Kicks

Nike has been releasing signature sneakers for their athletes for 42 years. Kyrie Irving is the latest addition to that club and the ‘Dream’ Kyrie 1 is the first release from his series. Design queues for the Kyrie 1 sneaker were said to come from a skateboard, a brass instrument, and stars representing the Australian [...]

Christmas basketball sneakers are a big thing now. At when it comes to kicks for hooping, Jordan Brand is usually upper echelon with their performance silhouettes. Take a look at what the premiere Jordan players will be wearing on their feet on December 25th. With colorways heavily inspired by the ‘Cardinal’ Air Jordan VII (7), [...]

Even though he is wearing his signature sneaker from last season (due largely to how the width accommodates his foot since coming back from injury), the Nike KD 7 is still very popular. This upcoming colorway gets its backstory from Durant’s collegiate career. Inspired by the Longhorn State culture that Kevin Durant became fond of [...]

In much of the 1990s & early 2000s, Reebok was the premiere basketball sneaker brand in the NBA. With a dwindling pro hoops roster, it would be fair to call Gerald Green the flagship player for the Vector brand. The high-flying Green took to the hardwood recently to debut the ‘OG’ colorway of the Reebok [...]

Back when Air Jordan’s first hit its teenage years, there weren’t nearly as many sneaker color options for Michael Jordan to wear as we have now. This new Air Jordan XIII (13) colorway is a pair MJ definitely missed out on. Said to be based off of a Jordan 13 sample from years ago, this [...]

Allen Iverson is recognized for making the Hexalite (honeycomb-looking) bottom seen on the Question pop for Reebok the same way Dee Brown made the Pump pop for the brand. If you literally take the Pump off and transfer it onto the Question along with the color blocking of the Pump Omni Lite that Dee Brown [...]

Good things come to those who wait; a fact that is omnipresent in the sneaker world. In these current times of weekly releases it is logical to think that even with the general population increase, not every pair kicks that get made is being worn. And when that happens sneakers go on sale, like these [...]

Many have worked hard to embed “Dee Brown” and “dunk contest” in your head when thinking of Reebok Pump basketball sneakers. Now while it is true that Dee Brown did wear the Reebok Pump Omni Lite in the 1991 NBA Slam Dunk competition, many forget that in 1993 he was given a signature shoe with [...]

Sneakerheads of all ages have been clamoring for years on the internet that Nike Inc step in and replace the Jumpman on Air Jordans like the pairs of yesteryear (1999). This is a great example of wishing things into fruition Jordan Brand has been doing just that with several classic silhouettes; the Air Jordan 1 [...]

Early in his NBA career, Shaquille O’Neal was a member of the Orlando Magic and had a penance for shattering the glass of a basketball backboard during the slam dunk process. To highlight two occasions of this happening during NBA games, Reebok releases the ‘Shattered Backboard’ colorway of the original Shaq Attaq sneaker. For the [...]