2015

Inspired by the place where a young KD built endurance and character is the ‘Hunt’s Hill Sunrise’ Nike KD 8. As the story goes, Kevin Durant heard that he was too skinny to be as NBA player throughout his childhood. That experience fueled the many hours Durant spent running up Hunt’s Hill (which has a [...]

adidas and Derrick Rose have a very symbiotic relationship. Their individual success is closely tied together. While the adidas D Rose series has been met with mixed reviews, the adidas D Rose 773 team series has had a consistent run for the four years its been out. In this edition of Sneak-A-Peek, we provide an [...]

Since 2008, when Jordan Brand spent the year releasing Air Jordan Retro basketball sneakers in pairs as part of the Countdown Package series (two numbered silhouettes that when added together equaled the number 23), there has been a Jordan 11 that came out in December. Literally every year since and 2015 will be no different. [...]

If the Jordan 10 was the silhouette for the first half of the year, then the Jordan 7 is definitely the spotlighted Air Jordan for the last half of 2015 as seen with the re-release of this OG colorway. Making its first return since 2011, the ‘Bordeaux’ Jordan 7 is an original colorway from 1992 [...]

Named after the place where Kyrie Irving shaped his physique early on in his life is this new Kyrie 1 colorway. For the ‘Dungeon’ Nike Kyrie 1, this colorway nickname was inspired by the basement of Irving’s childhood New Jersey basement where he was said to have consistently lifted weights. The grey hues are easy [...]

Under Armour’s basketball division has been trending upward for the last few years and aside from the monumental endorsement of Stephen Curry, many will mark the rise of the brand starting with the release of the ClutchFit Drive. Here we get an early look three of the Under Armour ClutchFit Drive 2 colorways that will [...]

Inspired by an amazing second-half perfomance a high school Kobe Bryant had lead his time to win their first state title in over 50 years is this new Kobe X Elite Low colorway. Directly pulling the colorway inspiration from the rival high school team is the aptly titled ‘Rivalry’ Kobe X Elite Low. Featuring a [...]

As time goes on, I find myself delving deeper into all aspects of sneaker culture. Recently I teamed with Campless (sneakerhead data resource) to quantify the statistics that reigning NBA MVP Stephen Curry recorded in each colorway of the Under Armour Curry One and Under Armour ClutchFit Drive that he wore throughout the entire 2014-15 [...]

Some would say that we are in the “golden age” of podcasts. As a media type, this medium is increasing with popularity everyday as interest in media figures paired with the emergence of a cerebral type of person searches out for more content to consume. With the first episode of the Nike Prototype podcast being [...]

Yesterday, July 7th, John Wall took to the official adidas Basketball Periscope account and produced a series of videos that documented a few hours in his day. Viewers watched Wall at a photoshoot and in various places around Washington DC. Via this livestream, the public got their first look at the upcoming adidas J Wall [...]