1995

There was rumblings late last year that 2016 would be the return of the Air Jordan X City Series. At first glance, this Air Jordan X looks to be constructed from two different leathers: a smooth leather seen on most of the upper, and a tumbled leather seen on panel overlays. This entirely black Jordan [...]

When the name “Reebok” comes to mind, so does the word “classic”. That might have something to do with Reebok Classics being the actual name of a division inside of the Vector brand, but it is undeniable that their basketball sneakers all seem to carry a certain nostalgia. Reebok continues to roll out some of [...]

FILA is going hard for their share of the retro basketball market by bringing back signature basketball sneakers from their 1990s archive. Here we see Grant Hill’s first shoe with FILA re-releasing in a new colorway to be apart of the upcoming FILA ‘Red Pack’ collection. What was formally called the FILA GH 1 from [...]

An entire decade after Nike & Michael Jordan created the lane of annual signature shoes, 1995 was the year FILA released the first Grant Hill signature sneaker simply titled the “FILA Grant Hill”. Now known as the FILA 95, two OG colorways of this sneaker release this September. Officially titled the FILA ‘Re-Introduced’ pack, these [...]

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The Hoop Doctors love Michael Jordan. That’s got to be pretty obvious to everyone by now. So in honor of Michael, and to discourage the media from pretending to be clairvoyant in the future when it comes to comparing young ballers to the greatest to ever play, every week I will be shining a little [...]

The Hoop Doctors love Michael Jordan. That’s got to be pretty obvious to everyone by now. So in honor of Michael, and to discourage the media from pretending to be clairvoyant in the future when it comes to comparing young ballers to the greatest to ever play, every week I will be shining a little [...]

January 23, 2009 – Dr. J-Water Ever since Dwight Howard was drafted first overall by the Orlando Magic the comparisons to Shaquille O’Neal began (Shaq also drafted 1st Overall by the Magic). Howard has long been considered the next great ‘Big Man’ to enter the NBA, and many feel that given the changes in style [...]

January 12, 2009 – Dr. Browntorious In 1996 the Chicago Bulls led by Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen, and Dennis Rodman, completed the single best NBA season that any team has ever posted. The finished with 72 wins and only 10 losses on the entire regular season (also went on to win the title). Ever since, [...]

August 7, 2008 – Dr. Browntorious When it was rumored last week that Shawn Kemp aka ‘The Reign Man’ was coming out of retirement to play professionally in Italy I almost wet my pants. Along with the other high fliers of the day; such as Michael Jordan, Dominique Wilkens, Spud Webb, etc., growing up Shawn [...]