Official Releases

The symbiotic relationship between sneakers and basketball also works as the common ground for people who would otherwise be unrelated. That is part of what paired LeBron James with Pigalle designer Stéphane Ashpool and the resulted Nike collaboration. For the Pigalle x Nike LeBron 12 Elite collaborative sneaker, the white Megafuse upper has black pixels [...]

Sneaker colorway stories have become one of the most contrived parts of the culture; often times feeling very forced. This latest Jordan 9 however has amazing inspiration. For ‘The Spirit’ Air Jordan 9 Retro, the story behind the colorway is a good one. In front of the United Center where the Chicago Bulls play, a [...]

On the heels of Allen Iverson’s first lowtop signature sneaker re-releasing in an original colorway is this new Reebok Question Low R13. The color combination of Black/Tar/Carbon makes for a gradient-like effect. Add subtle polka-dots to the top and a Aqua outsole to the bottom and this otherwise tonal sneaker now has detailing that makes [...]

Designed as a casual sneaker with performance basketball shoe tooling is the new Nike Hyperrev Low EXT. Since the Hyperrev Low EXT looks very much like a lowtop version of the first Hyperrev and nothing like the current edition, this reinforces my belief that the Hyperrev 2015 was really suppose to be Paul George’s first [...]

With the popularity of tonal, monochromatic (single-color) basketball sneakers at its height, FILA looks to ride the wave they were an early part of with this new Grant Hill III colorway. For the ‘Mint’ FILA 97 (GH3), a combination of light green tumbled leather and suede are used to construct this new colorway of Grant [...]

adidas is definitely “all in” with the reigning NBA Rookie of the Year Andrew Wiggins. Earlier in the summer we showed you the Home colorway of the Crazylight Boost [5] that Wiggins would be wearing, now take a look at the Away pair. Featuring a blue, sewn Primeknit upper, the ‘AW15 Road’ adidas Crazylight Boost [...]

Kobe Bryant is known to not mix words on the basketball court. Speaking sharply to his teammates is his way of motivation, and that was a habit established very early in his career. This new lowtop Kobe X Elite gets its nickname inspiration from a real nickname Bryant picked up around the league. Called the [...]

Despite not ending the 2014-15 NBA Playoffs with a Larry O’Brien trophy, Damian Lillard still had a very successful year; thanks largely to the great response his first signature sneaker, the adidas D Lillard 1, received. Even though we are about half-way thru the summer season, there are still new colorways coming out like the [...]

Despite being over a year late, Nike is releasing a new KD8 colorway inspired by Kevin Durant’s attire while accepting the 2013-14 NBA MVP award. With a color-blocking similar to Kevin Durant’s MVP attire from last season, the ‘Suit’ Nike KD8 is constructed with a textile Flyweave upper and articulated outsole under a full-length Zoom [...]

To highlight the newly-released Jordan Super.Fly 4, Marvin the Martian recently made the trip to earth to compete against Blake Griffin, All-Star PF of the Los Angeles Clippers in a slam dunk contest. There will be a shortened version of “The Dunk to End All Dunks” commercial on TV, but to fully enjoy the collaborative [...]