All-Star Weekend

March 31, 2012 – Ben Berry Blake Griffin spearheaded the Zoom Hyperdunk 2011 movement during the 2011 All-Star Weekend by jumping over a Kia to win the Slam Dunk Contest in his first Hyperdunk 2011 PE, so it’s only right that Nike continues the tradition. [...]

February 27, 2012 – Ben Berry Li-Ning plays no games when it comes to basketball. Now in their second year, Li-Ning’s All-Star Media Run has become a great event in itself. Complete with 3-point contest and official refs, the appearances made by celebrities and a rising NBA star just added to the already hyped environment. [...]

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. [...]

February 26, 2012 – Ben Berry Sneakerhead or not, this past week you’ve definitely heard about the Galaxy Foamposites which came out Friday as part of Nike Basketball’s 2012 All-Star pack [...]

February 22, 2012 – Ben Berry Kevin Durant, Kobe Bryant, and LeBron James make up the Swoosh’s “Big 3” and will be the only Nike players to have their signature sneakers given the ‘Galaxy’ treatment. All five sneakers tie into the space theme and have glow in the dark soles. Along with All-Star versions of [...]

January 31, 2012 – Ben Berry As with the last few NBA All-Star Weekends the sneakers released have a theme that varies between companies. Since this ’11 – ’12 season has more eyes on the league than in recent memory, Nike goes for the flashy by releasing their biggest signature sneakers in glow in the [...]

January 12, 2012 – Ben Berry LeBron James goes out of this world with new space-themed sneaker. Looking at these and the supposed All-Star Zoom Kobe VII, you can tell that this year Nike isn’t just going with the traditional east-wears-blue/west-wears-red we’re used to seeing. Reflective 3M materials are used on the branding and lace [...]

January 12, 2011 – Kevin Burke Last week we told you who will be participating in this year’s slam dunk competition. Blake Griffin is clearly the favorite and I’m still trying to understand the Brandon Jennings angle. Everyone not named Blake in this competition certainly has their work cut out for them. In fact, some are [...]