Blogs

October 3, 2011 – Ben Berry    When NBA players with sneaker deals drop their latest signature shoe consumers, for the most part, can predict the first few colorways that will be released. A two-or-three color combination of their team colors and a mostly white pair with their team colors paneled make up the first [...]

September 28, 2011 – Dane Carbaugh In 1989-90 Rick Mahorn had one of the more forgotten roster years ever seen in the NBA. Mahorn, part of the original “Bad Boy” group in Detroit, had just won his one-and-only NBA championship with his Piston bretheren in the spring of ’89 and was riding high. Oh, how [...]

October 3, 2011 – Allen Moll This NBA offseason, fans have been treated to bearing witness to numerous superstars that chose to participate in seemingly every pro-am and all star game from Cali to DC to NYC. All Star caliber players like Lebron James, Carmelo Anthony, John Wall, and Kevin Durant have taken to the hardwood during [...]

September 30, 2011 – Allen Moll There has been much discussion in the “City of Brotherly Love” as to just why last year’s #2 overall Draft pick Evan Turner struggled to crack Coach Doug Collins’ regular rotation for most of the ‘10-’11 campaign. Was it just a case of not getting acclimated to the NBA [...]

September 29, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors If you thought all the Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O’Neal drama was behind us now that Shaq has retired, you were wrong. Or maybe Kobe just felt he could get the last word in while visiting another country and Shaq wouldn’t find out. Well you were wrong Mamba. [...]

After some creative marketing yesterday the entire adiZero Rose 2.0 commercial is now available to watch in its entirety. With the swagger that only the reigning MVP could bring, D Rose drives the lane through an entire bull fighting arena crossing up anything in his path and finishes with a thunderous two-handed slam. Anyone else [...]

September 29, 2011 – R.S. De France If Larry Bird and Magic could eventually become friends, if the various interests in the U.S. government could come to a resolution on the debt crisis, and if the NFL owners and players could come to an agreement, surely it must be possible to end the NBA lockout [...]

September 28, 2011 – Dane Carbaugh Long ago, way back before most of you started seeing David Stern and Adam Silver as Statler and Waldorf, the NBA was a league that fully embraced social media as a part of its marketing plan. As clips were amiably put up on YouTube, Twitter accounts were created and [...]

September 28, 2011 – Allen Moll What we all speculated during last year’s NCAA Tournament, that Duke’s fab freshman PG Kyrie Irving wasn’t playing at 100%, was apparently true. Per a story at the Cleveland Plains Dealer, doctors have told Irving that his injured right foot won’t be completely healed for another 3 months. Would [...]

September 27, 2011 – Ben Berry Without a doubt the Air Jordan III is one of the most iconic silhouettes in the sneaker world. After seeing an onslaught of Jordan III colorways since the release of the Doernbecher edition last November there was bound to be pairs that didn’t receive a barcode and these two [...]