Following the annual tradition of holiday-themed sneakers for premiere Nike Basketball players, take a look at the ‘Christmas’ colorways for Kevin Durant, Kobe Bryant, and LeBron James. On the Nike LeBron XI (11) ‘Christmas’ edition,a minty theme is used with standard Christmas-red highlights seen on the laces, Swoosh branding, and inner lining. A snowflake pattern [...]
December 12, 2013
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Signature basketball sneakers have always been good business ever since the days of Walt Fraiser and the suede Puma Clyde. Fast forward to the end of 2013 and hoop kicks made for a specific player are priced at an all-time high. Having a similar look to the current shoe Kevin Durant is wearing in the [...]
December 5, 2013
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While it might seem like a no-brainer that LeBron James wore Nike LeBron sneakers, this is actually the first time that James wore the new LeBron model, the Nike LeBron 11, for a whole game this NBA season. The anticipation behind the latest LeBron signature sneaker with Nike was huge leading up to this season [...]
November 27, 2013
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Inspired by the blue crabs indigenous to Maryland, the aptly-titled ‘Maryland Blue Crab’ colorway of the Nike KD VI gets its design directly from the crabs often ate at crab feasts around the DMV area. The upper has a texture similar to the crab with the rest of the ‘Maryland Blue Crab’ KD VI colors [...]
November 25, 2013
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November 25, 2013
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In a very similar colorway to the ‘Big Bang’ LeBron IX from the 2011 All-Star Weekend, the ‘Forging Iron’ LeBron 11 is definitely all orange everything with the bright color seen on every notable feature like the Dynamic Flywire cables, Armorposite upper & Hyperfused mesh. All of this sits on top of a slight Walter [...]
October 24, 2013
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Now that Rajon Rondo has officially left Nike for Anta, a fair question would be what is going to happen to all those Player Exclusive sneakers he has? Give them away of course, and that is exactly what Rondo did with those kicks. It appears that Rajon Rondo has given away his Nike PE sneakers [...]
October 11, 2013
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Ever since the Nike KD II, there has always been a colorway of Kevin Durant’s sneaker for that year that pays homage to the single year that KD spent at the University of Texas. That in mind, take an official look at the ‘Texas’ Nike KD VI. The mostly black upper on the Nike KD [...]
October 7, 2013
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In 2007, Stephon Marbury was fading as a NBA star but emerged as the flagship player of his own signature sneaker brand called Starbury. Despite selling well, the popular budget-conscious sneaker line wasn’t popular and faded away into obscurity. Poised for a return soon, one upcoming Starbury sneaker takes its design from a LeBron James [...]
September 30, 2013
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Quickly becoming a poster boy for Nike Basketball to accompany his rise in the NBA as an elite point guard, Kyrie Irving is on track for great things. Take a detailed look at this Player Edition pair of the new 2013 Lunar Hyperdunk directly inspired by Irving. This colorway gets the teal and volt from [...]
September 6, 2013
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