All-Star Weekend

Reebok Classics gets into the All-Star Weekend themed releases with new colorways of The Blast and Question. For the ‘2015 All-Star’ Reebok Question, the inspiration for the colorblocking follows the minimalist trend seen across all sportswear brand spectrum right now (which works well matching the Brooklyn Nets team colors). The Blast ‘2015 All-Star’ colorways gets [...]

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. [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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I’m old enough to remember when the H-Town Sneaker first got started and their first mySpace flyers went live with a random girl on the cover in a pair of sneakers from whoever was the main sponsor of the event (shouts to you 2008). It was still rough around the edges as an event back [...]

With the NBA All-Star Weekend just next weekend, Jordan Brand officially announces the sneakers they are releasing to celebrate the biggest basketball weekend. Inspired by all things stealth, the design seen on the Air Jordan XX8 shroud is a direct inspiration from the waves seen while wearing night-vision goggles.  That is very important to remember [...]

To celebrate the 2013 NBA All-Star Weekend in Houston, Nike expanded on the very popular Galaxy releases from 2012 by turning the signature sneakers of the Swoosh’s three marqee players into their planet.  Called the Nike Space Program pack and abbreviated as NSP and the initials of the respective player, the inspiration works well since [...]

April 16, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors Just last week, the Hornets were purchased by someone who has a vested interested in New Orleans: the owner of the Saints. He’s interested in keeping them in town and good things are already happening… When NBA Commissioner David Stern introduces New Orleans Hornets owner Tom Benson at [...]