This just in: DeMarcus Cousins is all for the New Orleans Pelicans paying DeMarcus Cousins max money in free agency this summer. Go figure, right? Just a few short days after unfollowing the Pelicans on Instagram because he’s “grown,” the big man liked a comment from a fan suggesting New Orleans must offer him a [...]
Thon Maker once again has the look and feel of someone trying to establish himself as the Milwaukee Bucks’ secret weapon. And, for the time being, his quest is panning out. Why, you ask? Well, thanks to an Instagram video posted by none other than Kevin Garnett, of course. From ESPN.com’s Ohm Youngmisuk: Maker mentioned the [...]
April 25, 2018
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Kevin Durant isn’t actually anti-Russell Westbrook. He just has slippery thumbs. NBA Twitter went predictably wild when Durant’s Instagram account liked a comment that was critical of his former teammate in Oklahoma City. Here’s the breakdown, courtesy of Sports Illustrated: [tweet https://twitter.com/SInow/status/988484771058679808?tfw_site=SBNation&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sbnation.com%2F2018%2F4%2F23%2F17272808%2Fkevin-durant-instagram-russell-westbrook-like-twitter-burner-account-nba] Did Durant maybe think he was using one of his burner accounts again? [...]
April 25, 2018
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Offbeat
Getting sneakers before their release date has always been something that footwear aficionados are after. But at what cost? As the story goes: two employees (Calvin Nelson & Audley Russell) of JFK Airport in New York City intercepted a box of the upcoming Nike KD8 as they made their way from Taiwan to Canada. Note [...]
A lot of parallels can be made between the current state of the music business and sneaker business. Thanks to the internet, information is very widespread and it is harder to keep secrets. Yesterday, alleged pictures of the Nike KD8 started to go around. What started with a single, profile-type shot was seemingly used as [...]
https://instagram.com/p/1KAo4oMODJ/ The more popular Air Jordan sneakers get, the bigger the counterfeit industry is. If the available product quantity is lower than desire, that creates a market. That is simple supply-and-demand. To fill the demand, factories have taken to (and almost perfected) recreating popular sneakers despite not being authorized by the copyright holders. https://instagram.com/p/1JaiYBsOEL/ One [...]
April 8, 2015
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Ben Berry, Kicks
In 2014, social media paired with someone who is recognized as a celebrity is a powerful thing. That combination can create awareness of anything as seen by the relevance of Dwyane Wade’s WADE Brand subsidiary under Chinese sportswear company Li-Ning. On his Instagram feed, Dwyane Wade posted a picture of five new colorways of the [...]
March 26, 2014
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Kicks, PE Corner
Late last week, Kendall Marshall took to his Instagram account to show some of what he would be lacing up this season only to run into a problem. He isn’t on a NBA team right now. After packaged as part of a trade that sent Shannon Brown, Malcolm Lee, Marcin Gortat along with Marshall to [...]
October 30, 2013
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Exclusives, Kicks, PE Corner
My kicks for today! Retro time people? #ZoomGeneration #TenYearAnniversay #SickKickGame http://t.co/UfpPKDX3ak — LeBron James (@KingJames) August 10, 2013 @KingJames bring them back out bro — INDIANA GEORGE HILL (@George_Hill3) August 10, 2013 This October, LeBron James will have played in the NBA for 10 years. That is an achievement. Call it nostalgia, or maybe something [...]
August 13, 2013
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Kicks
After already showing us three colorways of the upcoming Under Armour basketball sneaker due out later this year, Brandon Jennings once again takes to his Instagram account to give us an early look at the Spawn Anatomix Low. We’ve already seen fellow Team Armour member Kemba Walker lace up the regular-height Spawn Anatomix during EBC [...]