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Its crazy to think that a signature team sneaker is more popular than the flagship version. That might be the case with for LeBron James-branded sneakers. This ‘Quai 54’ LeBron Soldier 9 introduces the latest team sneaker in the Nike LeBron James series. The Soldier sect has always innovative in the fit and lockdown department [...]

First seen on a pair of Nike Dunk SBs, the ‘What The…’ theme has carried over onto popular basketball silhouettes. Now we know Kevin Durant’s current sneaker is the next sneaker to get the mash-up treatment. Taking elements from damn near every KD 7 that came out, the ‘What The…’ Nike KD 7 is the [...]

What is likely the final edition of the NBA Playoff-specific sneaker for LeBron James also takes its colorway inspiration from the league’s most sought-after prize. For the ‘Rose Gold’ Nike LeBron 12 Elite, a strong black-and-red color scheme is used with rose gold Swoosh branding similar to the shine of the Larry O’Brian trophy accenting [...]

The third (and possibly final) colorway of the KD 7 Elite is about to be available. Directly inspired by the shine of the Larry O’Brian trophy is the ‘Rose Gold’ KD7 Elite. For the Elite version of Kevin Durant’s most recent signature sneaker, an upper entirely made from Foamposite replaces the mesh toe seen on [...]

Kobe Bryant wasn’t just born with a Nike (or adidas) sneaker endorsement. There was a period before his signature like with the Swoosh that the Black Mamba was trying footwear options out. This latest Huarache release brings back those memories. Add this ‘Lakers’ Air Flight Huarache to the list of (formerly) Player Exclusive sneakers never [...]

The latest Kobe Bryant sneaker gets its colorway from the shine of the trophy awarded at the end of the NBA Finals. Upgrading the original Kobe 10 upper from open-weave textile to Flyknit, the ‘Rose Gold’ Nike Kobe X Elite and corresponding Kobe five rings t-shirt is directly inspired by the Larry O’Brien Championship. This [...]

Nicknames use to be a bring proponent in remembering sneaker colorways. The further you go back in time is the more a sneaker’s nickname made sense. Not all sneakers are like that however, and this new Nike Kobe X colorways proves that. Simply called the ‘Fundamentals’ Kobe X, the story goes that the black-and-white color [...]

When sportswear companies like Nike officially announce sneakers, the pictures tend to have the same type of formulaic composition. Always high quality, just framed in the same angles with a bland background. And that is perfectly acceptable. However there are people who are interested in picking up a pair and whose only option to buy [...]

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 [...]

3 weeks ago, LeBron James posted on his Instagram feed (before his annual hiatus from social media during the NBA Playoffs) a picture of him sitting in front of a large promotional black sneaker box with Sprite green trim with the caption: Special package coming soon….. 1-100 #LeBronsMix #Nike #Beats During Game 5 of the [...]