2015

For the 2015 BBVA Compass Rising Stars Challenge are these specially-designed uniforms from adidas. What used to be known as the Rookie/Sophmore game starts off the basketball festivities during the NBA All-Star Weekend and the case could be made for this game being having better displays of basketball than the actual All-Star Game on Sunday. [...]

This year when the Chinese zodiac calendar changes, it will be the Year of the Goat. With this year specifically being the Year Of The Water Goat, that is where the swirling graphic on the upper of the ‘Chinese New Year’ Air Jordan XX9 comes from. One of the best features of the Jordan XX9 [...]

With Stephen Curry starting in his second-straight All-Star Game (and this time in his first signature shoe), Under Armour laced him with the ‘Dark Matter’ colorway of the UA Curry One. For the ‘Dark Matter’ Curry One, Under Armour got the nickname from actual dark matter not being able to be directly seen, the material [...]

Noticing that athletic footwear has run with the current trend of using exotic-looking materials, FILA applied that principal to the ‘Materialites’ Stack 2. For the second Jerry Stackhouse signature sneaker, the ‘Materialites’ FILA Stackhouse 2 features a handful of different materials in the construction like a pewter suede upper, relective underlay, and black snakeskin paneling. [...]

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After officially getting the nod to start the 2015 NBA All-Star Game (and make the team for the second straight year), John Wall will be seen in the ‘NYC All-Star’ colorway of the adidas J Wall 1. The ‘NYC All-Star’ J Wall 1, along with the other signature adidas sneakers, were colorblocked with the 2015 [...]

Stance socks have grown increasingly popular by the date since its introduction a few years ago. Unable to deny their appeal, the NBA has partnered with the brand for the 2015 NBA All-Star Weekend. While other sportswear brands are responsible for the surging “performance sock” popularity, Stance elevated the market by producing creative pieces as [...]

2015 is the year Air Jordan Retros will be constructed from higher-quality materials than in past years as part of the Jordan Brand Remastered collection, and the French Blue colorway of the Jordan 7 is up next. Originally released in 2002, the Jordan VII ‘French Blue’ also adds popular Jordan Brand colors like Flint Grey [...]

Inspired by the numerous amount of contributions that the African American community added to the entire world through different technological advances, Under Armour releases the ‘Innovative’ ClutchFit Drive in time for Black History Month. A silver colored sneaker with a fully reflective upper (a feature that has come to be an Under Armour trademark), the [...]

NBA guards sell kicks. Facts. While shooting guards have dominated the signature shoe space for years (see: Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant), the league is currently run with elite point guards. So much so that since the start of the 2013-14 thru right now only a season later, there have been a handful of new signature [...]