Adidas

May 16, 2012 – Ben Berry As we get closer to the release of the Crazy Light 2, we knew that the first round of colorways available would become known to us. adidas announced that on May 24, five different pairs would drop on that day. The Baylor Bear-worn Electricity colorway and Chicago Bulls-esque colorways [...]

April 27, 2012 – Ben Berry A neon green wrapped updated triple-layer SprintWeb upper of with an entirely blacked out midsole except for a panel underneath the heel colored white like the stripes above it makes up the ‘Electricity’ Crazy Light 2 by adidas. The midsole has been modified from the original Crazy Light so [...]

April 26, 2012 – Ben Berry Light done right. Dropping in May during the NBA postseason is the adidas Crazy Light 2. Besides making aerodynamic and cushioning improvements, adidas has managed to take a few more ounces off of the original Crazy Light weight making that 9.5-ounce Crazy Light 2 the lightest basketball sneaker available. [...]

April 4, 2012 – Ben Berry With the Chicago Bulls being first in the Eastern Conference and having clinched a playoff position, the Bulls premiere player Derrick Rose will be in conversation throughout the NBA playoffs. When he’ll return to play is yet to be determined, but adidas is properly prepared with what might be [...]

March 19, 2012 – Ben Berry When signature sneakers are made for players, samples and 1-of-1s are commonly given to the player who the kicks are made for. For some (myself not included), basketball sneakers aren’t casual-wearing material so to remedy that adidas made this one-off especially for Dwight Howard. As the story goes, the [...]

March 15, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors We all love the McDonald’s High School All-American game, right? This is the 35th Anniversary of the game, and we showed you the selections for the 35 greatest McDonald’s game performers. [...]

March 15, 2012 – Ben Berry Light Delivers Derrick Rose green sneakers by way of adidas. Kelly green luckskin nubuck makes up the majority of the upper of the ‘St. Paddy’ adiZero Rose 2.5; very similar to the color adidas used for Rose last St. Patrick’s Day. White is the complementary color with gold used [...]

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 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. [...]

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. [...]