2014

Inspired by the yellow Cleveland Cavaliers uniform, Nike is releasing a Kyrie Irving-themed Player Edition pair of the Zoom Hyperrev. There is another, green colorway of the Zoom Hyperrev releasing with Kyrie Irving branding the same day that these hit stores, but this shoe was worn by Irving during the season in-game whereas the other [...]

Russell Westbrook is on record for record three triple-doubles in the last five NBA Playoff games for the Thunder. Even if last night’s triple-double wasn’t authentic Westbrook’s Player Exclusive pair of the Air Jordan XX9 months before the shoe’s release in any color is definitely real. Seen in last night’s Thunder win over the Los [...]

After showing the ‘Orange Pack’ colorway on the FILA KJ7, we take a look at the FILA Stackhouse Spaghetti from the same set. Inspired by Miami scenery, the ‘Orange Pack’ FILA Spaghetti takes its color blocking from a combination of the Miami Beach sands and the setting sun. This is the first colorway of the [...]

Our friends across the pond, JD Sports, have two new colorways of the classic Nike Air Huarache sneaker on their webstore. Designed by Tinker Hatfield of Air Jordan fame, the Nike Huarache brings the design of a neoprene bootie as the inner lining of a shoe to help with total foot lockdown as well as [...]

Even though Anfernee ‘Penny’ Hardaway hasn’t played an NBA game in over AMOUNT years, he is still very relevant in the sneakerhead world. Not just because of his signature sneakers from his NBA days, but from the new shoe silhouettes coming out these days with his name on it. 2012 in Orlando featured Penny Hardaway’s [...]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjBzZpkuy38 Vince Carter might have need a nickname update as the ratio on the “half man, half amazing” title seems slightly off in lieu of his recent accolades. With 1.7 seconds left on in the fourth quarter and the Spurs up by two points against the Mavericks in Game 3 of the first round of [...]

FILA is an example of a 1990s athletic sneaker company that has a deep basketball pedigree. With Retro kicks from that era of the NBA being more popular than ever it makes sense for FILA to draw up new colorways of their classic FILA KJ7 model. Inspired by the city of Miami and the associated [...]

AND1 is recalling their heyday by bringing back two colorways of their popular Tai Chi Mid basketball sneaker. Aside from the 20th anniversary pair, these are the first two colorways of the classic AND1 sneaker to be released in a few years and in the age of plastic and synthetic materials making up many basketball [...]

In my world, with warmer weather comes plenty of outdoor basketball. While it is true that asphalt courts take their tole on the soles of basketball sneakers, Reebok Classics is looking out for you playground hoopers by reviving two silhouettes from their outdoor-equipped Reebok Blacktop collection. Reebok had their Blacktop series going on in the [...]

Most NBA players don’t ever get a sneaker named after them and only see their names on Player Exclusive shoes. Players who occupy that already small space almost never have multiple versions release, but LeBron James is anything but common. Check out a sample version of his eighth team sneaker; the Nike Zoom LeBron Soldier [...]