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Shortly after leaving Nike to sign an endorsement contract with adidas, Jeremy Lin not only debuted the upcoming adidas Crazyquick 2 but did so wearing the lowtop form. Before adidas officially announced the endorsement of Jeremy Lin, what broke the news for me was seeing pairs of the Crazy Light 2 Lows with ‘JLIN7’ branding [...]

Almost two years ago, adidas made the decision to take their “all in” moniker heart by locking then-premiere NBA point guard Derrick Rose to a lifetime sneaker endorsement contract. With the 2011 NBA MVP out of the Chicago Bulls active roster again with an injury, adidas keeps the ball rolling with a new, high-performance basketball [...]

Kobe Bryant’s first signature sneaker returns after its 2000 debut under the name adidas Crazy 1. Originally called the adidas Kobe 1, the Stripes has decided to bring back this before the end of 2013 despite having a lukewarm re-release back in 2006. Inspired by the Audi TT design, the adidas Crazy 1 is sure [...]

This December, adidas will continue to build on the recently-revived popularity of Dikembe Mutombo by releasing this simple, clean pair of the adidas Mutombo signature sneaker. Seen in mostly black, this pair of the adidas Mutombo has all of the original features like a tribal weave print seen on some of the upper panels as [...]

Despite the 3-8 start to the season, the Brooklyn Nets are still very marketable and there is still a big enough market for team apparel. That said, take a look at the adidas Crazy 8 basketball sneakers inspired directly by the Brooklyn Nets. For the Brooklyn Nets colorway of the popular adidas Crazy 8, a [...]

Earlier yesterday, our feature writer Allen gave an early look at the New York Knicks sleeved uniforms for this Christmas but now we can take an official look at the entire set. All 10 NBA teams playing on Christmas 2013 will be wearing these ‘BIG logo’ adidas adiZero sleeved jerseys with their uniforms. With similar [...]

Before the end of November a new adidas D Rose colorway will release called the ‘Chicago Nightfall’. Said to gets its inspiration from the colors of a Chicago sunset, the purple represents Lake Michigan as well as the night sky, the yellow comes from the reflection of a setting sunlight off of Lake Michigan and [...]

I am not too big on custom sneakers as the word gets applied to sneakers simply painted in colors made popular by a different shoe. With that being said, the work that JBF Customs does on sneakers is on a completely different level as seen by this pair of adidas Crazy 8 worn by Wesley [...]

Now and again, brands take notice to the spotlight we shine on the basketball sneakers we chose to feature on The Hoop Doctors. adidas noticed that I have been a big fan of the Derrick Rose signature series and saw fit to send over the ‘Away’ adidas D Rose 4 in this special packaging. Included [...]