Nike Basketball

July 27, 2012 – Ben Berry Built for the harsh concrete many blacktop outdoor courts have, the Air Raid was a welcome addition to the Nike Basketball family. [...]

July 26, 2012 – Ben Berry Most famously known for the neoprene inner bootie, the Air Flight Huarache was created in 1992 by Tinker Hatfield who was assisted by Eric Aver. [...]

June 11, 2012 – Ben Berry After riding the Hyperdunk 2011 deep into this year, Nike Basketball prepares to drop the latest installment in the Hyperdunk series with the Lunar Hyperdunk 2012. Exposed Flywire cables are used this time around which maintains the strength of the sneaker while cutting back on weight. The 2012 Hyperdunk [...]

May 17, 2012 – Ben Berry Penny’s back. While the only times you’ll see Anfernee Hardaway playing ball under bright lights will be in things like charity games or with other celebs, Nike has decided to revive the Air Penny signature line with the Air Penny 5. Its only right that one of the first [...]

May 1, 2012 – The Lebron 9’s from Nike Basketball have had some really cool colorways developed. Check out the 9 best that you’ll want to cop if you have the chance… [...]

March 30, 2012 – Ben Berry ‘South Beach’ LeBrons part deux. Even though the colorcode on this LeBron 9 Elite reads Wolf Grey/Mint Candy-New Green-Pink Flash and not Retro/Black-Pink Flash-Filiment Green like the ‘South Beach’ LeBron 8 V1 did last year, that won’t spot most people from giving this pair the ‘South Beach’ nickname. There [...]

March 13, 2012 – Ben Berry Galaxy-mania continues to run wild in the sneakerworld. Many credit Blake Griffin with making last years’ Hyperdunk model popular as he was the first to lace up a pair when he won the Slam Dunk Contest back in 2011; and even then he had his own PE. The Galaxy [...]

March 9, 2012 – Ben Berry Kevin Durant gets it from his mama…new sneakers that is. The team at Nike Basketball gave Mama KD full reign over when creating a special pair of the Zoom KD IV for Kevin, power even surpassing the amount of options available on NikeiD for the same sneaker. A metallic [...]

March 2, 2012 – Ben Berry After the hysteria the ‘Galaxy’ Foamposite One from the ‘Galaxy’ All-Star pack by Nike caused this past weekend, exclusive sneakers are getting more attention than ever. Special one-off pairs are made for NBA players all the time that never hits store shelves but that doesn’t mean sneakerheads want to [...]

February 21, 2012 – Ben Berry The reporter who told Jeremy Lin to be prepared to make many more post-game interviews after the NY Knicks win against the NJ Nets February 4th must have had a clairvoyant moment as Linsanity is credited as starting that day. No doubt Lin has been bombarded with question after [...]