adidas has been the official apparel outfitter of the NBA for a while, but the 11-year partnership will come to an end at the conclusion of the 2016-17 season. That’s when the deal expires and adidas announced today they do not plan on pursuing extending the relationship. According to executives at adidas, the partnership has [...]
March 16, 2015
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Rumors
Michael Beasley and the San Antonio Spurs? Yes, Please. According to Yahoo Sports’ all-powerfull and almighty Adrian Wojnarowski, the Spurs intend to work out Beasley, who still hasn’t found a new home this summer: Free-agent forward Michael Beasley is working out for the defending NBA champion San Antonio Spurs at the franchise’s practice facility this [...]
September 18, 2014
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Blogs
The 2014 NBA All-Star Weekend festivities happen in New Orleans this year. So accordingly, the adidas sneaker pack uses Mardi Gras as inspiration for the colorways. Good enough reason to have a lot of paint speckles to me. Even if Kobe Bryant isn’t participating in any on-court All-Star festivities this year, his presence is still [...]
February 5, 2014
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Kicks, Official Releases
It’s about that time of year again when the nation’s top high school players, regardless of class, converge on the asphalt to play in the annual Elite 24 Game. In the past, it has served as a springboard for dozens of future NCAA and NBA stars to show out, old school style, on the outdoors [...]
August 22, 2013
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NCAA
In his first photoshoot as a member of the Houston Rockets, Dwight Howard used the opportunity to debut his latest upcoming basketball sneaker; the adidas D Howard 4. Since no info about the adidas Howard 4 has been made available yet, I just have this picture to go off of. adidas Sprintweb material fashioned in [...]
July 18, 2013
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Kicks
Photos courtesy of DarkwingProductions.net & B3nBerry Meeting at Foot Locker headquarters on W. 34th were different media members all invited to be a part of the Foot Locker February/March VIP Media event. After receiving a personalized bag full of Foot Locker goodies, we boarded a Brooklyn-bound bus and were dropped off right in front of [...]
February 5, 2013
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Exclusives, Kicks
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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Kicks, Official Releases
Before the Rockets snagged their franchise 2-guard, they were seen as something of a stumbling experiment in off-season missteps. Jeremy Lin was signed to an extravagant deal, one that Houston deemed fit after Lin’s 35 games as a Knickerbocker (25 started). They went and signed Carlos Delfino in the dead of night. Houston also traded [...]
December 27, 2012
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Blogs, Mohamed Abdihakim
DeMarcus Cousins of the Sacramento Kings has been suspended by the NBA and I, as a result, find myself angry. Not angry at the historically volatile center, but at the league, at the Association itself. According to our own Allen Moll of THD, the big man was suspended by the league after confronting San Antonio [...]
November 12, 2012
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Blogs
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 [...]
October 22, 2012
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Exclusives, Kicks