Unlike the 2012-13 NBA season, Derrick Rose actually made the return to the league only to, once again, be out for the rest of the season again. With the foreseeable return of the 2011 NBA MVP in the next season also brings a new signature sneaker. Seen shooting around before Chicago Bulls games now is [...]
April 5, 2014
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With the weather (gradually) getting better adidas caters to outdoor basketball players by re-releasing the adidas Streetball 2. Made and debuted in 1993 during the Streetball series of basketball tournaments adidas held around the globe, the adidas Streetball 2 features reinforced rubber in the toebox to help the shoe last thru extended basketball games on [...]
March 21, 2014
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Though the Kobe 1 might have been a bit progressive for the year 2000, being in 2014 this design is definitely more suited for the times. In celebration of the Spring season and to highlight the NBA Playoff run of both John Wall and Damian Lillard, adidas put together the Florist City pack featuring two [...]
March 17, 2014
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Originally releases in 1986, this adidas Basketball-turnt-adidas Originals sneaker returns this weekend. Featuring a black-and-white colorway with a reptilian skin upper, the adidas Attitude was designed in Paris, France and is the second to release since adidas Originals brought it back in late 2013. The adidas Attitude is one of the best silhouettes from the [...]
March 14, 2014
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In the DMV area, the Cherry Blossom festival is always an event to look forward to. With John Wall having a career season in Washington DC this year, adidas whipped up this ‘Cherry Blossom’ colorway of the adidas Crazy 1(Kobe 1) Player Exclusive for John Wall. Featuring a swirling, metallic silver upper with a pink [...]
March 12, 2014
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Kicks, PE Corner
There was high expectations for Derrick Rose since coming into the league, and before his 2012 ACL injury he seemed to be exceeding them. A player who’s stock was only rising, it wouldn’t be a stretch of the imagination to call D Rose being an All-Star if healthy this season. That being said, take a [...]
March 1, 2014
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With the current NBA season’s All-Star Game finished, adidas and Packer Shoes keep the basketball celebration going by re-releasing a Player Exclusive pair of the adidas T-Mac 3 worn by Tracy McGrady exactly 10 years ago in the 2004 NBA All Star Game. While still in Orlando, T-Mac started for the Eastern Conference team in [...]
2014 marks the 20th anniversary of the first adidas signature sneaker for Dikembe Mutombo Mpolondo Mukamba Jean-Jacques Wamutombo so in celebration there will be a few colorways of the adidas Mutombo releasing this year. This white and blue colorway will be the first. White a simple color blocking having a mostly white upper with black [...]
February 25, 2014
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For the entire weekend, adidas took over the W Hotel inside of the French Quarter to hold their #adidasInTheQuarter events during the 2014 NBA All-Star Weekend in New Orleans. On display in the product quarters, next to the pool by the way, was the entire adidas Originals and adidas Basketball sneaker line-up in colorways designed [...]
February 19, 2014
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The 2014 NBA All-Star Weekend festivities happen in New Orleans this year. So accordingly, the adidas sneaker pack uses Mardi Gras as inspiration for the colorways. Good enough reason to have a lot of paint speckles to me. Even if Kobe Bryant isn’t participating in any on-court All-Star festivities this year, his presence is still [...]
February 5, 2014
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