February 15, 2013
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adidas wasted no time after announcing the Rose 3.5 just two days ago, the Stripes have officially announced the next colorway inspired by the Chinese New Year. With water being the element representing the Chinese New Year, a turquoise color is used on the liner and a layer on the toe. The ‘Year of the [...]
January 17, 2013
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After previewing these last week, today adidas officially announces the Rose 3.5 basketball sneaker. Latest signature sneaker for the currently-sidelined Derrick Rose, the Rose 3.5 is actually the 6th sneaker in Derrick’s series with adidas. We already have seen how well the ‘Year Of The Snake’ Rose 3.5 was executed, and if that is a [...]
January 15, 2013
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Derrick Rose has returned to practice and what better way to celebrate #TheReturn than a new signature adidas Rose sneaker? At first look, elements of the Rose 3 is seen on this year’s second-half adidas sneaker in the signature Rose line like the reflective 3M D Rose logo on the tongue and updated SPRINTFRAME midsole [...]
January 9, 2013
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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 [...]
October 30, 2012
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September 20, 2012 – Ben Berry In the third installment of The Return of D Rose web series titled FOCUS, Derrick Rose takes us thru his mindset about what it was like not being able to play basketball at all with a focus being put on missing the 2012 Olympic Games this past summer in [...]
September 20, 2012
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September 10, 2012 – Ben Berry The team over at adidas Basketball continues The Return of D Rose web series with the second episode aptly titled ‘Hope’. Derrick Rose takes us through his feelings about watching the NBA Playoffs instead of participating and shows us part of the routine that is in place to get [...]
September 10, 2012
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August 20, 2012 – Ben Berry While Derrick Rose made it clear in a recent video that he’s on the fast track to return to the NBA, adidas shows off exactly how ready they are with the release of the Rose 773. The recently released adidas Rose 773 takes the numbers from the Englewood neighborhood [...]
May 31, 2012 – Ben Berry With the rising number of people calling themselves “sneakerheads”, adidas has done a great job as far as catering to that ever-growing market while still keep on top of performance. Even with players like Josh Smith and Dwight Howard under the Stripes with signatures sneakers, it is Derrick Rose [...]
May 31, 2012
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April 27, 2012 – Ben Berry A neon green wrapped updated triple-layer SprintWeb upper of with an entirely blacked out midsole except for a panel underneath the heel colored white like the stripes above it makes up the ‘Electricity’ Crazy Light 2 by adidas. The midsole has been modified from the original Crazy Light so [...]