Kicks

August 24, 2012 – Jonathan Lee There has been a lot of noise recently concerning the new LeBron X shoe that will hit stores this fall. The shoe is rumored to retail for a price close to $300 and has raised questions concerning whether any basketball shoe is worth paying that amount of money. To [...]

August 23, 2012 – Ben Berry Since the kicks worn by Elite 24 players were always exclusive to participants, a welcome change of pace is that the entire Under Armour Micro G Torch set will be available for sale through Eastbay and UA.com starting the day each sneaker debuts at the event. Today, the Red/Capri [...]

August 23, 2012 – Ben Berry Growing up deep in the sneaker community, one of the only things I couldn’t wait to do was go to a Sneaker Pimps event. Just starting out in 2002, Sneaker Pimps quickly learned the formula to running a great sneaker-related event due to their meticulous planning and the caliber [...]

August 22, 2012 – Ben Berry With the first good look at the Nike LeBron X coming after the 2012 Olympic Games in London this summer, everyone in the sneaker community had an opinion about them. Some vocally dismissed the pair right away citing the resemblance to current Nike Basketball models as a deal breaker [...]

August 22, 2012 – Ben Berry After the first five pairs of the Crazy Light 2 dropped, we’ve been treated with a few solid new colorways. The ‘USA’ pair was a good look and the Euro Camp pair was crazy but didn’t hit release and were only given to this years participants. If eye-catching color [...]

August 21, 2012 – Ben Berry The Jordan IX has always been one of my favorite Air Jordans ever so I was gassed that hear there would be plenty of them in 2012. With over five different pairs dropping, not just OG colorways were brought back but several new colorways would make their way to [...]

August 20, 2012 – Ben Berry By 1999, the Nike Innovation Kitchen was in full tilt mode being…well…innovated.  Looking at the Air Flightposite it was easy to see that the ideas on what would make a good basketball sneaker has evolved so much in such a short period of time. Inspired by concept cars and [...]

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 [...]

August 17, 2012 – Mohamed Abdihakim It seems like Dwyane Wade is getting set to depart the Jordan brand for another name. Li-Ning is reportedly the next company to host the marketability of one D-Wade. Hearing from several people that Dwyane Wade will likely leave Jordan Brand and sign with Li-Ning. Huge shift. — Nick [...]

August 15, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors Derrick Rose is likely to miss all of next season so that he can rehab his knee. That’s probably best because what would rushing him back late in the season do? It’s not as if the Bulls are going to be contenders this year. adidas has decided to [...]