Kicks

March 9, 2012 – Ben Berry adidas Basketball takes you to the ‘School of Hard Knocks’. The first sighting of this new adiZero Rose 2.5 came via second half of the 2012 All-Star Game when Derrick Rose changed out of the ‘High Energy’ Rose 2.5s and laced these up. Many thought this pair would be [...]

March 9, 2012 – Ben Berry Kevin Durant gets it from his mama…new sneakers that is. The team at Nike Basketball gave Mama KD full reign over when creating a special pair of the Zoom KD IV for Kevin, power even surpassing the amount of options available on NikeiD for the same sneaker. A metallic [...]

March 8, 2012 – Ben Berry Both the Howard II and adiRose 2.5 are constructed from heather grey woven goodness and black denim. Solid white is seen on branding stripes of both pairs and adidas popular ‘High Energy’ orange is used as a subtle accent color. [...]

March 7, 2012 – Ben Berry In case you thought the slew of All-Star sneaker releases has was going to slow down since All-Star Weekend played out in Orlando nearly two weeks ago, Reebok is here to prove you wrong. A colorway simply inspired by the team who played host to all the 2012 All-Star [...]

March 6, 2012 – Ben Berry Li-Ning celebrates the Year of the Water Dragon the right way. All sneaker media outlets reported that the Li-Ning Turningpoint flagship player Evan Turner wore during the Rising Stars Challenge at All-Star Weekend was the only Year of the Dragon-inspired sneaker by Li-Ning but we now know it to [...]

March 2, 2012 – Ben Berry After the hysteria the ‘Galaxy’ Foamposite One from the ‘Galaxy’ All-Star pack by Nike caused this past weekend, exclusive sneakers are getting more attention than ever. Special one-off pairs are made for NBA players all the time that never hits store shelves but that doesn’t mean sneakerheads want to [...]

March 2, 2012 – Ben Berry After putting on a MVP-like performance myself aiding my team to victory during Li-Ning’s All-Star Media Run, I found time to catch up with Li-Ning Basketball player Evan Turner of the Philadelphia 76ers. [...]

February 27, 2012 – Ben Berry Li-Ning plays no games when it comes to basketball. Now in their second year, Li-Ning’s All-Star Media Run has become a great event in itself. Complete with 3-point contest and official refs, the appearances made by celebrities and a rising NBA star just added to the already hyped environment. [...]

February 27, 2012 – Ben Berry The kind people over at adidas granted us access to one of their private suites in Orlando this past weekend to take a closer look at their 2012 All-Star Weekend gear and I have to say how impressive the collection looks. [...]

February 26, 2012 – Ben Berry Sneakerhead or not, this past week you’ve definitely heard about the Galaxy Foamposites which came out Friday as part of Nike Basketball’s 2012 All-Star pack [...]